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up their toons so that A toon consisted of the best soldiers, and D toon had the worst. Bonzo had mixed them, sothat each consisted of good soldiers and weaker ones.Except that B toon had only nine boys. Ender wondered who had been transferred to make room for him. Itsoon became plain that the leader of toon B was new. No wonder Bonzo was so disgusted-- he had lost a toonleader to get Ender.And Bonzo was right about another thing. Ender was not ready.All the practice time was spent working on maneuvers. Toons that couldn't see each other practiced performingprecision operations together with exact timing; toons practiced using each other to make sudden changes ofdirection without losing formation. All these soldiers took for granted skills that Ender didn't have. The ability tomake a soft landing and absorb most of the shock. Accurate flight. Course adjustment using the frozen soldiersfloating randomly through the room. Rolls, spins, dodges. Sliding along the walls-- a very difficult maneuver andyet one of the most valuable, since the enemy couldn't get behind you.Even as Ender learned how much he did not know, he also saw things that he could improve on. The wellrehearsedformations were a mistake. It allowed the soldiers to obey shouted orders instantly, but it also meantthey were predictable. Also, the individual soldiers were given little initiative. Once a pattern was set, they wereto follow it through. There was no room for adjustmemmt to what the enemy did against the formation. Enderstudied Bonzo's formations like an enemy commander would, noting ways to disrupt the formation.During free play that night, Ender asked Petra to practice with him."No," she said. "I want to be a commander someday, so I've got to play the game room." It was a commonbelief that the teachers monitored the games and spotted potential commanders there. Ender doubted it, though.Toon leaders had a better chance to show what they might do as commanders than any video player.But he didn't argue with Petra. The after-breakfast practice was generous enough. Still, he had to practice. Andhe couldn't practice alone, except a few of the basic skills. Most of the hard things required partners or teams. Ifonly he still had Alai or Shen to practice with.第 93 页 共 340 页http://www.en8848.com.cn/ 原 版 英 语 阅 读 网