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next army you fight. As a favor to me.""As a favor to you," Ender said. "And thanks for talking to me.""I think they're treating you pretty badly. Usually new commanders are cheered when they first join the mess.But then, usually a new commander has had a few defeats under his belt before he first makes it in here. I onlygot in here a month ago. If anybody deserves a cheer, it's you. But that's life. Make them eat dust.""I'll try." Carn Carby left, and Ender mentally added him to his private list of people who also qualified ashuman beings.That night, Ender slept better than he had in a long time. Slept so well, in fact, that he didn't wake up until thelights came on. He woke up feeling good, jogged on out to take his shower, and did not notice the piece of paperon his floor until he came back and started dressing in his uniform. He only saw the paper because it moved inthe wind as he snapped out the uniform to put it on. He picked up the paper and read it.PETRA ARKANIAN, PHOENIX ARMY, 0700It was his old army, the one he had left less than four weeks before, and he knew their formations backward andforward. Partly because of Ender's influence, they were the most flexible of armies, responding relativeiy quicklyto new situations. Phoenix Army would be the best able to cope with Ender's fluid, unpatterned attack. Theteachers were determined to make life interesting for him.0700, said the paper, and it was already 0630. Some of his boys might already be heading for breakfast. Endertossed his uniform aside, grabbed his flash suit, and in a moment stood in the doorway of his army's barracks."Gentlemen, I hope you learned something yesterday, because today we're doing it again."It took a moment for them to realize that he meant a battle, not a practice. It had to be a mistake, they said.Nobody ever had battles two days in a row.第 194 页 共 340 页http://www.en8848.com.cn/ 原 版 英 语 阅 读 网