"Orson Scott Card - Ender's Saga 01 - Ender's Game" - читать интересную книгу автора (Card Orson Scott)

Ender stood there watching him laugh and thought of Stilson, thought of how it
felt to crunch into his body. This is who needed it. This is who should have got
it.

As if she could read his mind, Valentine whispered, "No, Ender."

Peter suddenly rolled to the side, flipped off the bed, and got in position
for a fight. "Oh, yes, Ender," he said. "Any time, Ender."

Ender lifted his right leg and took off the shoe. He held it up. "See there,
on the toe? That's blood, Peter."

"Ooh. Ooh, I'm gonna die, I'm gonna die. Ender killed a capper-tiller and now
he's gonna kill me."

There was no getting to him. Peter was a murderer at heart, and nobody knew it
but Valentine and Ender.

Mother came home and commiserated with Ender about the monitor. Father came
home and kept saying it was such a wonderful surprise, they had such fantastic
children that the government told them to have three and now the government
didn't want to take any of them after all, so here they were with three, they
still had a Third... until Ender wanted to scream at him, I know I'm a Third, I
know it, if you want I'll go away so you don't have to be embarrassed in front
of everybody, I'm sorry I lost the monitor and now you have three kids and no
obvious explanation, so inconvenient for you, I'm sorry sorry sorry.

He lay in bed staring upward into the darkness... On the bunk above him, he
could hear Peter turning and tossing restlessly. Then Peter slid off the bunk
and walked out of the room. Ender heard the hushing sound of the toilet
clearing; then Peter stood silhouetted in the doorway.

He thinks I'm asleep. He's going to kill me.

Peter walked to the bed, and sure enough, he did not lift himself up to his
bed. Instead he came and stood by Ender's head.

But he did not reach for a pillow to smother Ender. He did not have a weapon.

He whispered, "Ender, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I know how it feels. I'm sorry,
I'm your brother. I love you."

A long time later, Peter's even breathing said that he was asleep. Ender
peeled the bandaid from his neck. And for the second time that day he cried.



Chapter 3 -- Graff

"The sister is our weak link. He really loves her."