"For a while they were happy, but the 'Celestial Sister' became homesick, and longed for her sisters in the sky. One day when White Hawk was out hunting she made a silver basket and, taking it to the fairy ring, she stepped into it, while she sang a magic chant. White Hawk was returning home across the fields just as the basket rose above the tops of the trees, and, hearing the music, he knew what had happened. "But his wife did not forget him, and her father sent for him and invited him to come to the sky, where he is now one of the bright stars shining near the Northern Crown." [Illustration: THE NORTHERN CROWN, AND BOOTES, THE BEAR-DRIVER.] "That must be the brightest star in Bootes," said Harry. "What is it called?" "Arcturus," replied his sister. "Near Bootes is Virgo, the Virgin who lived on Earth during the Golden Age when people were very good. Near her are the scales in which she weighed the good and evil deeds of men." STORY OF THE LION. "Just above the Virgin, in the west, you can see some stars that look like a sickle," said Mary. [Illustration: LEO, THE LION.] Harry looked in the direction pointed out by his sister, and there he saw the sickle plainly outlined by a few bright stars. "Is there a story about it, sister?" he asked. "Yes," replied his sister; "or rather there is a story not about the sickle, but about the group of stars to which it belongs, known as the constellation of the Lion. "You remember how jealous Juno was, and she was even displeased with a brave man named Hercules, because he was afraid of nothing. She told her cousin to command Hercules to bring him the skin of a fierce lion that roamed at large through the forests. Hercules was not afraid, and attacked the lion. Finding he could not kill it with his club and arrows, he strangled the animal with his hands. He returned home carrying the dead lion on his shoulders, but Juno's cousin was so frightened at the sight of it and at this proof of the great strength of the hero that he ordered him to tell the story of his brave deeds in future at a safe distance outside the town." "What a coward Juno's cousin must have been!" said Harry disdainfully. "I suppose Hercules laughed at him." "Of course he did," said Mary. "But he was not the only brave man Juno disliked. Orion, the mighty hunter, also aroused her anger because he boasted that nothing could harm him. She sent a scorpion out of the earth, and it stung him, causing his death. See the heart of the scorpion, marked by a bright red star named Antares. Above it is the serpent and the serpent-holder." [Illustration: THE SCORPION.] THE MILKY WAY. [Illustration: THE MILKY WAY IS CROWDED WITH STARS.]