the star bear looks up to the north star and the bear looks at tilly. tearfully they say goodbye and the bear returns to its own family. the star bear returns home with tilly, who has been given a shining star (the size of a small stone). the tower of london is seen and the bear pen in the london zoo as tilly looks on in amazement. the polar bear returns to his natural habitat to find his family waiting for him. as the sun rises the next morning, tilly wakes up looking for her bear and to find that the windows open and the star bear's constellation is fading. as it does, the shining star vanishes from tilly's hand, and she wonders about the bear from her window.