accident does occur Knowing how to deal with a mad dog, and being prepared to take the necessary action Knowing how to react to a person's suicide attempt In the chapter on patriotism, Baden-Powell says to " to die for your country if need be, so that when the moment arrives you may charge home with confidence, not caring whether you are going to be killed or not." The first handbook for Girl Guides, How Girls Can Help to Build Up the Empire by Agnes and Robert Baden-Powell, similarly explains: The motto of the Girl Guides is "Be Prepared". Why is this? It is because, like the other Guides, you have to be prepared at any moment to face difficulties and even dangers by knowing what to do and how to do it. (The "other Guides" of this quote are the Khyber Guide Regiment.) Acrostic Hilary Saint George Saunders' book The Left Handshake: The Boy Scout Movement during the War, 1939–1945 had the first name of each chapter spell out the Scout motto. The chosen names are: Bravery, Enterprise, Purpose, Resolution, Endurance, Partnership, Assurance, Reformation, Enthusiasm and Devotion. Motto in various languages Many languages have masculine and feminine forms of words – where gender changes the Scout Motto, differences are reflected here. {| class="wikitable" style="width: 80%" |+ style="text-align: center;" | Motto in various languages |- ! Language ! Countries ! Boy Scouts ! Girl Guides or Girl Scouts ! Organizational variant ! Translation (if other than "Be prepared") ! Transliteration or pronunciation |- | Afrikaans | Namibia, South Africa | | | | | |- | Albanian | Albania | | | Pergatitu | "Always prepared" | |- | Amharic | Ethiopia | | | | "Ready" | |- | Arabic | Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestinian Authority, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Western Sahara, Yemen | | | in Jordan, Libya, and Syria | | |- | Armenian | Armenia | | | Partsratsir partsratsour | "Always ready""Elevate yourself and others with you" | Misht Badrast |- | Azeri | Azerbaijan | | | | | |- | Belarusian | Belarus | | | | | Budz' hatoǔ! |- | Bengali | Bangladesh | | | | "Do your best to be prepared for service" | Sebar jannoa sada prastut thakte jathasadhya chesta karaSada prastut |- | Bislama | Vanuatu |