Mutiny in Space
“Here she paused awhile at her first landing, ostensibly to permit minor repairs to be made on her hull. The duty sections were reduced to a minimum and full liberty was allowed, except for the guards and work-gangs, which were frequently relieved.
At first, the men had poured out eagerly, tasting for the first time in months the air of a live world. They ran around and kicked up their heels as much as they liked, shouted “Get a lung of that!” and threw stones at the few wild awks unwary enough ...to come in range. Impromptu wrestling-matches and cook-outs were held, much greensleeve consumed — and slept off in the sun — and quite a number of the men, with many knowing looks and semisecretive gestures to their buddies, wandered off to engage in what soon became to their great annoyance a full-scale operation called “prospecting.”
Exercise presently lost its novelty, greensleeve tasted the same ashore as aboard, cooked-out food not even as good. The awks soon fled the scene, and the mineralogists found nothing worth the finding.MoreLess
At first, the men had poured out eagerly, tasting for the first time in months the air of a live world. They ran around and kicked up their heels as much as they liked, shouted “Get a lung of that!” and threw stones at the few wild awks unwary enough ...to come in range. Impromptu wrestling-matches and cook-outs were held, much greensleeve consumed — and slept off in the sun — and quite a number of the men, with many knowing looks and semisecretive gestures to their buddies, wandered off to engage in what soon became to their great annoyance a full-scale operation called “prospecting.”
Exercise presently lost its novelty, greensleeve tasted the same ashore as aboard, cooked-out food not even as good. The awks soon fled the scene, and the mineralogists found nothing worth the finding.MoreLess
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