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Page 8 THE OAKVILLE-TRAFALGAR JOURNAL The Shadows Meet A Dragon BUT HE DOESN'T TERRIFY THEM AT ALL By Max Trell Knarf and Hanid, the shadow- children with the turned-around names, found their friend King Nep sitting as usual on a moss) shaded rock just off the edge o the brook. Once, long ago, King Nep used to be King of the Seven Seas. His name was King Nep- tune then. He lived in a palace deep in the ocean, and had mermaids and mermen to serve him, and he rode about on the backs of whales and porpoises and sea-horses. he But now King Nep was very small because he was almost for- gotten by everyone. And he no longer ruled the seven seas. So he made his home on the mossy, shady rock in the brook, and the frogs and the toads and the min- nows were his companions. An Old Friend Today, when Knarf and Hanid came to him, King Nep smiled with delight. "I just remember- ed an old friend of mine whom I haven't seen in a thousand years or more" he told them. name is the Great Old One. I've STAMPS Old Canadian Preferred Collections and umulations A BOUGHT Send description to BOX 500 Oakville-Trafalgar Journal DEERHAVEN KENNELS from the handle and using them as pointers, as they are common y spoken of, we have a line away mouth of the dip- which will reach the little at the North Star. This is the last star in the handle of the little dipper. The handles of these two turn away from each other and they are said to be into one another. The HOBBY COLUMN By Wm. D. Christianson, Jr. just found out that he lives near this brook." from the open "The Great Old One!" repeated. "Is Nep 2" "Well, he's a sort of fish. He comes down to the water now and then. He was born in the water and swam around in it until he ew up. He's a dragon." "A Dragon!" the two shadows exclaimed in wonder. "And he lives near this brook?" firs "Quite near," answered King|belonging to certain star groups Nep. "Would you care to see Knarf King per he a fish, dipper JAR NIGHTS NOW IDEAL FOR STAR GAZING CL The mysterious symbols of the pouring sodiak on the first pages of the often been our resents the bear's tail of the little almanacs have bear or ursa Minor. ai vith the mes acquaintance With the names) pj an ancient myth tell ing the story of the big and little bears: A beautiful mother called Callisto had a little son whom che named Arcas. Callisto was <o beautiful that she awakened the anger of Juno, who changed her to a bear; and when her son grew up he became a hunter, and one day would have Iilled his transformed mother; but Jupiter, seeing the danger of this crime, caught up the two into the heav- ens, and set them there as shin- ing stars. But Juno was still vindictive, so she wrought a spell which never allowed these stars to rise and set as other stars, but Jiept them moving around and around. constantly to be seen on clear nights by simply looking over- The ancients have given the head. us a wealth of tales,about sous groups of stars in the sky, or as we now call them, the con- stellations. Astronomers place all stars within certain areas into a constellation and the whole sky is divided up in this way. The sodialk was to the ancients that sequence of constellations which marked the highest point in the skys reached by the sun in its travels across the sky. In sum- mer this is higher than in the winter and the constellations, due to the regular rotation, are always moving along so that in the course of a year this progression travels clear around the dozen constellations of the zodiak. Since the sun would be in these posi- tions if they could be seen in the daytime we now are able to see best those constellations in which the sun would be about six months from now. King Nep patted the salamander on the head. To the Indians of North Amer ica, the second star at the bend in the handle of the big dipper was used as a test for good eye- sight. This is a double star; that is, there are two stars close to- gether which are known as alcor and mizar, or as the Indian lad used to say, the old squaw and the little papoose on her back. If you can see two stars on a reas- onably clear night you have first- rate cye-sight. Actually, with a good glass you might even be able to see a third in between the other two. him? If you do, I'll call him. "Dragons big and fierce, aren't they?" said Hanid. "This one used to be the big- gest ome of all)' said King Nep with a smile. "But he wouldn't harm a fly if I asked him not to. TI call him." With that, King Nep stood up and tapped his three-forked stick against the rock. Then he called: "Brook and pond and mighty sea Old One, Old One come to me!" The next instant there was a rustling in the grass. Knarf and Hanid looked down. Constellations of the zodiak which you can observe, at the pres- ent time include sagittarius, cap- ricornus, aquarius and pisces. These are the Latin names for the archer, the goat, the water car- rier and the fishes. In the early days it was believed that these figures could be seen in the ar- rangements of the stars. To the beginner it is easier to find a etter starting point to become acquainted with the heavens above After you have located the two dippers you are looking at the same time at draco, the dragon, whose tail winds between the two dippers, while its head and its fiery eyes appear beyond the bowl of the little dipper. Coming It was a little red salamander! King Nep smiled as he patted it on the head, then took it up in his hands. 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This is known as cygnus, which means a swan, which was pictured with its wings spread out and its neck out- stretched. Just below this again you will note three stars in a Yow with the one in th¢ middle much brighter than the other two. This star is altair in aquilla, or the flying eagle. Between aquil- Ja and the northern cross the bright path of the milky way seems to divide. About in here is also the black nebulae, or cloud of gases, which leave a dark hole in the sky. #* STORM SASH s One," he said in a sad voice. "There was a time when he could stretch halfway across the ocean, with his head in Ireland and the us, The north star is the one nearest to that point in the north around which all the others ap- pear to revolve. It ean be locat- end of his tail fanning the coast|ed by first finding the big dipper of Spain. But he's become small} which most of us can find by its . small as T've become small.| obvious shape. It is also known hardly anyone believes as the big bear, which takes a in us any more. But we're happy |little more imagination to con- just the same, arem't we?" he|ceive of as the familiar stars of said to the little dragon. And the| the dipper are not the whole of little dragon--the salamander --|the group known as ursa major. nodded his head, and winked his|By selecting the two end stars little blue eyes. of the bowl of the big dipper away WE HAVE RKSHOP ilding Supplies Carried at All # PLYWOODS Times PLASTER Y SCOUT COLLECTION Please hold your scrap paper for collection next month. undas St. - North of C.N.R. NIGHTS 670 - 558-W WILLEE DEE --By Vic Green NOPE, BUT THERE'S TWO NEW KIDS IN THE NEIGHBOR: HOOD, AND I'M JUST PLAYIN' QUICK, REG, PUT ME DOWN FOR TWO CENTS J = HAVE YOU BEEN FIGHT- ING AGAIN 2? handle of the little dipper rep-|' Scouting By Clare Willis The First and Second Cub Packs finished up a successful season about the third week in June with hikes for each pack, at which many cubs qualified for their athletic badges. Special out- ings were planned for the sixes n each pack which finished first and second in six competitions. This competition is based on points awarded the sixes through out the year on attendance, paid up dues, smartness of appearance and competitive games, It is in- teresting to note that, in the First Pack, that S4 that won on a per- centage basis was the newly formed Blue Six, which had only been in existence for about two months. The Gray Six came sec- ond, only a few points behind. These two sixes enjoyed a trip to Mr. Heddle's beautiful prop- erty on 16-mile Creek, where they swam, ate weiners and cake, and tramped considerable distances The winners in the Second Pack exploring the surrounding bush. were the Red Six, first, and the Green Six, second. Their out ing had to be postponed until fall, however, because of the Red Sixer having his tonsils out in June. A long-anticipated event for both packs came off Sept. 14th, when 60 Cubs gathered at the Scout hut in uniform, with swim- suits under their arms, for a trip to ""¥" camp at Norval. Cars were driven by Dr. Lloyd-Jones, group. committee chairman; Mrs. Win- deler, and Cubmasters Bob "Apple- ford and Mike Jennings. Mr. Bill Moore came, too, as did Cpl. "Red" Forrester, who is an able assist- ant with the First Pack, and Scout Bob Heilig, who teaches signalling to First Star Cubs of both packs. 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