The Albatross by Charles Baudelaire. Short summary

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During the sea voyage, the ship’s crew gets bored. To pass the extra hour in the ocean, the sailors begin to catch birds that fly by. These are usually albatrosses.

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A seagoing ship has been on the road for a considerable amount of time. There are many problems that can arise in a sea voyage that can make it difficult for the crew to continue on the high seas.

One of these is boredom. Despite a full supply of food and drinking water, sailors can become bored out of their minds. Every sailor copes with boredom as best he can. Most often, however, the choice falls on catching birds.

From time to time, sailors come out of the bilges and start catching birds that fly by. More often than not, albatrosses end up in the hands of the sailors. Despite their size, the sailors manage to catch a few.

Recently, the sailors caught one of the albatrosses by placing it on the deck. To keep the bird from flying away, the sailors held it by its wings. The albatross does not like this and tries to escape. But it fails.

The sailors are happy about the caught bird. Some even tease the caught bird. Some do not hesitate to put tobacco smoke in the albatross’s beak.