第一篇 回顾与展望 - the Educator Login page!

There flashed through his mind a dozen images of human beings being killed by buggers, but with the imagecame a grief so powerful he could not bear it, and he wept their tears for them."If you could make them feel as you can make me feel, then perhaps they could forgive you."Only me, he realized. They found me through the ansible, followed it and dwelt in my mind. In the agony of mytortured dreams they came to know me, even as I spent my days destroying them; they found my fear of them,and found also that I had no knowledge I was killing them. In the few weeks they had, they built this place forme, and the Giant's corpse and the playground and the ledge at the End of the World, so I would find this placeby the evidence of my eyes. I am the only one they know, and so they can only talk to me, and through me. Weare like you; the thought pressed into his mind. We did not mean to murder, and when we understood, we nevercame again. We thought we were the only thinking beings in the universe, until we met you, but never did wedream that thought could arise from the lonely animals who cannot dream each other's dreams. How were we toknow? We could live with you in peace. Believe us, believe us, believe us.He reached into the cavity and took out the cocoon. It was astonishingly light, to hold all the hope and future ofa great race within it."I'll carry you," said Ender, "I'll go from world to world until I find a time and a place where you can comeawake in safety. And I'll tell your story to my people, so that perhaps in time they can forgive you, too. The waythat you've forgiven me."He wrapped the queen's cocoon in his jacket and carried her from the tower."What was in there?" asked Abra."The answer," said Ender."To what?""My question." And that was all he said of the matter; they searched for five more days and chose a site for the第 337 页 共 340 页http://www.en8848.com.cn/ 原 版 英 语 阅 读 网