“But when she saw Perseus, she made her escape as quickly as she could, and came to him. “‘What is it?’ she whispered. “‘Little Bear has just gone again. I saw him coming toward Orion’s garden. Orion was there, and Little Bear pretended he was going by—not anywhere in particular. Then Orion came out of the garden and went toward Sagittarius’ House, and Little Bear turned in, quick as a wink, and went through and on—down the Milky Way.’ “‘Come, quick!’ said Andromeda. ‘Are you sure you know which way he went?’ “‘Yes. We’ll find him easily enough.’ “Orion had come back to his garden, but they were in such haste they didn’t even see that he was there. He watched them whisk through, and as they were going out at the farther side, he called to them: ‘Did you come to see me?’ “‘No,’ answered Perseus. ‘What makes you think we did?’ “‘Because you are in my garden.’ “‘We aren’t now,’ said Andromeda over her shoulder—pushing Perseus ahead of her. ‘You don’t mind, do you?’ “‘No. Only you might say good-evening.’ “‘We do,’ she called. ‘But we can’t stop now.’ “So she and Perseus ran on, and before long they caught sight of Little Bear. They crept cautiously nearer, where they could watch him unseen. He was hunting for something. “‘What do you suppose it is?’ whispered Andromeda. “‘I can’t make out—wait—there! What’s that he’s found?’ “‘It’s a meteor bush,’ said she. “Little Bear stopped by the bush—looked at it—looked around him; then he trotted on—hunting for something. “They watched him find another bush—and another; and each time look back and forth. It was very mysterious. [Illustration: LITTLE BEAR STOPPED BY THE BUSH ] “‘He is fixing the places in his mind, so that he can come back to them again!’ exclaimed Andromeda. “‘That’s it,’ agreed Perseus. ‘I wonder what for.’ “‘We’ll find out.—Be careful! He’s coming home.’ “They kept close until Little Bear had trotted by them and was out of sight. Then they went themselves to examine the bushes. But that didn’t help them to understand. They were the ordinary kind of wild meteors that never grow very large; and they were still quite green. “So they gave up puzzling about it, and went back to be civil to Orion. But when he wanted to know why they were in such a hurry, they were so mysterious he thought they had a secret; and he never guessed that the secret was Little Bear’s, and one reason why they wouldn’t tell was because they didn’t know it themselves! “They began to think they never were going to know, for Little Bear didn’t go off again and gave them no chance to find out.” “I thought I knew, once,” said Miss Phyllisy. “But I don’t know so well now. Can you guess, Pat?” Pat shook her head. “No. But she’ll tell us.” And the Princess went on to tell them, in her own way:—