While Ursa growls, Boötes howls, His dogs, they both are barking. For Ursa stole Boötes' bowl Of hot milk, set acooling. His mouth burns yet, the bowl's upset, The milky way is streaming." "The milky way to catch a bear," suggested Paul, as a name for the poem. "Who spilt the milk?" volunteered Peter. "The herdsman hasn't ever caught _Ursa Major_," said Betty reflectively, "so he's wasting his time chasing him. 'Don't cry over spilt milk' would be a good title, I think. He ought to be tending his silly sheep, if he has any." "I've got it!" exclaimed Peter, "'Ursa was a big bear; Ursa was a thief.' Like 'Taffy the Welshman,' you know." Since no one else had a better title, the "Society of Star-Gazers," as Paul had named it, let it go at that, and allowed Boötes to persist in his pursuit of the great bear for his ancient mischief. "I thought you were going to show us the lions to-night, Uncle Hen," said Peter. "So I am, Peter," said Uncle Henry. "Tell me what you see just below and between _Ursa Major's_ hind feet." All the children looked, and Peter answered, "Three faint stars, like a triangle." "Put them in with pebbles," said Uncle Henry, and Peter did. "That's one lion; the little one. Now we'll find the big one and draw them both." [Illustration] Then Uncle Henry drew a long line through the two stars at the root of the great bear's tail, and extended it to the three little pebbles in a triangle under the bear's feet, and through the triangle, and beyond as far again. At the end of this line he put a large pebble. (3) "There," said Uncle Henry, "is the star _Regulus_, which is in the big lion's heart. See if you can find the rest of him." Betty soon picked out the lion's head, and Paul added his hind quarters, and when Uncle Henry had drawn outlines around both big and little lions they looked like this. [Illustration] "Now show us the Swan," urged Peter. "Yes, and the Dragon!" reminded Paul. "You children haven't forgotten a single one I promised," laughed Uncle Henry. "Well, here goes; everybody find the dipper again." Everybody did. "Now draw a line straight up through the middle of the dipper's bowl and keep on with it a little over three times the length of the dipper's handle. (4) Put a large pebble there and see if you can find the star. It's in the swan's tail, and he looks as if he was flying overhead, with his wings spread, and his long neck stretched out ahead of him." "Is he sort of like a cross?" inquired Betty after a moment. "Right," said Uncle Henry. "Put him in with pebbles." This shows how to find and draw the swan the way the children and Uncle Henry did. [Illustration] "Now the dragon, Uncle Hen!" urged Peter. "Are you sure," said Uncle Henry, "that you promise not to have any bad dreams about the dragon if I show him to you before you go to bed?" "Sure!" chorused the Society of Star-Gazers.