) ▁– ▁T ells ▁the ▁story ▁of ▁how ▁End er ▁W ig gin ▁first ▁met ▁the ▁artificial ▁intelligence ▁Jane ▁and ▁became ▁a ▁speaker ▁for ▁the ▁dead . ▁ ▁It ▁first ▁appeared ▁in ▁the ▁anth ology ▁Far ▁Hor iz ons ▁edited ▁by ▁Robert ▁Silver berg . ▁ ▁Plot ▁summar ies ▁ ▁The ▁Polish ▁Boy ▁Polish : ▁Jan ▁Pa we ł ▁Wie cz ore k ▁( John ▁Paul ▁W ig gin ) ▁is ▁a ▁very ▁smart ▁child ▁who ▁is ▁being ▁homes cho o led ▁because ▁his ▁family ▁refused ▁to ▁comp ly ▁with ▁the ▁population ' s ▁control ▁laws . ▁One ▁day , ▁Captain ▁Hel ena ▁Rudolf ▁from ▁the ▁International ▁Fle et ▁shows ▁up ▁to ▁test ▁three ▁of ▁John ▁Paul ' s ▁brothers ▁for ▁possible ▁ad mission ▁into ▁Battle ▁School . ▁She ▁not ices ▁John ▁Paul ▁reading ▁a ▁book ▁and ▁dec ides ▁to ▁test ▁him ▁early . ▁He ▁passes ▁the ▁test ▁and ▁gets ▁a ▁very ▁high ▁score ▁for ▁leadership . ▁The ▁IF ▁tries ▁to ▁get ▁him ▁to ▁go ▁to ▁Battle ▁School , ▁but ▁John ▁Paul ▁is ▁only ▁interested ▁in ▁trying ▁to ▁get ▁his ▁family ▁out ▁of ▁Poland ▁so ▁that ▁they ▁can ▁have ▁a ▁better ▁life ▁and ▁he ▁can ▁get ▁a ▁good ▁education . ▁Captain ▁Gra ff ▁real izes ▁this , ▁but ▁agre es ▁to ▁send ▁the ▁Wie cz ore k ▁family ▁to ▁America ▁because ▁he ▁hopes ▁that ▁one ▁of ▁John ▁Paul ' s ▁children ▁will ▁go ▁to ▁Battle ▁School . ▁ ▁This ▁story ▁contains ▁younger ▁versions ▁of ▁important ▁characters ▁in ▁the ▁End er verse , ▁such