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"Already," Valentine corrected her

"I a herself "So small Shakespeare planet will be No city! What you said, Alessandra? Tell him"

Alessandra looked flustered, but her mother pressed her "I just said that there are more characters in Shakespeare's plays than there will be colonists on the planet named after him"

Ender laughed "What a thought! You're right, we probably couldn't put on all of his plays without having to use several colonists for more than one part Not that I have any particular plan to put on a Shakespearean play Though maybe we should What do you think? Would anyone want to be ready to put on a play for the colonists who are already there?"

"We don't knohether they like the new naht: Does Ender have any idea how much work it is to put on a play?

"They know the name," Ender assured her

"But do they like it?" asked Valentine

"It doesn't h women ruoli, parti--how do you say it?" She turned to Valentine helplessly

"'Role,'" said Valentine "Or 'part'"

"Oh" Alessandra giggled It was not an annoying giggle, it was a rather charmi

ng one It didn't make her sound stupid "The same words! Of course"

"She's right," said Valentine "The colonists are about half and half, and Shakespeare's plays are what, five percent female parts?"

"Oh well," said Ender "It was a thought"

"I e could put on a play," said Alessandra "But ether?"

"In theater," said Dorabella "The place for holografi We all read Me, I listen, h"