Chapter 8: Fix It

Lily: "Fix it together, with a grown-up close!"

Rangers love to mend and make: a torn sleeve, a wobbly cart, a sign for the water corner. Eli fixes carts and Amara mends clothes. Every fix is done with a grown-up, using safe things from camp.

What Rangers know

Safe Scavenger rules. Rangers use only clean, safe things a grown-up has checked: cardboard, cloth scraps, string, tape, plastic bottles, bottle caps.
Never take things from rubble, broken buildings or the ground outside camp. Never pick up unknown metal, wires or anything strange. See Chapter 4: stop, don't touch, go back, tell.
Grown-up tools. Knives, scissors with points, saws, needles, glue guns, fire and batteries are a grown-up's job. Rangers hold, hand over and tidy up.
Easy Ranger fixes:
Tie a broken shoelace.
Tape a torn map.
Braid cloth strips into a soft cord.
Make a picture sign.
Decorate a clean bottle as your own water bottle.
Balance a load. On a cart or bike, heavy things go low and in the middle, with both sides even.
Wash hands after every fix.
Fixing is sharing. Teach a friend what you learned, and trade skills fairly (Kenji draws, Amara mends).
Helping hands for neighbours. With a grown-up, check on older or sick neighbours: carry water, fix a tent peg, bring a message (Chapter 15).

Ranger checklist

☐ I helped an older or sick neighbour with a grown-up.
☐ I use only things a grown-up has checked.
☐ I never take things from rubble or touch unknown metal.
☐ I hand tools to a grown-up; I don't use sharp ones.
☐ I did one easy fix with a grown-up.
☐ I washed my hands afterwards.

Earn your badge (Helping Hands, character · Power Out link)

Level	Requirement
❤️ Heart	Say: "Fix it together, with a grown-up close."
🥉 Bronze	Sort pictures into "safe to use" and "grown-up only / never touch".
🥈 Silver	Do one easy fix with a grown-up.
🥇 Gold	Teach a friend one fix.
💎 Platinum	Help a grown-up run a mend-it table for a group.

Watch and learn

EP15 Road Treasure Hunt (#015) · Scavenger Hunt pilot, Glow Jar (#SH01; grown-up builds it, kids watch from one step back) · Planned: Bikes, Carts and Heavy Loads · Walking Staffs Are Tools · A Fair Trade · What Has Value?

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