THIS IS STORY (2)

aw-inspiringly perfect government

dog. Yes, this

dog is responsible for

matters of international diplomacy

and intergalactic monocle deliveries

But his terrible secret always

weighed heavily on his

Flank and scruff

because the secret IS....................

indeed, terrible. So terrible that

-"oh my god!" -

interrupted Sir Picklesworth

, Earl of Wandsworth, Proprietor of

Chutney Manor in Slough.

He continued his posh interruption:

"what manner of secreted darkness

lay putrefying within thine bosom?

Lays? Lies? is lying? Oops."

Anywho, howst hast thou holst

's Mars the Bringer of War

Impregnated into virgin shellac in spiral formation?"

Dog answered these questions thusly:

"wow. such. very."

Picklesworth, head tilted: "Oh, you!"

Suddenly, a floating shopping list