10 Thor’sday Thursday

10. THOR'SDAY THURSDAY The Thor'sday Thursday Celebrations were a truly spectacular occasion. The Hairy Hooligans' fierce rivals, the Meatheads, from the nearby Meathead Islands, sailed across the Inner Ocean to the Isle of Berk for this great gathering. The visitors set up camp in Black Heart Bay, which turned overnight from an empty desert of echoing seagulls into a bustling village of tents made out of sails too patched to be used at sea anymore. By the next morning The Long Beach was packed with stalls and jugglers and fortune tellers. There was a happy confusion of Vikings spotting old friends, and practising their sword play, and yelling at the children to stop hitting each other RIGHT NOW for Thor's sake no I REALLY MEAN IT this time… or… or… or… ELSE. Vast Viking men sat on uncomfortable rocks

10. 雷神日星期四的庆祝活动是一个真正壮观的场合。 毛流氓的劲敌，Meatheads，来自附近的Meathead群岛，横跨内大洋来到伯克岛参加这次盛大的聚会。 游客们在黑心湾安营扎寨，一夜之间，这里就从一片充斥着海鸥回声的空旷沙漠变成了一个熙熙攘攘的村庄，帐篷都是用修补过的帆搭成的，再也不能在海上使用了。 到了第二天早上，长滩上挤满了货摊、杂耍艺人和算命先生。 维京人看到了老朋友，一边练习着他们的剑术，一边对着孩子们大喊大叫，让他们不要再打对方了——看在雷神的份上——不，这次我是认真的……或者……或者……否则。 高大的维京人坐在不舒服的岩石上

guffawing loudly like gigantic sea-lions in a holiday mood. Impressively large Viking women huddled in groups cackling like seagulls and downing whole mugs of tea in one swallow. Despite Old Wrinkly's gloomy forecasts of terrible storms and typhoons, it was a gloriously hot June day with not even a hint of a cloud in the offing. The Young Heroes Final Inititiation Test would not start until 2 p.m. that afternoon, so Hiccup spent the morning listening round-eyed to storytellers telling tall tales of Dirty Danes and pirate princesses. He was sick with nerves, so found it difficult to enjoy the occasion as much as he had done in previous years. Even Gobber throwing up during the How Many Gulls Eggs Can You Eat in One Minute? competition failed to raise more than a faint smile on his pale, tense face. Hiccup's family had a picnic lunch overlooking the Axe-fighting Display. Hiccup could not eat a thing, and nor, unusually, could Toothless, who was in a difficult mood and turned his nose up at the tuna sandwich Valhallarama offered.

像假日里的巨大海狮一样大声狂笑。 令人印象深刻的高大的维京女人挤在一起，像海鸥一样咯咯叫着，一口吞下整杯茶。 尽管老皱纹对可怕的风暴和台风的悲观预测，这是一个光荣的炎热的六月的一天，甚至没有一丝云的迹象。 少年英雄最终入会测试将于下午两点开始。 那天下午，小嗝嗝整个上午都睁着眼睛听讲故事的人讲关于肮脏的丹麦人和海盗公主的荒诞故事。 他神经过敏，因此发现很难像前几年那样享受这个场合了。 在一分钟能吃多少个海鸥蛋的比赛中，连戈伯都吐了？ 他苍白而紧张的脸上只露出一丝微笑。 小嗝嗝的家人在野餐午餐时俯瞰着战斧表演。 小嗝嗝什么也吃不下，不寻常的是，无牙也吃不下，它心情不好，对瓦尔哈拉拉马提供的金枪鱼三明治嗤之以鼻。

'Good to keep your dragon's appetite sharp for the game,' boomed Stoick the Vast, who was in an excellent mood. He had won a bet on Goggletoad in the Ugliest Baby Contest and was looking forward to seeing his son's brilliant display during the Initiation Test. As the day wore on, a hot wind suddenly started blowing out of nowhere. It was still sweltering, but ominous grey clouds were gathering on the horizon. There was the odd rumble of thunder in the air. Maybe Old Wrinkly had been right, thought Hiccup as he gazed upwards, and Thor was going to put in his traditional appearance at the Thor'sday Thursday celebrations. 'P-P-P-P-A-R-P! Will all youths hoping to be initiated into the Tribes this year please make their way to the ground at the left of the beach.' Hiccup gulped, nudged Toothless, and stood up. This was it. Hiccup was one of the last to get to the ground, which was a large area of wet sand just at the edge of the sea. The boys from his own Tribe were already assembled, their dragons hovering a couple of couple

“让你的巨龙在比赛中保持旺盛的胃口是件好事。”辽阔的斯托伊克大声说道，他的心情非常好。 他在最丑婴儿比赛中赢了一个赌，赌的是神蛤蟆，他期待着看到儿子在入会考试中的精彩表现。 随着时间的流逝，不知从哪里突然刮来了一阵热风。 天气仍然闷热，但不祥的乌云正在地平线上聚集。 空中传来奇怪的隆隆雷声。 也许老皱纹是对的，小嗝嗝抬头看了看，心想，托尔要在星期四的托尔日庆祝活动上穿上他的传统装束。 “P-P-P-P-A-R-P !所有希望今年加入部落的年轻人请到海滩左边的地面上来。”嗝嗝喘了口气，推了推无牙，站了起来。 就是这样。小嗝嗝是最后到达地面的人之一，地面是海边的一大片湿漉漉的沙子。 他自己部落的男孩们已经集合起来了，他们的龙盘旋着一对一对

of feet above them. Everybody was chattering excitedly and even Snotlout was looking nervous. The Meathead boys and their dragons seemed to be gigantic, rough-looking customers, far tougher than the Hooligans. One in particular was a great hulking brute of a boy, who looked fifteen at least.

比他们高几英尺。每个人都兴奋地叽叽喳喳，就连鼻鼻子也显得很紧张。 傻蛋男孩和他们的龙似乎是巨大的、长相粗鲁的顾客，比流氓们要强硬得多。 其中有一个男孩身材魁梧，像个野兽，看上去至少有十五岁。

Hiccup presumed he was Thuggory, Chief Mogadon the Meathead's son, because a silver-grey Monstrous Nightmare about three feet tall was perched on one of his shoulders. It was looking at Fireworm like a Rottweiler thinking evil thoughts. Fireworm acted unconcerned. 'An aristocrat never growls,' purred Fireworm sweetly. 'You must be one of those mongrel Nightmares. We pure greenbloods descended from the great Ripperclaw himself would never dream of doing anything so common.' The silver Nightmare's growling increased in volume. The crowd was assembling at the touchline. Hiccup tried not to notice Stoick the Vast blasting his way to the front with great cries of, 'Out of my way, I'm a CHIEF. 'TEN TO ONE MY SON CATCHES MORE FISH THAN YOUR SON IN THIS TEST,' boomed Stoick, giving his old enemy Mogadon the Meathead a good prod in the stomach. Mogadon the Meathead narrowed his eyes and wondered whether to hit him. Maybe AFTER the Test.

小嗝嗝以为他是刽子手摩加迪安酋长的儿子，因为他的一个肩膀上坐着一只大约三英尺高的银灰色怪物梦魇。 它看着萤火虫，就像一只罗威纳犬在想邪恶的想法。 萤火虫表现得漠不关心。 “贵族从不咆哮，”萤火虫甜美地咕噜着。 “你一定是那些杂种噩梦中的一个。 我们这些伟大的里珀克劳的纯绿血统，做梦也想不到会干这么普通的事。”银色梦魇的咆哮声越来越大。 人群聚集在边线处。 小嗝嗝尽量不去注意巨人斯托伊克，他冲到前面，大声喊道：“让开，我是酋长。” “在这次测试中，十有八九我的儿子比你的儿子钓到更多的鱼。”斯托伊克大声说着，在他的宿敌——笨蛋摩加迪安的肚子上狠狠地戳了一下。 笨蛋摩加迪加眯起眼睛，不知道要不要打他。 也许在考试之后。