"Hah! there's a star!" cried she, in a short time.
"Where, where? It can't be, it's too light to see stars!" said Elena, who had hoped to be the first to succeed with the stars.
"Yes, I guess Zan is right; I see one, too, but, girls, you have to concentrate on seeking, or you'll miss the faint twinkling," came from the Guide.
After that the quiet was broken by cries, "There's one! I see another!" and so on.
Finally Miss Miller, not wishing to tire the girls the first night of star gazing, asked, "Who wants to go to bed—or who will choose to hunt some planets?"
No one was ready to retire, it seemed, for the new game was too interesting.
"For everyone who finds and names the correct planet and can tell some facts about it, we will award a merit!" suggested Miss Miller.
For some time thereafter, not a sound could be heard except the snoring of Wickee and the soft thud of Cheokee's hoofs as he wandered about the tether.
"I see Venus—right there," cried Hilda, pointing.