Now that "Rags" was asleep under the cottage, Peter and Paul removed the fence and smoothed the sand carefully for several yards around the bears, while Betty collected a quite unnecessarily large number of pebbles to represent the stars that would be found, with Uncle Henry's help, when the twilight faded. When all this was done the trio sat down beside the smoothed space and called to Uncle Henry, on the porch, that one star was already out and he had better hurry. "I'll come when you can see _Ursa Major's_ tail," called back Uncle Henry, and the children had to wait, although they shrilly announced each new star that glowed into sight in the darkening sky, and repeatedly urged Uncle Henry to "come on and begin!" The seven stars of the big dipper were all plainly visible when Uncle Henry came down the board walk and sat cross-legged on the sand. The first thing he did was to extend the line joining the last two pebbles in the great bear's tail until it was about five times as long as before, and curved slightly downward as it went. (2) "Now, Betty," he said, "give me a pebble--a good big one. This is a bright star we'll begin with; see if you can find it," and Uncle Henry put down the pebble at the end of the line, like this. [Illustration] The three exclaimed, "I see it!" almost together. "All right, then, we'll find '_Boötes_,' the herdsman who drives _Ursa Major_ round the pole," said Uncle Henry. "He has two dogs to help him besides. We'll find them too." The children gazed upward for some time, intently silent. "I guess," observed Betty finally, "that you'll have to tell us whether that big star is the bear-driver's head--or one of his 'booties,' Uncle Henry." A duet of groans from Peter and Paul followed this example of the lowest form of wit. "I can't see anything that looks like a man the least bit," she went on, oblivious of the groans, "but I can see a kite, with that big star at the place where the tail would be fastened on." "Fine," said Uncle Henry, "Make the kite then, Betty--and then we'll find the herdsman after we've flown the kite a while. That's the wonderful thing about Starland. If you get tired of one of the beasts or people in it--presto! You can change him into anything he looks like to you. _Boötes_ is really much more like a kite than a man, so let's make the kite. Put the pebbles down, Betty." Betty did, and they looked like this. [Illustration] "That was easy!" exclaimed Peter. "Never you mind, Mr. Peter!" Betty burst out warmly, "I found it first, anyhow!" "We'll let Peter find the bear-driver's head," said Uncle Henry judicially. Peter promptly picked the big star at the tail-end of the kite.