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Cargo For Callisto Richard Mace Elam Free Download Public Domain Kids' Audio Books.cargo for callisto by richard ilan from young readers science fiction stories this is a liver box recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit livervox.org reading by matt gerardthe bank of rocket freighter was speeding through the star dust of outer space it was carrying supplies to callisto one of the 12 moons of jupiter and the shannons on another space adventure steve and sue looked out a window of the freighter at the airless world growing in size callisto was a gigantic roughened rock but it was a globe larger than the planet mercury it reminded steve of a giant cuckleberg hanging in the sky suddenly the children heard a tiny voice behind them say rock it away they turned and so exclaimed it's bud the blue parakeet a budgie blinked lazily at them the twins had met mr whittle's pet a week ago he had taken a liking to them from the very start they didn't know that a few hours from now their very lives would depend on this little fellow we'd better take him back to mr whittle steve said the budget kept studying them with his flat face and blinking his tiny button eyes then he squawked again rocket away it'll be rocket away for you young fellow steve's set sternly up on my finger bud the bird did as he was ordered they took him down the hall to mr whittle's room bud's owner off duty now was a tall spidery crewman with a big adam's apple he always gave his pet full run of the ship mr whittle whistled to the parakeet but the bird stayed on steve's finger mr whittle chuckled hey i believe he likes youtube better than his master we like him too sue told the children you can keep him for a few days if you want to mr whittle said i'm going to be pretty busy after we land gee we'd like to look after him steve answered if you take him outside on callisto you'll have to put him in that airtight cage over there i had made it's sort of like a spacesuit for him sue and steve played with bud in the room they use for games until it was time to strap down for landing then they went to the couch hall and lay down on cots like the other space travelers were doing they buckled straps across their bodies to keep them in place for a long time steve and sue lay there as the big freighter began cutting its rushing speed it felt to stave as if a giant anvil were crushing downward on his chest takeoff and landing were always the roughest moments in space travel as the twins had already found out on other space trips at last the ship sat down on callisto the young shannons went back to the game room then with the bird on steve's shoulder the twins looked out the window at the strange little world they saw a land bathed in ghostly twilight very little light was coming from the sun it was so far away that it was only a small circle most of the light came from a huge shape that looked like somebody's lost beach ball resting on the ground its bottom edge just touched the horizon sue and steve were joined by their father who worked for the space freight company that's his majesty jupiter the king of planets mr shannon told them he's over a million miles away and yet he looks close enough to touch doesn't he let's go outdoors dad stayed back no reason why we can't mr shannon replied after they had put on their space clothes steve popped bud into his warm airtight cage as they all went outside they saw the crewmen unloading the cargo there's the colony over there mr shannon said pointing to a high framework that looked something like an oil derrick they mine here for a mineral called magma it's very valuable because without it we couldn't have atomic engines magna is what keeps our rocket tubes from melting under the terrific heat that goes through them may we go down into the mines dad steve asked we'll see if we can said his father as they walked toward the mining place mr shannon said underneath us are pockets of poisonous gas like that found in jupiter's atmosphere sometimes it leaks into the mining tunnels causing danger from suffocation i sure hope the gas stays where it belongs while we're down there steve sat and swallowed the lump of fear in his throat they turned their attention to jupiter it looked even more like a beach ball now with its stripes of beautiful colors mr shannon said the bands were floating icebergs of the poisonous gases he was talking about no ship then land on jupiter he said its gravity would crush a spaceman flat gravity pull is much stronger on the larger planets you know jupiter's atmosphere is many thousands of miles deep raging storms are going on beneath it all the time ooh suit gasped i guess we're close enough to it then other wonders of the sky were the round beacons of jupiter's other moons three of which were about the same size as callisto they hung like bright searchlights in the starry heavens the men at the mining place greeted the shannons warmly they had not seen anyone from earth for so long that they had grown very lonely the chief mining engineer said he would be glad to take the visitors on an underground tour his name was dr harding he was plump and short and wore black-rimmed glasses inside his basic helmet he let them into an elevator and it sank into the darkness steve remembered about the poisonous gases that crept about underground and it made him shiver to think about it dr harding watched bud hopping around uncomfortably inside his small space cage do you remember mr shannon he asked over his suit radio when they used to use canary birds and mines to warn about leaking gas the birds would notice at first and give the miners time to get out i've read about that dr harding said mr shannon now we have automatic warning machines in the tunnels to do that the chief engineer told sue and steve deeper and deeper below the soil of callisto the elevator sank at last the cage reached the bottom and the riders found themselves in a large cavern there were machines and men all about working visibly tracks let off into tunnels and ore cars were running on them some were going empty into the tunnels while others were coming out full of rock and gravel the magma is separated from the rock and that big machine over there dr harding explained want to ride an oar car into one of the tunnels sure steve spoke up the mine is air-conditioned the chief engineer said so we can take off our helmets this done steve lit bud out of his cage the little bird hopped up on his glove finger saying rock it away several times his two-word language seemed to do for everything one worker controlled all the cars at a main switch in the middle of the cavern the shannons and their guide climbed into an empty or car and it rolled into a tunnel glistening dark rock crowded in unsue and stayed from all sides steve hoped the walls were strong enough so they would not come crashing down on their heads there were lights along the way to help brighten the balloon after clicking along like a trolley for a while the car came to the end of the line it was a large room with more machines and workmen the men were digging magnet ore out of the wall with drills as dr harding explained about the work bud began flitting about as though sightseeing on his own he was shy of the workers at first but then made friends with them he spoke to them with his favorite two words and the men laughed in great fun to hear him then a few minutes later bud began acting clearly he flew back to steve's finger and started wobbling as though dizzy what's the matter with him steve asked he's sick or something sue cried out she took the budgie from steve and cuddled him in her own gloves but the little blue bird seemed to be no better dr hardy walked over to look at the bird then he ordered everybody into the ore car we have to get out of here fast so hold the bird up close to your suit the workers dropped their tools as if they were red hot and climbed into the car mr shannon helped sue and steve on then jumped on himself dr harding pressed the electric button that was the signal to the operator in the main cavern to move the car the car began to roll down the track it picked up speed as dr harding kept pressing the button leaking gas dr harding mr shannon asked worriedly the chief engineer nodded he sniffed the arrow like a hunting dog after ascent take a deep breath everyone then hold it steve thought his lungs would burst but finally dr harding let them take another deep breath by the time they had taken one more the car had reached the main cavern as it rolled to a stop dr harding jumped down and ran over to the car operator steve saw a door slide open and close off the tunnel where they had come out then the little man gave a deep sigh and took off his black rimmed glasses to wipe them sue and steve watched bud hopefully he was standing more steadily on sue's finger now i think he'll be all right the chief engineer said we sure owe bud a lot for warning us the way he did something must have happened to the warning machine it was supposed to set off a siren if it weren't for bud we might have been overcome before we could have gotten out of there mr shannon added you're so right dr hardy said the men will go back in there in gas masks to find the leak and see what's wrong with the warning machine we're plenty lucky steve's side his spine still prickly from their narrow escape sue kissed the budgie you're a hero bud she told him and we love you bud blinked lazily then as if to show that he was all right again he squawked rocking awayend of cardinal for callisto by richard elamyou

Cargo For Callisto Richard Mace Elam Free Download Public Domain Kids' Audio Books. cargo for callisto by richard ilan from young readers science fiction stories this is a liver box recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit <a href="http://livervox.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">livervox.org</a> reading by matt gerard the bank of rocket freighter was speeding through the star dust of outer space it was carrying supplies to callisto one of the 12 moons of jupiter and the shannons on another space adventure steve and sue looked out a window of the freighter at the airless world growing in size callisto was a gigantic roughened rock but it was a globe larger than the planet mercury it reminded steve of a giant cuckleberg hanging in the sky suddenly the children heard a tiny voice behind them say rock it away they turned and so exclaimed it's bud the blue parakeet a budgie blinked lazily at them the twins had met mr whittle's pet a week ago he had taken a liking to them from the very start they didn't know that a few hours from now their very lives would depend on this little fellow we'd better take him back to mr whittle steve said the budget kept studying them with his flat face and blinking his tiny button eyes then he squawked again rocket away it'll be rocket away for you young fellow steve's set sternly up on my finger bud the bird did as he was ordered they took him down the hall to mr whittle's room bud's owner off duty now was a tall spidery crewman with a big adam's apple he always gave his pet full run of the ship mr whittle whistled to the parakeet but the bird stayed on steve's finger mr whittle chuckled hey i believe he likes youtube better than his master we like him too sue told the children you can keep him for a few days if you want to mr whittle said i'm going to be pretty busy after we land gee we'd like to look after him steve answered if you take him outside on callisto you'll have to put him in that airtight cage over there i had made it's sort of like a spacesuit for him sue and steve played with bud in the room they use for games until it was time to strap down for landing then they went to the couch hall and lay down on cots like the other space travelers were doing they buckled straps across their bodies to keep them in place for a long time steve and sue lay there as the big freighter began cutting its rushing speed it felt to stave as if a giant anvil were crushing downward on his chest takeoff and landing were always the roughest moments in space travel as the twins had already found out on other space trips at last the ship sat down on callisto the young shannons went back to the game room then with the bird on steve's shoulder the twins looked out the window at the strange little world they saw a land bathed in ghostly twilight very little light was coming from the sun it was so far away that it was only a small circle most of the light came from a huge shape that looked like somebody's lost beach ball resting on the ground its bottom edge just touched the horizon sue and steve were joined by their father who worked for the space freight company that's his majesty jupiter the king of planets mr shannon told them he's over a million miles away and yet he looks close enough to touch doesn't he let's go outdoors dad stayed back no reason why we can't mr shannon replied after they had put on their space clothes steve popped bud into his warm airtight cage as they all went outside they saw the crewmen unloading the cargo there's the colony over there mr shannon said pointing to a high framework that looked something like an oil derrick they mine here for a mineral called magma it's very valuable because without it we couldn't have atomic engines magna is what keeps our rocket tubes from melting under the terrific heat that goes through them may we go down into the mines dad steve asked we'll see if we can said his father as they walked toward the mining place mr shannon said underneath us are pockets of poisonous gas like that found in jupiter's atmosphere sometimes it leaks into the mining tunnels causing danger from suffocation i sure hope the gas stays where it belongs while we're down there steve sat and swallowed the lump of fear in his throat they turned their attention to jupiter it looked even more like a beach ball now with its stripes of beautiful colors mr shannon said the bands were floating icebergs of the poisonous gases he was talking about no ship then land on jupiter he said its gravity would crush a spaceman flat gravity pull is much stronger on the larger planets you know jupiter's atmosphere is many thousands of miles deep raging storms are going on beneath it all the time ooh suit gasped i guess we're close enough to it then other wonders of the sky were the round beacons of jupiter's other moons three of which were about the same size as callisto they hung like bright searchlights in the starry heavens the men at the mining place greeted the shannons warmly they had not seen anyone from earth for so long that they had grown very lonely the chief mining engineer said he would be glad to take the visitors on an underground tour his name was dr harding he was plump and short and wore black-rimmed glasses inside his basic helmet he let them into an elevator and it sank into the darkness steve remembered about the poisonous gases that crept about underground and it made him shiver to think about it dr harding watched bud hopping around uncomfortably inside his small space cage do you remember mr shannon he asked over his suit radio when they used to use canary birds and mines to warn about leaking gas the birds would notice at first and give the miners time to get out i've read about that dr harding said mr shannon now we have automatic warning machines in the tunnels to do that the chief engineer told sue and steve deeper and deeper below the soil of callisto the elevator sank at last the cage reached the bottom and the riders found themselves in a large cavern there were machines and men all about working visibly tracks let off into tunnels and ore cars were running on them some were going empty into the tunnels while others were coming out full of rock and gravel the magma is separated from the rock and that big machine over there dr harding explained want to ride an oar car into one of the tunnels sure steve spoke up the mine is air-conditioned the chief engineer said so we can take off our helmets this done steve lit bud out of his cage the little bird hopped up on his glove finger saying rock it away several times his two-word language seemed to do for everything one worker controlled all the cars at a main switch in the middle of the cavern the shannons and their guide climbed into an empty or car and it rolled into a tunnel glistening dark rock crowded in unsue and stayed from all sides steve hoped the walls were strong enough so they would not come crashing down on their heads there were lights along the way to help brighten the balloon after clicking along like a trolley for a while the car came to the end of the line it was a large room with more machines and workmen the men were digging magnet ore out of the wall with drills as dr harding explained about the work bud began flitting about as though sightseeing on his own he was shy of the workers at first but then made friends with them he spoke to them with his favorite two words and the men laughed in great fun to hear him then a few minutes later bud began acting clearly he flew back to steve's finger and started wobbling as though dizzy what's the matter with him steve asked he's sick or something sue cried out she took the budgie from steve and cuddled him in her own gloves but the little blue bird seemed to be no better dr hardy walked over to look at the bird then he ordered everybody into the ore car we have to get out of here fast so hold the bird up close to your suit the workers dropped their tools as if they were red hot and climbed into the car mr shannon helped sue and steve on then jumped on himself dr harding pressed the electric button that was the signal to the operator in the main cavern to move the car the car began to roll down the track it picked up speed as dr harding kept pressing the button leaking gas dr harding mr shannon asked worriedly the chief engineer nodded he sniffed the arrow like a hunting dog after ascent take a deep breath everyone then hold it steve thought his lungs would burst but finally dr harding let them take another deep breath by the time they had taken one more the car had reached the main cavern as it rolled to a stop dr harding jumped down and ran over to the car operator steve saw a door slide open and close off the tunnel where they had come out then the little man gave a deep sigh and took off his black rimmed glasses to wipe them sue and steve watched bud hopefully he was standing more steadily on sue's finger now i think he'll be all right the chief engineer said we sure owe bud a lot for warning us the way he did something must have happened to the warning machine it was supposed to set off a siren if it weren't for bud we might have been overcome before we could have gotten out of there mr shannon added you're so right dr hardy said the men will go back in there in gas masks to find the leak and see what's wrong with the warning machine we're plenty lucky steve's side his spine still prickly from their narrow escape sue kissed the budgie you're a hero bud she told him and we love you bud blinked lazily then as if to show that he was all right again he squawked rocking away end of cardinal for callisto by richard elam you

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