SKITS

Magic Kite
Capital Area Council

Personnel: 6 Cub Scouts

Equipment: Ball of string with a kite tail

Cub #1:   What’s that?
Cub #2:   Don’t you know what a kite looks like?
Cub #1:   Sure I do, but if that’s a kite then it sure won’t fly.
Cub #2:   It’ll fly, it is magic!
Cub #3:   Kites can’t be magic!
Cub #2:   This one is. All I have to do is say, “Dad, look at the kite I’ve made.”
Cub #4:   Then what?
Cub #2:   He shows me how to make one.
Cub #5:   That kite still won’t be magic!
Cub #2:   Un huh! Then he shows me how to fly it.
Cub #6:   Wow! It’s magic if it can do all that. Come on, let’s make one.
All: (exiting) Yeah, Wow! It’s Magic!  Let’s go make one.

Mixed Up Magic
Capital Area Council

Characters: Cub #1, Cub #2, another boy, Mother

Props: Toys and clothes for messy room, sign “HOURS LATER,” large garbage can

Scene: Cubs #1 and #2 sitting, talking in a slightly messy room. Mother enters.

Mother:    Son, this room is a mess! You need to clean it up!
Cub #1:   OK, Mom. I’ll clean it up as soon as we’re done playing.
Mother:    I’m going shopping now and I want it clean by the time I get back.  When you’re finished cleaning, you may go outside to play; but not before! (Mother leaves.)
Cub #2:   Don’t you hate cleaning your room?
Cub #1   (gets up and starts looking around) I always have before, but today I have a solution… Now where is that book of magic spells?
Cub #2:   Magic spells? You can’t be serious!
Cub #1:  Oh, yes I am! Just watch me. I’m going to use magic to clean up this mess. Only, I can’t find my book. (Looks around the room.) Oh, there it is!  (Picks up book and leafs through it.) I know it’s in here somewhere.  I just can’t find it. I guess I’ll have to play it by ear…
Cub #2:  Do you think you can do it?
Cub #1:   No problem. This is one of the easiest spell in the book. I’ve read it lots of times. I practically have it memorized. Let’s see—what were those magic words? Hmm.  Abra-cadabra! Clean my room! That oughta do it! (He raises his arms and waves them around. A pile of clothes and toys flies in from offstage.) Oops, I guess I goofed a little.
Cub #2:   That was amazing! How did you do that?
Cub #1   Well, it wasn’t exactly the result I was after.  I’ll just have to try again. Let’s see. Hocus Pocus! Clean my room! (He raises his arms and waves them again. In flies another pile of clothes and toys.)
Cub #2:  Are you sure you know what you’re doing?
Cub #1:  Oh no! I got it wrong again! This is getting to be a real mess. Maybe I should give up. But I was sure I knew that spell.  I’ll just give it one more try and then, if it doesn’t work, I’ll have to give up.
Cub #2:   I sure hope you know what you’re doing.  I’m beginning to have a very bad feeling about this whole mess!
Cub #1:  Trust me! (Concentrates hard with his eyes closed.) Ala-kazam! Clean my room! (In flies more mess.)
Cub #2: Aaaagh! I don’t believe this! (Looking around.) This is the worst mess I’ve ever seen! What a disaster.
Cub #1:   Well, I guess we’ll just have to clean it by hand. It’ll probably takes us hours! Yuck!
Cub #2:  Us???? What do you mean, us? (Looks at Cub #1 who is moping.) Okay, I’ll help you cleanup. Let’s get going.

They begin picking up the toys and clothes.
A boy walks across the stage carrying a sign that reads “HOURS LATER.”

Cub #1:   We’re just about done. Thank Goodness! I’m so tired.  I never what to see another mess like that, as long as I live. (Picks up the magic book and dumps it into the garbage can.)  I’ve had enough of this hocus-pocus! Good-bye and good riddance!  (In flies another pile of stuff.)
Cubs #1 & #2: Oh no! Not again! (They both faint.)

Unspelling the Spell
Alice, Golden Empire Council