" But alas ! he saw only a savage bear, and as it
rushed towards him, ha raised his hunting-spear to
kill it. Then Jupiter, filled with pity, changed
the son into a little bear ; and, taking them both
into the sky, chained them near the den of the
north star.
"How angry Juno was to see them shining
there. She begged old Ocean not to let them
bathe in its cool water. So there they prowl, the
Great and Little Bear, round and round the pole
star, yet never dip below the horizon that we see
from our valley."

" What a pretty story ! " cried Chip, sporting
about in glee. Please tell us just one more. We
never knew before you came, little raindrops, how
many beautiful things there were around us."

"Let me see. What shall it be?" mused the



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dimpled stream. " 0, yes ! there is a very pretty
one- in the northeastern sky.-"^
. " Start with me from the handle of the Great
Dipper, and travel straight through the north star
till we reach five bright stars that make a W in
the edge of the Milky Way. These are in the
group called 'Cassiopeia.'^ It is about as far from
the pole star on one side as the Great Dipper is on
the other.
" Farther down in the sky, in the same straight
line, beneath the W, there is a row of shining stars,
just to the left of a large starry square. The
bright row is Andromeda,^ a beautiful princess.
The square is a part of the great winged horse,
Pegasus.*

" Now set out once more from the W, and move
down the Milky Way towards the northeast.
