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Ursa Minor (the Little Dipper) is called little bear because of a old story that some hunters were lost at night and a small girl pointed the way. (the North Star) When the girl left she turned into a bear in the sky so that they could always find they way home. And Ursa Major (the Big Dipper) is right above it and it means Big Bear.

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