Three necks craned upward in unison, and the two boys' voices answered, almost together, "Seven." Betty gazed a moment longer, and said, "Eight." Uncle Henry looked interested. "Where do you see the eighth, Betty?" he asked. "Right close where the handle bends," announced Betty. "Correct," said Uncle Henry, "that shows you have good eyes. The Arabs used to call that little star 'the proof,' because it is a test of good eyesight to see it. The star at the bend of the handle is also called 'the horse,' and that faint little star over it 'the rider.' You can make the dipper itself with seven pebbles, though. Go ahead and do it, Peter," Uncle Henry finished, "and take good-sized stones, to show that they're bright stars." When Peter had finished, the smooth patch of sand looked like this in the light from Uncle Henry's pocket electric torch. [Illustration] Betty insisted upon adding a tiny stone above "the horse," to represent her discovery, "the rider." "Now," said Uncle Henry, looking upward, "I'll help you this much in finding all of 'the great bear.' The handle of the dipper is his tail. Everybody try to find the rest of him. Put down a pebble in the right spot for every star; big ones for bright ones, and little stones for faint ones." "Ooh," interrupted Betty, "I got his nose!" Here is where Betty put it. [Illustration] "--and his shoulders!" she added in a moment, putting them in with small pebbles. "I got his front leg!" announced Paul excitedly, adding three pebbles rapidly. Then the bear looked like this. [Illustration] It was Peter who contributed his hind legs and his "skeleton," made of finger-drawn lines in the sand. Like this. [Illustration] And when Uncle Henry had drawn an outline in the sand with his finger, the "great bear" was done to everybody's satisfaction. [Illustration] While they were all looking at it, Uncle Henry recited, "_Ursa Major_'s Latin-- And it means, 'the greater bear.' _Ursa_'s 'bear,' and _Major_'s 'bigger,' If you want to see his 'figger,' At the dipper's handle stare-- That's the tail of _Ursa Major_. Find his shoulders, nose, and toes-- Who first named him, no one knows." "Did you say, 'Noah'--or 'no one,' Uncle Henry?" asked Betty. "I said, 'no one,' but have it 'Noah' if you like," said Uncle Henry. "Maybe Noah named him. He was interested in animals, and Adam ought not to have the only right to name them." "Now let's find the little dipper!" urged Peter, anxious for a victory over Betty's doubts of its existence. "When we find it," announced Uncle Henry solemnly, "it won't be a dipper at all; it will be another bear--a little bear. You know that Noah had two of everything in his ark." "I told you there wasn't any little dipper!" shrilled Betty at Peter. "Uncle Henry said we'd find it, though," countered Peter, looking hopefully at the oracle. "So we will," laughed Uncle Henry, "the little dipper and the little bear are the same thing!"