Young Writers Society

Kemp 4/16/2023

A boy I’d known for a while

Getting what he’d strived for

What most of us strive for

Eagle

I remember helping with the flagpole

Which stands proudly at his school

The people who know him talk about him

His motivation to get Eagle

Him not taking no for an answer

Him being a leader and a mentor to many

His parents walk up and they thank us all for

Contributing something towards The Eagle’s life

Then The Eagle talks

He thanks all for helping him achieve this high honor

He then pulls out the case

The Challenge Coin he received

Not to keep, but to give

To give to another scout, to challenge them

To be an Eagle

I take a deep breath

I’m nervous

Who will he choose?

He calls my name

…

My heart’s beating out of my chest and I walk up, excited, and

I shake The Eagle’s hand, gripping the cold, metal coin, in my hand.

And I smile, knowing he would pick me

“Thank you.”

“Didja think you weren’t gonna get it?”

I was the only one to get a coin that day

A Coin from The Eagle