Feathered Friend — Flashcards

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Sven Olsen is a wiry construction man on the space station. He is one of the best at joining girders in free fall and he secretly brings Claribel aboard.

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Claribel is a small yellow canary kept as a pet aboard the space station. She later helps detect bad air, just like a mining canary.

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Sven said he brought her out of scientific curiosity. He wanted to see how a bird would move and use its wings when it had no weight.

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Claribel weighed practically nothing, needed very little food, and was not troubled by zero gravity. That made her a suitable pet for the station.

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Wiry means thin but strong. It shows that Sven had a light build and was fit for space work.

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Light and wiry workers could qualify for the 150-pound bonus. This kept many workers on a reducing diet and made them suitable for space jobs.

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She was seen hanging in the air like a hummingbird, almost motionless, with her wings folded along her sides. This showed how well she had adjusted to zero gravity.

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Sven did not confess to owning Claribel for several days. Because of that silence, it was clear that he had brought her secretly.