More boys stories-communicating, cub scouts

A couple more articles the boys have written for their cub scout newpaper and as part of earning the communicating achievements.

Beethoven by Tristan

For the music pin I'm learning about a composer that I enjoy. That composer is Beethoven. Ludwig Van Beethoven was born in Germany in 1770 and lived until 1827. Beethoven grew up in an unhappy home and had to go to work playing music from a very young age, to earn money for his family. His father was a mean person who punished Beethoven if he made mistakes on the piano. Beethoven eventually became deaf and some people thought he was insane. One of Beethoven's favorite foods was the same as mine, macaroni and cheese! Beethoven wrote a lot of music and it is very good music. People wonder what Beethoven was thinking about when he wrote his music, some think a bird, the yellow hammer sparrow, was the sound Beethoven copied for the da,da,da,daaah, sound in his famous 5th symphony. My favorite symphony of Beethoven's is the 6th but they are all good and you might like to listen to Beethoven sometime. If you play Beethoven on windows media player you can watch crazy shapes on the screen, it goes extra crazy during the loudest parts of Beethoven's symphonies. Beethoven was a wonderful man, composer and pianist who changed music forever.

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Skiing by Colin
Skiing is fun, I like to go fast when I ski. I took lessons at Mt. Sunapee this year and learned a lot. In the lessons I started on smaller hills and then moved to bigger ones. I like the bigger slopes the best! One of the most important rules of skiing is to stay in control. Also you should know your limits and not try a lift or ski slope that you're not ready for. Another important thing is to wear the right equipment. Helmets keep you safe and goggles help you see better when it's sunny or snowy. Mt Sunapee is my favorite for skiing. Pat's Peak has tubing as well as skiing. Tubing is very fun, a lift carries you up the hill and then you ride the snow tube very fast down. The snow at Pat's Peak felt a little fake, I think it snows more at Sunapee and they make more snow at Pat's Peak, I like the real snow better. I like to go tubing too though so I hope to visit both MT. Sunapee and Pat's Peak again before winter ends. I wish I could ski every day, it's a great sport. It can be cold skiing but you can stay warm by wearing lots of layers. Dressing warm helps prevent you from getting too cold or getting frostbite. If you're getting cold take a break and warm up for awhile. After skiing it's nice to get hot chocolate. If you haven't tried skiing before you should give it a try. See you on the slopes!

by COLIN