Although she had the form of a bear, Callisto was still a woman at
heart. She feared all the animals that she met.

The hunting dogs frightened her, and she would hide in terror from the
hunters.

One day a young man was hunting in the forest. Callisto recognized him
at once as her son Arcas.

She rushed toward her son to embrace him, but thinking the bear was
going to attack him, Arcas lifted his hunting spear.

As he was about to strike the bear, Jupiter appeared. The god snatched
away the spear just in time to save Callisto's life.

Jupiter took both Callisto and Arcas, and placed them in the sky.
Callisto became the Great Bear, and Arcas the Little Bear.

They have remained in the sky ever since. On pleasant nights you can see
them in the sky, as they move around the North Star.




THE BOY AND THE SHEEP


"Lazy sheep, pray tell me why
In the pleasant field you lie,