Finnegan the dog was thinking about the meaning of life, and of lamb chops.

Freeze-dried lamb chops, that is. Finnegan was an astrodog, you see. That’s like an astronaut. Except a dog. Living on a spaceship as a specially-chosen astrodog on a mission to Mars, you get used to freeze-dried stuff. Lamb chops were best. At least, Finnegan thought so.

Padding along a corridor, he sighed and tried to think other thoughts. Of having a nice scratch. Or of Commander Pete, his owner, who was the very best kind of human. But he kept returning to lamb chops. And when he did, he began to drool.

Astrodog went on an expedition to the Moon some years ago. The space dog died on the Moon and was left behind by the astronauts when they returned to Earth. The following year, another group of astronauts landed on the Moon and were surprised to find that Astrodog's body was not decomposed.