Class 8 · English
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Key terms to remember
“Feathered Friend”
A science-fiction story by Arthur C. Clarke set on a space station, where a canary warns the crew of bad air.
Claribel
The small yellow canary whose collapse acts as an early warning of a failing air supply, saving the crew.
Sven Olsen
The construction worker who brings Claribel aboard the space station and cares for her.
Canary in a coal mine
The old miners’ practice of using canaries to detect poisonous gas; the key idea that solves the story’s crisis.
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