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"But the way I brain it," said the Launchy, "I be the best soldier I can, and any commander worth a damn, hetake me. Neh?""Eh," said Ender, with finality.They went on with practice. About a half hour into it, when they were practicing throwing off collisions withfrozen soldiers, several commanders in different uniforms came in. They ostentatiously took down names."Hey," shouted Alai. "Make sure you spell my name right!"The next night there were even fewer boys. Now Ender was hearing the stories little Launchies getting slappedaround in the bathrooms, or having accidents in the mess hall and the game room, or getting their files trashed byolder boys who had broken the primitive security system that guarded the Launchies' desks."No practice tonight," Ender said."The hell there's not," said Alai."Give it a few days. I don't want any of the little kids getting hurt.""If you stop, even one night, they'll figure it works to do this kind of thing. Just like if you'd ever backed downto Bernard back when he was being a swine.""Besides," said Shen. "We aren't scared and we don't care, so you owe it to us to go on. We need the practiceand so do you."Ender remembered what Dink had said. The game was trivial compared to the whole world. Why shouldanybody give every night of his life to this stupid, stupid game?第 121 页 共 340 页http://www.en8848.com.cn/ 原 版 英 语 阅 读 网