13 When yelling doesn’t work

13. WHEN YELLING DOESN'T WORK The Dragon slept on as the Council of War argued about what to do next. 'I am going to write a strongly-worded letter to Professor Yobbish,' said Stoick the Vast. 'This book needs a lot more WORDS to tell you what to do if yelling doesn't work.' Which shows how cross Stoick was– he never wrote a letter if he could help it. Stoick, in fact, was really rattled, for the first time in his life. This is what comes of not following the Law, he thought to himself. If I had banished the boys last night like I should have done, they would not be here to die with the rest of us. I should have put my trust in Thor. Mogadon the Meathead had not yet realised the gravity of the situation. He thought it was a question of constructing some sort of megaphone machine to make the Yell sound bigger. 'A gigantic dragon just needs a gigantic Yell,'

13. 当战争委员会讨论下一步该做什么的时候，龙还在睡觉。 “我要给约比什教授写一封措辞严厉的信。”巨人斯托伊克说。 “这本书需要更多的文字来告诉你，如果大喊大叫不起作用，该怎么做。”这表明斯托伊克是多么的暴躁——如果有可能的话，他从不写信。 事实上，斯托伊克平生第一次感到非常不安。 这就是不遵守法律的后果，他想。 如果昨晚我本该把孩子们驱逐出去，他们就不会和我们一起死在这里了。 我应该相信托尔的。 “笨蛋”摩加迪加还没有认识到局势的严重性。 他认为这是一个制造某种扩音器的问题，可以让“呐喊”的声音听起来更大。 “一条巨龙只需要一声巨大的吼叫。”

he said. 'We already TRIED that, O Plankton Brain,' said Stoick. 'WHO ARE YOU CALLING PLANKTON BRAIN?' demanded Mogadon and they went whisker to whisker like a couple of furious walruses. Hiccup sighed and walked out of the village. He had a feeling the grown-ups weren't going to come up with anything fiendishly clever. To Hiccup's surprise he was followed, not only by Fishlegs but by all the Novices from both the Hooligan AND the Meathead tribes. They stood around Hiccup in a semi-circle. 'So, Hiccup,' said Thuggory the Meathead. 'What are we going to do now, then?' 'Whaddyamean by asking HICCUP?' demanded Snotlout crossly. 'You're not going to ask THE USELESS to get us out of this mess, are you? He just single-handedly got us all to fail the Final Initiation Test. We were about to be banished and eaten by cannibals all because of HIM. He can't even control a dragon the size of an earwig!' 'Can YOU talk to dragons then, Snotface?' asked Fishlegs.

他说。“我们已经试过了，浮游生物的大脑，”斯托伊克说。 “你管谁叫浮游生物大脑？”摩加迪加问道，他们就像一对愤怒的海象一样，胡须挨着胡须。 嗝嗝叹了口气，走出了村庄。 他有一种感觉，大人们不会想出什么特别聪明的办法。 令小嗝嗝吃惊的是，跟着他的不仅是鱼腿，还有流氓部落和笨蛋部落的所有新手。 他们围着小嗝嗝站成半圆形。 “原来是这样，嗝嗝。” “那么我们现在该怎么办呢？”“你问打嗝是什么意思？”鼻涕鼻子生气地问。 “你不会让没用的人把我们从这个烂摊子里救出来吧？” 他凭一己之力让我们没能通过最终入会考试。 我们差点被驱逐，被食人族吃掉都是因为他。 他甚至控制不了像蠼螋那么大的龙！“那么你会和龙说话吗，鼻涕脸？”鱼腿问。

'I am pleased to say I cannot,' said Snotlout, with dignity. 'Well, shut up, then,' said Fishlegs. Snotlout got hold of Fishlegs by the arm and started twisting. 'Nobody, but NOBODY, tells SNOTFACE SNOTLOUT to shut up,' hissed Snotlout. 'I do,' said Thuggory the Meathead. He grabbed Snotlout by the shirt and lifted him clear off the ground. 'YOUR dragon got us failed just as much as HIS. I didn't notice anybody's dragon sitting up and begging like a good boy in the middle of that dragon- fight. YOU shut up or I will tear you limb from limb and feed you to the gulls, you winkle-hearted, seaweed-brained, limpet-eating PIG.' Snotlout looked into Thuggory's stern little eyes. Snotlout shut up. Thuggory dropped him and wiped his hands disdainfully on his tunic. 'Anyway,' said Thuggory, 'MY father was on that stupid Council of Elders too. I'm with Hiccup. What kind of father puts his stupid Laws before the life of his son? And what kind of stupid Test was that, anyway? If we save all those stupid people from a REAL dragon like this one, maybe

“我很高兴地说，我不能。” “好吧，那就闭嘴，”鱼腿说。 鼻子哥抓住鱼腿的胳膊，开始扭动。 “没有人，但是没有人能叫鼻涕脸鼻涕鼻子闭嘴。” “我知道，”笨蛋暴徒说。 他抓住鼻子鼻子的衬衫，把他举离地面。 “你的龙和他的龙一样让我们失败了。 我没有注意到谁的龙在斗龙的过程中像个好孩子一样坐起来乞求。 你给我闭嘴，不然我就把你撕成碎片喂海鸥，你这只心软、脑子笨、吃贝壳的猪。”鼻鼻子盯着屠戈严厉的小眼睛。 小鼻子闭嘴。暴徒放下他，轻蔑地在外衣上擦了擦手。 “不管怎么说，”屠戈里说，“我父亲也是那个愚蠢的长老会议的成员。 我支持小嗝嗝。什么样的父亲会把愚蠢的法律看得比儿子的生命还重要？ 那到底是什么愚蠢的测试？ 如果我们把这些愚蠢的人从一条真正的龙手中拯救出来，也许吧

they'll let us into their stupid Tribe after all.' WELL, WELL, WELL, thought Hiccup. This is a turn up for the books. Maybe that Dragon was right and he is going to help me with my It's-Hard-to-Be-a-Hero problem. Before he eats me, of course. One solo meeting with the Green Death and here were nineteen young barbarians, most of them much bigger and tougher and rougher than Hiccup, looking at Hiccup expectantly to tell them what to do. Hiccup stood on tiptoe and tried to look like a Hero. 'OK,' said Hiccup. 'I need some time to think.' 'GIVE THE BOY SOME ROOM HERE!' yelled Thuggory, pushing all the others back. He swept off a rock for Hiccup to sit on. 'You just do all the thinking you need, boyo,' said Thuggory. 'This is a situation that needs a lot of thought and I have a feeling you're the only one here who can do it. Anybody who can have a twenty minute conversation with a winged shark the size of a planet and come out of it alive is a better thinker than I am.' Hiccup found himself warming to Thuggory the Meathead.

他们终究还是会让我们加入他们那愚蠢的部落的。”好吧，好吧，好吧，小嗝嗝想。 这是书本上的一个转折点。 也许龙是对的，他会帮我解决“当英雄难”的问题。 当然是在他吃掉我之前。 与绿死魔单独会面时，这里有十九个年轻的野蛮人，他们中的大多数人都比小嗝嗝高大、强壮、粗暴，他们看着小嗝嗝，期待着告诉他们该怎么做。 小嗝嗝踮起脚尖，努力装出英雄的样子。 “好吧，”小嗝嗝说。“我需要一些时间来思考。“给这孩子一点空间！”屠戈喊道，把其他人都推开了。 他扫过一块石头，让小嗝嗝坐在上面。 “你想怎么想就怎么想吧，小子。” “这是一个需要深思熟虑的情况，我觉得你是这里唯一能做这件事的人。 如果有人能和一条行星大小的有翼鲨鱼谈上20分钟，然后还能活着出来，那他就比我更会思考了。”小嗝嗝发现自己更喜欢刽子手了。

'QUIET!' yelled Thuggory. 'HICCUP IS THINKING.' Hiccup thought. And thought. After about half an hour, Thuggory said: 'Whatever you're thinking about to get rid of that monster better work for both of them.' 'There's ANOTHER Dragon?' asked Hiccup. Thuggory nodded. 'I went up to the Highest Point and spotted him while you were having your chat with the Big Green One.' 'OK,' said Hiccup. 'That's good news, actually. Let's check out the new Horror.' The trail up to the Highest Point was littered with scallop shells and dolphin's bones thrown up by the gigantic storm. Along the way they even passed the wreck of one of Stoick's favourite ships, The Pure Adventure, lost at sea seven years before, and now perched crazily on a rock three quarters of the way up the biggest hill on Berk. Once you were right at the top it was possible to see most of Berk's coastline and the sea encircling you

“安静!”瑟戈里喊道。“打嗝是在思考。”打嗝的想法。 和思想。大约半小时后，瑟戈里说：“不管你想怎么除掉那个怪物，最好对他们俩都管用。”“还有另一条龙？”小嗝嗝问。 Thuggory点点头。“我上了最高点，在你和绿巨人聊天的时候发现了他。“好吧，”小嗝嗝说。 “这其实是个好消息。 让我们看看新的恐怖片。”通往最高点的小路上散落着巨大风暴抛来的扇贝壳和海豚骨头。 一路上，他们甚至经过了斯托伊克最喜欢的一艘船的残骸——“纯粹冒险号”，这艘船七年前在海上失踪了，现在它疯狂地停在伯克岛最大的一座山的四分之三处的一块岩石上。 一旦你到达山顶，你就可以看到伯克岛的大部分海岸线和包围着你的大海