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Giant's corpse. Only now, it was hardly identifiable as a corpse at all, unless you stood off a ways and studied it.The body had eroded into a hill, entwined with grass and vines. Only the crest of the Giant's face was stillvisible, and it was white bone, like limestone protruding from a discouraged, withering mountain.Ender did not look forward to fighting with the wolf-children again, but to his surprise they weren't there.Perhaps, killed once, they were gone forever. It made him a little sad.He made his way down underground, through the tunnels, to the cliff ledge overlooking the beautiful forest.Again he threw himself down, and again a cloud caught him and carried him into the castle turret room.The snake began to unweave itself from the rug again, only this time Ender did not hesitate. He stepped on thehead of the snake and crushed it under his foot. It writhed and twisted under him, and in response he twisted andground it deeper into the stone floor. Finally it was still. Ender picked it up and shook it, until it unwove itselfand the pattern in the rug was gone. Then, still dragging the snake behind him, he began to look for a way out.Instead, he found a mirror. And in the mirror he saw a face that he easily recognized. It was Peter, with blooddripping down his chin and a snake's tail protruding from a corner of his mouth.Ender shouted and thrust his desk from him. The few boys in the barracks were alarmed at the noise, but heapologized and told them it was nothing. They went away. He looked again into his desk. His figure was stillthere, staring into the mirror. He tried to pick up some of the furniture, to break the nurror, but it could not bemoved. The mirror would not come off the wall, either. Finally Ender threw the snake at it. The mirror shattered,leaving a hole in the wail behind it. Out of the hole came dozens of tiny snakes which quickly bit Ender's figureagain and again. Tearing the snakes frantically from itself, the figure collapsed and died in a writhing heap ofsmall serpents.The screen went blank, and words appeared.PLAY AGAIN?Ender signed off and put the desk away.第 126 页 共 340 页http://www.en8848.com.cn/ 原 版 英 语 阅 读 网