| Show everli fla iry afy MAW 5 i i nii n UNION i THE DOG STAR the star plane landed on a mighty star how hot and vapory all these stars itara looked harry lassure wag was sure that no DO one other than a member of the star family could live lire here hem sirius wearing a white suit greeted him cosmo oat fat down too and closed his eyes eyel forgive me it if I 1 take a little nap ll 11 he said 1 it I suppose first of all like to know why im called thedoe the dog star sirius asked after they had both quite agreed that cosmo was entitled to a nap harry nodded im the chief star in the constellation known na as the great do D 91 which looks slightly like a dog in 0 an outline of stars when I 1 say im the chief star I 1 dont want you to think im conceited im just giving you a fact I 1 follow at the heels of orlon orion as he goes across the sky something the way a dog travels at the heels of a person something the same sam eldea idea ive been ron wondering derIng tt if you have something to do with the dog days when its very hot and horrid my father says were having the dog days thata the gossip what to Is the real staryl during july and the early part of august sirius commenced 1 I rise just after the sun and follow right across the heavens in the ancient 44 I 1 I 1 was favorite with the th egyptians days people thought I 1 was responsible for the bad heat of midsummer they said too that I 1 cast an evil spell on the beadth health of those who were exposed to ray my heat even now as youve just said you speak of hot horrid days as being my days and some people ive been told say that dogs go mad at such times 1 I dont suppose the dogs hold me responsible but the people do and its not my fault im too far faraway away to do any harm 1 1 I should think so it if you want to know more about me true things id be glad to tell you that nay my constellation Is also called canis major or greater dog then there la Is canis minor the lesser dog directly east of t your friend orion yes tes I 1 want to keep my sense of direction well gemini the twins in the zodiac road are right north of canis minor auve youve passed them once and are going to so se them again later on but id like to tell you that there have been nice stories told about me too I 1 was a favorite with the egyptians who worshiped the sun 1 I was so bright that they were devoted to me they never said anything harsh about me they would see me in the east and they would know it was time the nile was going to rise and the people living on the banks would move back where it was safer so they considered me their kind hind warning star cosmo opened his eyes there are some others we stop to see further north he said and I 1 told them wed be back later so wed better be off jut just so tt it wont confuse you well go back to polaris again and start oft from that point so harry said goodby good by to sirius 1 stepped into the plane plana and they were oft off once more |
