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1、AWarofGiftsAnEnderStoryOrsonScottCardToTomRuby,whohaskeptthefaithinandoutofBattleSchool1SAINTNICKZeckMorgansatattentivelyonthefrontrowofthelittlesanctuaryoftheChurchofthePureChristinEden,NorthCarolina.Hedidnotfidget,thoughhehadtwoitches,oneonhisfootandoneonhiseyebrow.Heknewtheeyebrowitchwasfromaf
2、lythathadlandedthere.Thefootitch,too,probably,thoughhedidnotlookdowntoseewhetheranythingwascrawlingthere.Hedidnotlookoutthewindowsatthefallingsnow.Hedidnotglancetoleftorright,noteventoglareattheparentsofthecryingbabyintherowbehindhim-itwasforotherstojudgewhetheritwasmoreimportantfortheparentstost
3、ayandhearthesermon,orleaveandpreservethestillnessofthemeeting.Zeckwastheminister’sson,andheknewhisduty.ReverendHabitMorganstoodatthesmallpulpit-reallyanolddictionarystandpickedupatalibrarysale.Nodoubtthedictionarythathadoncerestedonithadbeenreplacedbyacomputer,justonemoresignofthedegradationofthe
4、humanrace,toworshiptheFalseGodofTamedLightning.“Theythinkbecausetheyhavepulledthelightningfromtheskyandcontaineditintheirmachinestheyaregodsnow,orthefriendsofgods.Dotheynotknowthattheonlythingwrittenbylightningisfire?Yea,Isayuntoyou,itisthefireofhell,andthegodstheyhavebefriendedaredevils!”Ithadbe
5、enoneofFather’sbestsermons.HegaveitwhenZeckwasthree,butZeckhadnotforgottenawordofit.Zeckdidnotforgetawordofanything.Assoonasheknewwhatwordswere,herememberedthem.ButhedidnottellFatherthatheremembered.BecausewhenMotherrealizedthathecouldrepeatwholesermonswordforword,shetoldhim,veryquietlybutveryint
6、ensely,“ThisisagreatgiftthatGodhasgivenyou,Zeck.Butyoumustnotshowittoanyone,becausesomemightthinkitcomesfromSatan.”“Doesit?”Zeckhadasked.“ComefromSatan?”“Satandoesnotgivegoodgifts,”saidMother.“SoitcomesfromGod.”“ThenwhywouldanyonethinkitcomesfromSatan?”Herforeheadfrowned,thoughherlipskepttheirsmi
7、le.Herlipsalwayssmiledwhensheknewanyonewaslooking.Itwasherdutyastheminister’swifetoshowthatthepureChristianlifemadeonehappy.“SomepeoplearelookingsohardtofindSatan,”shefinallysaid,“thattheyseehimevenwhereheisn’t.”Natura
