“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.
“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.
“You’re wrong,” said Uncle Henry, “but I don’t blame you. Arcturus is much too bright and beautiful to be only a big, bright button on the lower edge of Boötes’ shepherd’s kilt—but that is all it is. The star at the top end of the kite is his head, and the two stars at the ends of the cross-stick of the kite are his shoulders. About halfway from them to Arcturus you can find the belt of his kilt, and——”
“Oh, I see his legs!” interrupted Paul. “He’s running after the big bear.”