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When we last left Astropup, he was flying into the mouth of a giant space ship shaped like a bird (see Astropup for Freedom). At the centre of the space ship is a giant tree holding up the nests and families of thousands upon thousands of highly intelligent birds. Astropup’s commanding officer, the major (who is a parrot) wants to stay. So will our Space Dog hero be stranded on the Ship of Birds?
Read by Richard Scott. Story by Bertie. Duration 16.59.
Astropup and the Ship of Birds
Hello again,
It’s a floating paradise.
Insects, butterflies and worms but no dogs. Mice for the birds of prey to feed on. Their planet was invaded by the cat people, so they set sale in this giant space ship
The Wise Old Bird – is the ships computer – and nodes are attached to his brain. Exotically plumed birds to entertain him
One of these days he’ll get too hungry and eat a bird.
The Parrot finds that he’s nothing special when he’s surrounded by so many clever birds.
Trying to build paradise, the perfect society, but it’s boring……. No jokes. No fun. It’s alright for a holiday, but there’s more to life than perfection. A world full of smarty pants would be pretty annoying after a while.
The birds fix the ship – but the dog can’t fly it. Parrot feels a bit foolish when shown mistake. Dog has to eat worms – and mice. Stores in the ship – but leave them for the journey back.
Try the intelligence test – not smart enough to be the wise old bird. Has to sit an exam. But sparrows are stupid. Might eat a smart bird.
Call the dog a dumb animal. Intelligence and eugenics. Stupid birds get eaten by the sparrow hawks and eagles. geometry- the only pure truths. Everything else is relative. The temple – the number PI.
Cats are crazy, wher-ever you go in the universe.
Is it always wrong to bite a postman, where-ever you go in the universe?
Birds leave the nest, but never fly too far.
Transcendental mathematics.
One bird is sitting calculating it to a billion decimal points. 3.141593 iIn Euclidean plane geometry, π is defined as the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter:[7]
Dog says that he’s seen enough to know that there are universal truths of the universe – like cats have no conscience and Might is Right. Ah not the strongest, but the brainiest.
