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Valentine threw a pine needle at him. "An arrow through your heart.""I've been planning to come talk to you for a long time. But I kept being afraid."She put a pine needle in her mouth and blew it at him. It dropped almost straight down. "Ano<strong>the</strong>r failedlaunch." Why was he pretending to be weak?"Val, I was afraid you wouldn't believe me. That you wouldn't believe I could do it.""Peter, I believe you could do anything, and probably will.""But I was even more afraid that you'd believe me and try to stop me.""Come on, threaten to kill me again, Peter." Did he actually believe she could be fooled by his nice-andhumble-kidact?"So I've got a sick sense of humor. I'm sorry. You know I was teasing. I need your help.""You're just what <strong>the</strong> world needs. A twelve-year-old to solve all our problems.""It's not my fault I'm twelve right now. And it's not my fault that right now is when <strong>the</strong> opportunity is open.Right now is <strong>the</strong> time when I can shape events. The world is always a democracy in times of flux, and <strong>the</strong> manwith <strong>the</strong> best voice will win. Everybody thinks Hitler got to power because of his armies, because <strong>the</strong>y werewilling to kill, and that's partly true, because in <strong>the</strong> real world power is always built on <strong>the</strong> threat of death anddishonor. But mostly he got to power on words-- on <strong>the</strong> right words at <strong>the</strong> right time.""I was just thinking of comparing you to him."第 138 页 共 340 页http://www.en8848.com.cn/ 原 版 英 语 阅 读 网

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