Astro Pup and The Conspiracy of Lizards, Part 2, dedicated to Emmanuel, whose family supports us on Patreon.

Hello, this is Richard, and welcome to Story Nore. In a moment, I'm going to be handing over to Astropop,

who will finish telling his latest adventure.

If you recall, Astropop, the Parrot and Marlowe

reported back to the president of the world

after their visit to the planet Ulan 40.

They want to set up an interplanetary hot dog business, supplying a continuous stream of vegan

hot dogs to planet Earth via a wormhole in space.

The president seems unable to help them.

Some people say that the president is not really in charge,

but in fact, her every move is controlled by alien lizards disguised as humans.

Some commentators even think the president herself is a lizard.

But of course, that's a crazy theory. Or is it? The leading lizard

theorist is Mickey King, the hot dog billionaire. Astro Pup and his friends are keen to meet him.

So let's return to our space travelling truth seeker, Astropub, to find out the answers to some of these mysteries.

Ever since the mention of lizards taking over the world, I had noticed that certain people were more irritable than usual.

Marlowe was not his usual, easygoing self.

"'Honestly!' he moaned.

"'We're wasting our time with Mickey King, the hot dog billionaire.

"'He's lost his mind.

"'Only crazies believe lizards have taken over the world. Hey, I woofed. Are you calling me crazy because I believe lizards have taken over the world?

The only thing is the nice president lady is not a lizard and don't let anyone say that she is and the parrot squawked

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