The following morning Artemis awoke and found Callisto already up and about. She tried to approach and talk to the young nymph, but Callisto avoided her and rushed off to finish her chores.

"I wonder what got her in a rush?" Artemis asked herself.

Callisto tried to be unseen. She would not join the bath with the goddess, even there were other maidens around. She would not sit next to her when they sang around the fire. When mealtimes came, Callisto did her best not to be the one who served her mistress.

At night, the nymph feigned asleep in her tent, and whenever she sensed that Artemis trying to...