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1、HideandSeekArthurC.Clarke1949Street&SmithPublicationsInc.WewerewalkingbackthroughthewoodswhenKingmansawthegraysquirrel.Ourbagwasasmallbutvariedone-threegrouse,fourrabbits(one,Iamsorrytosay,aninfantinarms)andacoupleofpigeons.Andcontrarytocertaindarkforecasts,boththedogswerestillalive.Thesquirr
2、elsawusatthesamemoment.Itknewthatitwasmarkedforimmediateexecutionasaresultofthedamageithaddonetothetreesontheestate,andperhapsithadlostcloserelativestoKingman'sgun.Inthreeleapsithadreachedthebaseofthenearesttree,andvanishedbehinditinaflickerofgray.Wesawitsfaceoncemore,appearingforamomentround
3、theedgeofitsshieldadozenfeetfromtheground;butthoughwewaited,withgunsleveledhopefullyatvariousbranches,weneversawitagain.Kingmanwasverythoughtfulaswewalkedbackacrossthelawntothemagnificentoldhouse.Hesaidnothingaswehandedourvictimstothecook-whoreceivedthemwithoutmuchenthusiasm-andonlyemergedfro
4、mhisreveriewhenweweresittinginthesmokingroomandherememberedhisdutiesasahost."Thattree-rat,"hesaidsuddenly(healwayscalledthem"treerats,"onthegroundsthatpeopleweretoosentimentaltoshootthedearlittlesquirrels),"itremindedmeofaverypeculiarexperiencethathappenedshortlybeforeIretired.Veryshortlyinde
5、ed,infact.""Ithoughtitwould,"saidCarsondryly.Igavehimaglare:he'dbeenintheNavyandhadheardKingman'sstoriesbefore,buttheyWerestillnewtome."Ofcourse,"Kingmanremarked,slightlynettled,"ifyou'dratherIdidn't...""Dogoon,"Isaidhastily."You'vemademecurious.Whatconnectiontherecanpossiblybebetweenagraysqu
6、irrelandtheSecondJovianWarIcan'timagine."Page1Kingmanseemedmollified."IthinkI'dbetterchangesomenames,"hesaidthoughtfully,"butIwon'taltertheplaces.ThestorybeginsaboutamillionkilometerssunwardofMars..."K.15wasamilitaryintelligenceoperative.Itgavehimconsiderablepainwhenunimaginativepeoplecalledh
7、imaspy,butatthemomenthehadmuchmoresubstantialgroundsforcomplaint.Forsomedaysnowafastenemycruiserhadbeencomingupastern,andthoughitwasflatteringtohavetheundividedattentionofsuchafineshipandsomanyhighlytrainedmen,itwasanhonorthatK.15wouldwilling
