The animals turned at once and began sliding down the sky to the earth. Blue Jay could not go very fast because of his lame foot, and a number of animals got ahead of him. This made him so angry that when he reached the earth he cut the reed rope, and the sky flew up again before all the animals were down. Those that were left in the sky changed into stars. That is why to-day we see the Great Bear, and the Dog Star, and all the other animal stars.
The animals never caught the fifth southwest wind. Even to-day he wanders bustling around the world. But he has to rest sometimes, and so the animals get more peace than when his four brothers were alive to help blow them about.
"Did n't the other animals do anything to Blue Jay for cutting the reed rope so soon?" inquired Juanita.
"I never heard that they did. It is well that the rope was cut, for now we have the Great Bear to look at on dark nights."
"Yes; but perhaps those animals don't like to live in the sky. Perhaps—"
But Antonio interrupted with: "I wish they 'd had a stronger bird to fight with the fifth southwest wind. Why did n't they take a buzzard? I think—"
