Answer:
The theme of the story "Feathered Friend" is that the oldest and simplest solutions are better than the expensive ones.
Explanation:
"Feathered Friend" is a short science fiction written by Arthur Clarke. The story is about a yellow canary, Claribel, who saves the lives of the astronauts in the space.
The yellow canary is a very playful and cheerful bird who is taken into space by the astronauts, which suggests that they will be breaking the rules of space.
In the story, there was a gas leakage on the spaceship which was not detected by the expensive instruments installed on the spaceship. The hint of bad air was detected when the canary passed out because of the bad air on the spaceship. <u>The </u><u>theme</u><u> that has been depicted in the story is that the simplest and the cheapest solutions are better than the expensive ones.</u>