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out from under a rock pile. Now, though, he had mastered the skill of running up the slopes at an angle to avoidthe crush, always seeking higher ground.And, as always, the landslides finally stopped being jumbles of rock. The face of the hill broke open and insteadof shale it was white bread, puffy, rising like dough as the crust broke away and fell. It was soft and spongy; hisfigure moved more slowly. And when he jumped down off the bread, he as standing on a table. Giant loaf ofbread behind him; giant stick of butter beside him. And the Giant himself leaning his chin in his hands, lookingat him. Ender's figure was about as tall as the Giant's head from chin to brow."I think I'll bite your head off," said the Giant, as he always did.This time, instead of running away or standing there, Ender walked his figure up to the Giant's face and kickedhim in the chin.The Giant stuck out his tongue and Ender fell to the ground."How about a guessing game?" asked the Giant. So it didn't make any difference-- the Giant only played theguessing game. Stupid computer. Millions of possible scenarios in its memory, and the Giant could only play onestupid game.The Giant, as always, set two huge shot glasses, as tall as Ender's knees, on the table in front of him. As always,the two were filled with different liquids. The computer was good enough that the liquids had never repeated, notthat he could remember. This time the one had a thick, creamy looking liquid. The other hissed and foamed."One is poison and one is not," said the Giant. "Guess right and I'll take you into Fairyland."Guessing meant sticking his head into one of the glasses to drink. He never guessed right. Sometimes his headwas dissolved. Sometimes he caught on fire. Sometimes he fell in and drowned. Sometimes he fell out, turnedgreen, and rotted away. It was always ghastly, and the Giant always laughed.Ender knew that whatever he chose he would die. The game was rigged. On the first death, his figure would第 70 页 共 340 页http://www.en8848.com.cn/ 原 版 英 语 阅 读 网