Then the bear looked like this.
It was Peter who contributed his hind legs and his “skeleton,” made of finger-drawn lines in the sand. Like this.
And when Uncle Henry had drawn an outline in the sand with his finger, the “great bear” was done to everybody’s satisfaction.
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.