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Ender knew what was happening from the moment they brought him in. Everyone expected him to gocommander early. Perhaps not this early, but he had topped the standings almost continuously for three years, noone else was remotely close to him, and his evening practices had become the most prestigious group in theschool. There were some who wondered why the teachers had waited this long.He wondered which army they'd give him. Three commanders were graduating soon, including Petra, but it wasbeyond hope for them to give him Phoenix Army. No one ever succeeded to command of the same army he wasin when he was promoted.Anderson took him first to his new quarters. That sealed it -- only commanders had private rooms. Then he hadhim fitted for new uniforms and a new flash suit. He looked on the forms to discover the name of his army.Dragon, said the form. There was no Dragon Army."I've never heard of Dragon Army," Ender said."That's because there hasn't been a Dragon Army in four years. We discontinued the name because there was asuperstition about it. No Dragon Army in the history of the Battle School ever won even a third of its games. Itgot to be a joke.""Well, why are you reviving it now?""We had a lot of extra uniforms to use up."Graffsat at his desk, looking fatter and wearier than the last time Ender had seen him. He handed Ender hishook, the small box that commanders used to go where they wanted in the battleroom during practices. Manytimes during his evening practice sessions Ender wished that he had a hook, instead of having to rebound offwalls to get where he wanteu to go. Now that he'd got quite deft at maneuvering without one, here it was. "It onlyworks," Anderson pointed out, "during your regularly scheduled practice sessions." Since Ender already plannedto have extra practices, it meant the hook would only be useful some of the time. It also explained why so many第 166 页共 340 页http://www.en8848.com.cn/ 原版英语阅读网
commanders never held extra practices. They depended on the hook, and it wouldn't do anything for them duringthe extra times. If they felt that the hook was their authority, their power over the other boys, then they were evenless likely to work without it. That's an advantage I'll have over some of my enemies, Ender thought.Graff's official welcome speech sounded bored and over-rehearsed. Only at the end did he begin to soundinterested in his own words. "We're doing something unusual with Dragon Army. I hope you don't mind. We'veassembled a new army by advancing the equivalent of an entire launch course early and delaying the graduationof quite a few advanced students. I think you'll be pleased with the quality of your soldiers. I hope you are,because we're forbidding you to transfer any of them.""No trades?" asked Ender. It was how commanders always shored up their weak points, by trading around."None. You see, you have been conducting your extra practice sessions for three years now. You have afollowing. Many good soldiers would put unfair pressure on their commanders to trade them into your army.We've given you an army that can, in time, be competitive. We have no intention of letting you dominateunfairly.""What if I've got a soldier I just can't get along with?""Get along with him." Graff closed his eyes. Anderson stood up and the interview was over.Dragon was assigned the colors grey, orange, grey; Ender changed into his flash suit, then followed the ribbonsof light until he came to the barracks that contained his army. They were there already, milling around near theentrance. Ender took charge at once. "Bunking will be arranged by seniority. Veterans to the back of the room,newest soldiers to the front."It was the reverse of the usual pattern, and Ender knew it. He also knew that he didn't intend to be like manycommanders, who never even saw the younger boys because they were always in the back.As they sorted themselves out according to their arrival dates, Ender walked up and down the aisle. Almostthirty of his soldiers were new, straight out of their launch group. completely inexperienced in battle. Some wereeven underage -- the ones nearest the door were pathetically small. Ender reminded himself that that's how he第 167 页共 340 页http://www.en8848.com.cn/ 原版英语阅读网
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He got back to Miss Pumphrey's clas
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Thirdie, got a bandaid on your neck
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"Call away," said Peter. "You know
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it, but then he might."I do mean it
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hole." He laughed again. "Biggest s
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"Then I'll tell the truth. We're al
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"Another oral exam, huh?" Peter sai
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"No.""Tell me why you kept on kicki
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"Yes," said Graff. "Battle School i
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ambiguous. Do you know what ambiguo
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"Peter wasn't accepted, Ender, for
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Valentine kissed him and left her t
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They say that weightlessness can ca
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The other boys were belted in place
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inging you up here to Battle School
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A voice over the speaker told them
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Graff watched him go.One of the tea
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"Who would have guessed the little
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And there was a pistol with it. A l
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Stilson. And like Stilson, he was a
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"Me? I'm nothing. I'm a fart in the
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I want to go home, he whispered.But
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"But it talks. Did you know they co
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Little things. Kicking his bed ever
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Ender's message expired after five
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"I didn't write that!" Bernard said
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"We've had our disappointments in t
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Ender gripped the handhold and flex
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He thumbed the red button at the to
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They pushed off. It propelled them
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Alai cocked an eyebrow. "Oh?""And S
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out from under a rock pile. Now, th
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Ender could not answer, of course.
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"Come on. who else? It sure wasn't
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Ender took it from him.ENDER WIGGIN
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There would be no green green brown
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of smoke arose and drifted away. Th
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studying.Ender stepped into the roo
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"A few months, now. My aim is bette
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There was a uniform in the locker.
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"They all have the same entrance. T
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Ender didn't answer just dried off
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"You're good," he said."None better
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Well, why shouldn't he practice wit
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"That's right, sir. I'll follow all
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handles and go up. B left, C right,
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He expected Bonzo to come to him an
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However, the battle was not as lops
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Chapter 8 -- Rat"Colonel Graff, the
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"Of course I mind, you meddlesome a
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"Your practice sessions with half-a
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"I thought that was why you were ta
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elieved that Petra was, but nothing
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It was Centipede Army, and they onl
Page 116 and 117: "Acttually, they promoted me twice,
Page 118 and 119: "I wasn't trying to make you upset.
Page 120 and 121: war, when it comes, you and I won't
Page 122 and 123: "We don't accomplish that much anyw
Page 124 and 125: Still, he had learned some things a
Page 126 and 127: Giant's corpse. Only now, it was ha
Page 128 and 129: "I didn't call you in here to waste
Page 130 and 131: we have to get a requisition, but i
Page 132 and 133: the day. Oh, wow, I never knew that
Page 134 and 135: "It's all internal, within the Wars
Page 136 and 137: "I see myself as knowing how to ins
Page 138 and 139: Valentine threw a pine needle at hi
Page 140 and 141: "I don't believe what you did to th
Page 142 and 143: "If we get famous enough, the gover
Page 144 and 145: ules, for heaven's sake."Without me
Page 146 and 147: "It's a long way between writng a n
Page 148 and 149: Thats how they think of me, too. Te
Page 150 and 151: "You're Valentine Wiggin," he said.
Page 152 and 153: "Valentine, it costs more nuoney th
Page 154 and 155: "I'm preparing not to talk to you a
Page 156 and 157: she had protected for so long, and
Page 158 and 159: Valentine turned and screamed at hi
Page 160 and 161: "He gets his first leave when he's
Page 162 and 163: he hated most about Val's letter. A
Page 164 and 165: Peter laughed in delight when he re
Page 168 and 169: must have looked to Bonzo Madrid wh
Page 170 and 171: No sir. No *sir*."From now on, you
Page 172 and 173: "Then what is the point?""When you
Page 174 and 175: When they were all at the other sid
Page 176 and 177: the usual three months to get his a
Page 178 and 179: Bean smiled. "That's fair. If you a
Page 180 and 181: "Nobody else is holding extra pract
Page 182 and 183: It was banter, as always, but now t
Page 184 and 185: "He's only had his army three and a
Page 186 and 187: ***Euder Wiggin lay on his bed star
Page 188 and 189: At 0650 he made them all lie down o
Page 190 and 191: odies under control again. They may
Page 192 and 193: table, the room was silent. Ender b
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Page 200 and 201: "They're all veterans now.""But how
Page 202 and 203: ***He got to his army's barracks fi
Page 204 and 205: were going to put us against an arm
Page 206 and 207: "I just didn't know if you knew wha
Page 208 and 209: "They can't break you.""You'd be su
Page 210 and 211: would be pleased -- every one of th
Page 212 and 213: "Obviously. But the connection is t
Page 214 and 215: their talk. They were tired, yes --
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"Humor us. You owe us a favor.""I o
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Even when he heard them come into t
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strength can control me. If I'm to
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"My God!" someone shouted. Bonzo's
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Holding the paper, he walked out of
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Ender's mind felt dead. This was st
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There they were, six small Dragon s
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"Well, when?""Never again, as far a
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"Which guys?""It looks like -- ever
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"Your display of temper in the batt
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command of the Battle School, as of
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"Makes you almost feel sorry for th
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children have done is out of their
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did not. "Turn it down," he said,"W
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She got in the car. "Ender's only t
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This time Val had grown up enough t
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chlorine in it. She swam for a whil
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"They don't let me use the nets. Th
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"See what I'm becoming, Val?" he sa
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"I'm not talking about fame, Ender.
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"No you don't. I don't want to beat
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So that's why you brought me here,
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asteroid belt. The steel would be d
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ancestors could easily have been ve
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"We *are* the Third Invasion.""We'r
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"After we win the war," said Graff,
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decide to cease to exist. So if we
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"And now they are all mine. They ar
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students trained him, step by step,
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Ender turned back to the door and t
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Then the old man let Ender's legs f
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had not already seen for himself. F
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Mazer grinned. "So much for tightly
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from which all decisions were being
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way we found that works is killing
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"Why haven't I ever been trained wi
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And Petra, and Dink; Crazy Tom, She
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still be alive when you appeared, m
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the simulator field they could see
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infinite supply of computer-generat
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"I think you're cheating," Ender to
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pressure on them, he increased the
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"It was just a dream.""Mazer, I don
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"That wasn't the assignment.""How l
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simulator.""They can stay." Final e
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emember how old he was. Eleven. How
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He whispered quickly into the micro
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whispered, "Thank you, thank you En
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"Of course we tricked you into it.
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can post a guard outside his door."
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"Don't sit up, Ender. It's all righ
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the Slavic helots. Everybody's got
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"As much as anything, I think the v
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"You're no fun anymore, Graff.""I n
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"People always go. Always. They alw
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They spoke to him through his helme
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"Funny, isn't it? That Peter would
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"They might have asked me.""I wante
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"They've become people of the land,
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"You're right, it's impossible, but
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was laid before the old, a magnific
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new colony far to the east and sout
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"So, stay.""I've lived too long wit
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