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wall came forward to join in the attack, seeing Ender's group in retreat.Ender and Alai decided to throw a frozen soldier in the face of an enemy. The frozen Launchy struck helmetfirst, and the two careened off each other. The older boy clutched his chest whcrc the helmet had hit him, andscreamed in pain.The mockery was over. The rest of the older boys launched themselves to enter the battle. Ender didn't reallyhave much hope of any of the boy's getting away without some injury. But the enemy was coming haphazardly,uncoordinatedly; they had never worked together before, while Ender's little practice army, though there wereonly a dozen of them now, knew each other well and knew how to work together."Go nova!" shouted Ender. The other boys laughed. They gathered into three groups, feet together, squatting,holding hands so they formed small stars against the back wall. "We'll go around them and make for the door.Now!"At his signal, the three stars burst apart, each boy launching in a different direction, but angled so he couldrebound off a wall and head for the door. Since all of the enemy were in the middle of the room, where coursechanges were far more difficult, it was an easy maneuver to carry out.Ender had positioned himself so that when he launched, he would rendezvous with the frozen soldier he hadjust used as a missile. The boy wasn't frozen now, and he let Ender catch him, whirl him around and send himtoward the door, Unfortunately, the necessary result of the action was for Ender to head in the opposite direction,and at a reduced speed. Alone of all his soldiers, he was drifting fairly slowly, and at the end of the battleroomwhere the older boys were gathered. He shifted himself so he could see that all his soldiers were sarely gatheredat the far wall.In the meantime, the furious and disorganized enemy had just spotted him. Ender calculated how soon he wouldreach the wall so he could launch again. Not soon enough. Several enemies had already rebounded toward him.Ender was startled to see Stilson's face among them. Then he shuddered and realized he had been wrong. Still, itwas the same situation, and this time they wouldn't sit still for a single combat settlement. There was no leader,as far as Ender knew, and these boys were a lot bigger than him.第 123 页 共 340 页http://www.en8848.com.cn/ 原 版 英 语 阅 读 网