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"They've become people of the land," said Valentine. "No one cares now that Demosthenes is sending theseventh volume of his history today. No one here will read it."Ender pressed a button and his desk showed him the next page. "Very insightful, Valentine. How many morevolumes until you're through?""Just one. The story of Ender Wiggin.""What will you do, wait to write it until I'm dead?""No. Just write it, and when I've brought it up to the present day, I'll stop.""I have a better idea. Take it up to the day we won the final battle. Stop it there. Nothing that I've done sincethen is worth writing down.""Maybe," said Valentine. "And maybe not."***The ansible had brought them word that the new colony ship was only a year away. They asked Ender to find aplace for them to settle in, near enough to Ender's colony that the two colonies could trade, but far enough apartthat they could be governed separately. Ender used the helicopter and began to explore. He took one of thechildren along, an eleven-year-old boy named Abra; he had been only three when the colony was founded, andhe remembered no other world than this. He and Ender flew as far as the copter would carry them, then campedfor the night and got a feel for the land on foot the next morning.It was on the third morning that Ender suddenly began to feel an uneasy sense that he had been in this placebefore. He looked around; it was new land, he had never seen it. He called out to Abra."Ho, Ender!" Abra called. He was on top of a steep low hill. "Come up!"第 332 页 共 340 页http://www.en8848.com.cn/ 原 版 英 语 阅 读 网