It was not a difficult task for either of the boys, after finding the twin star _Castor_, for the head of _Pollux_ is quite close beside it and the bodies of both star children stand side by side, with the feet just above _Orion's_ uplifted club. When _Gemini_, the twins, were finished, the blackboard looked like this, and since the children's fingers were so stiff with the cold that they could hardly hold the chalk, Uncle Henry moved that the Society of Star-Gazers adjourn until the next evening. SECOND WINTER EVENING IN WHICH THE DOGS OF ORION AND GEMINI FOLLOW THEIR MASTERS, PEGASUS ESCAPES AS USUAL, AND ANDROMEDA GETS A NICE SOFT BED OF HAY IN PLACE OF HER HARD OLD ROCK "Uncle Hen," said Peter, when the Society was assembled round the blackboard, in overcoats and mittens, on the following night, "what is that very bright star that is down behind _Orion_? It looks sort of important to me." "Right you are, Pete," answered Uncle Henry, looking where the boy pointed, "it _is_ important. It is the star _Sirius_, the brightest star in the whole sky. We'll begin with it and find _Orion's_ dog, or _Canis Major_, which is Latin for 'bigger dog.'" "That's great!" exclaimed Paul, "you told us last Summer that we'd find him this Christmas-time." "So I did," agreed Uncle Henry. "Well, you can always find _Orion's_ dog by drawing a line through _Orion's_ belt and extending it behind him until it meets _Sirius_. (22) You can't miss it because it's so bright. Everybody see it?" Everybody did. "Now," went on Uncle Henry, "extend the line that came from _Orion's_ belt, curving it slightly downward after it passes through _Sirius_, and you will have the dog's backbone. Put in the chalk dots as we find the stars, Pete. Now draw lines upward and downward from _Sirius_, at right angles to the backbone line and you will have the dog's forelegs and ears. At a point on the backbone about twice the length of the foreleg from _Sirius_, you will find another fairly bright star, and below it a little way another star. Connect these two and keep on with the line, at right angles to the backbone, and you will find one hind foot. The other is not far in front of it. Yes, that's right, Betty, there's a star in the tip of his tail, too. And the three stars near _Sirius_ make _Canis Major's_ nose." The children soon finished the skeleton and Uncle Henry took the chalk and put the flesh upon it. Then the dog of _Orion_ looked like this: [Illustration] "He's a faithful old fellow, isn't he?" said Betty, "to always follow Mr. _Orion_ around like that?" "I'm not always sure," said Uncle Henry, "whether the dog of _Orion_ would always be so faithful if it wasn't for the rabbit that is always just ahead of him, almost under _Orion's_ feet." "Oh, show us the rabbit!" cried Betty. Her father had promised her that when they all went to live in a house in the country, she should have a pair of them for her very own.