Chapter 1 Goodbye
　　‘Please don’t go to Glossia,’ says Sara. ‘You’re only nineteen.’
　　Alex is saying goodbye to Sara, his girlfriend.
　　‘I must,’ answers Alex. ‘I’m a soldier – it’s my job. I must go where the army says.’
　　‘But why are you going there?’ asks Sara.
　　‘We’re going to stop the fighting,’ says Alex. ‘Lots of people are dying.’
　　‘But why are they fighting?’ asks Sara.
　　‘I don’t know,’ answers Alex.
　　‘Why don’t you ask?’ says Sara. ‘You never ask questions.’
　　‘I know,’ answers Alex. ‘I’m sorry. I hate asking questions.’
　　‘Please change, Alex,’ says Sara. ‘For me.’
　　‘I’m going to think about you every day,’ says Sara.
　　‘Me too,’ Alex answers. ‘I can send you a text from my phone tomorrow. And I think there’s email.’
　　‘That’s good,’ Sara says with a little smile. ‘I love you, Alex.’
　　‘And I love you too,’ answers Alex. ‘Now, don’t be sad.’
　　第1章　離別
　　“求求你別去格洛西亞了，”薩拉說。“你才19歲�！眮啔v克斯在跟女友薩拉道別。
　　“我必須得去，”亞歷克斯回答。“我是個(gè)士兵——這是我的工作，軍隊(duì)說去哪兒我就得去哪兒�！�
　　“但你們?yōu)槭裁匆�去那兒？”薩拉問道。
　　“我們要去阻止戰(zhàn)爭，”亞歷克斯說�！昂芏嗳嗽谒廊ァ！�
　　“可他們?yōu)槭裁创蛘贪�？”薩拉問。
　　“我不知道，”亞歷克斯回答。
　　“你為什么不問問？”薩拉說�！澳銖膩聿粏枂栴}�！�
　　“我知道，”亞歷克斯回答�！皩�(duì)不起，我討厭問問題�！�
　　“求你改改，亞歷克斯，”薩拉說�！盀榱宋��！�
　　“我每天都會(huì)想你的，”薩拉說。
　　“我也是，”亞歷克斯回答�！懊魈煳铱梢杂檬謾C(jī)給你發(fā)條短信，而且我想那里應(yīng)該能發(fā)電子郵件。”
　　“那就好，”薩拉露出一絲笑容，說道。“我愛你，亞歷克斯。”
　　“我也愛你，”亞歷克斯回答。“好了，別難過了�！�