14 The fiendishly-clever plan

14. THE FIENDISHLY CLEVER PLAN The dragons protested a bit, but the boys yelled them into line. All except for Toothless, who absolutely refused to join in. 'Y-y-you must be j-j-joking,' sneered the little dragon. 'I refuse to go anywhere N-N-NEAR a S-S-Seadragonus Giganticus M-M-Maximus. Those things are d-d-dangerous. I shall stay here and watch you all.' Hiccup coaxed and bribed and threatened in vain. 'You see?' said Snotlout. 'The Useless can't even get his own dragon to carry out his pathetic plan. And THIS is the person you are banking on to get you out of this mess?' 'Ugh,' said Dogsbreath the Duhbrain. 'Oh, SHUDDUP, Snotlout,' chorused the rest of the boys. Hiccup sighed and gave up. 'OK then,

14. 绝顶聪明的计划龙们有点抗议，但男孩们大声叫他们排队。 除了无牙，他绝对拒绝加入。 “你——你——你一定是在——开玩笑吧。”小龙冷笑着说。 “我拒绝去任何——任何——靠近巨——巨——巨——海龙的地方。 那些东西太危险了。 我要留在这儿看着你们大家。”Hiccup哄骗、贿赂、威胁都是徒劳的。 “你看到了什么?鼻涕鼻子说。无用之人甚至不能让自己的龙来执行他可怜的计划。 你就指望这个人能帮你走出困境吗？“啊，”狗屎说。 “哦，住嘴，鼻鼻子。”其他男孩齐声说。 嗝嗝叹了口气，放弃了。 “那好吧,

Toothless, you just stay here and miss all the fun. Now, I want everybody to go down to the Gull's Nesting Place and collect as many birds' feathers as you can for the feather bombs—' 'Birds' feathers!' scoffed Snotlout. 'This wimp thinks you can fight an animal like THAT with birds' feathers! Cold steel is the only language a creature like that will understand.' 'Dragons have a tendency to asthma,' explained Hiccup. 'It's all that fire-breathing they do. The smoke gets in their lungs.' 'So you think this monster is going to die from asthma right then and there because of a few FEATHER BOMBS? Why not just feed him fried herring and see whether he drops dead of a heart attack in twenty years or so?' jeered Snotlout. 'No,' said Hiccup patiently, 'the feather bombs are just to make him very confused so he won't kill anybody on the way. Snotlout, Thuggory, I'm going to need to coach Fireworm and Killer in what they have to say,' continued Hiccup. 'I'm not putting my dragon at risk in this crazy plan,' said Snotlout. 'OH YES, YOU ARE,' hissed Thuggory,

没了牙，你就待在这里，错过一切乐趣吧。 现在，我要每个人都到海鸥巢去，尽可能多地收集鸟的羽毛，做羽毛炸弹——”“鸟的羽毛！”鼻涕鼻子嘲笑道。 “这个懦夫以为你能用鸟的羽毛和那样的动物战斗！”冰冷的钢铁是那种生物唯一能听懂的语言。“龙有患哮喘的倾向，”小嗝嗝解释道。 “他们都在喷火。 烟雾进入他们的肺部。“所以你认为这个怪物会因为几枚羽毛炸弹当场死于哮喘？” 为什么不直接喂他油炸鲱鱼，看看他是否会在二十年左右死于心脏病发作？鼻子精嘲笑道。 “不，”小嗝嗝耐心地说，“羽毛炸弹只是为了迷惑他，这样他就不会在路上杀人了。 “鼻涕虫，暴徒，我得教一下火虫和杀手，让他们知道该说些什么。”嗝嗝继续说。 “我不想让我的龙在这个疯狂的计划中冒险。” “哦，是的，你是，”屠戈嘶嘶地说，

through gritted teeth, brandishing a massive fist at Snotlout. 'This guy is such a PAIN, Hiccup, I don't know how you put up with him. Listen, Snotfeatures, by some miracle you have got yourself a reasonable dragon. You GET that dragon to do what Hiccup wants or it will give me much pleasure to PERSONALLY boot you all the way to Porpoise Point and back again.' 'OK, then,' said Snotlout crossly. 'But don't blame me when we all get barbecued because of the Useless's mad idea.' Hiccup supervised the making of the feather bombs. The boys gathered great armfuls of feathers from the Gull's Nesting Place. They then burgled every item of material they could find: Goggletoad's nappies, Gobber's pyjamas, Mogadon the Meathead's tent, Vallhallarama's bra– anything they could get their hands on. The grown-ups were too busy consulting amongst themselves to take any notice. Snotlout cheered up a bit because he could show off his superior skill at Burglary. He managed to steal

咬紧牙关，对着鼻子鼻子挥舞着一个巨大的拳头。 “这家伙真让人讨厌，小嗝嗝，真不知道你是怎么忍受他的。 听着，鼻涕虫，奇迹发生了，你找到了一条理智的龙。 你得让那条龙照小嗝嗝说的去做，否则我很乐意亲自把你一路踢到海豚角再踢回来。“那好吧，”鼻涕鼻子不高兴地说。 “不过，要是我们都因为这个没用的家伙的疯狂想法而被烤焦了，可别怪我。”小嗝嗝监督羽毛炸弹的制作。 男孩们从海鸥筑巢处收集了一大把羽毛。 然后，他们偷走了他们能找到的每一件物品：眼镜蟾蜍的尿布、戈伯的睡衣、笨蛋摩加迪安的帐篷、瓦哈拉拉马的胸罩——任何他们能拿到的东西。 大人们忙着商量，根本顾不上理他。 鼻鼻子高兴了一点，因为他可以炫耀一下他高超的入室行窃技巧。 他设法偷了

Baggybum's knickers right off him as he was standing in a Huddle discussing a Plan of Action. Baggybum didn't notice, not even when he reached a hairy hand down to absentmindedly scratch his great bottom– he was too busy talking about Bigger and Better Methods of Yelling. The boys then wrapped the feathers up in the material, so that they would fly out when the bomb was dropped. Each team of ten boys was armed with about a hundred of these feather bombs, wrapped in a great parcel made out of an old sail. Hiccup led the Hooligans towards The Long Beach, while Thuggory took the Meatheads to Unlandable Cove. The thin column of boys were excitedly chattering as they set off behind Hiccup; Wartihog and Clueless dragging the sail at the rear, the dragons circling and diving a couple of feet above their heads. Vikings are practically fearless, having been bred to be soldiers, so even Hiccup and Fishlegs had a surge of excitement at the thought of the battle to come. But as soon as the monster came into sight again, the boys and the dragons instantly dropped

当Baggybum站在一起讨论行动计划的时候，他的短裤就掉了下来。 Baggybum没有注意到，甚至当他伸出一只毛茸茸的手，漫不经心地挠他的大屁股时也没有注意到——他正忙着谈论《更大更好的吼叫方法》。 然后，男孩们把羽毛包在材料里，这样当炸弹落下时，羽毛就会飞出去。 每组十名男孩携带大约一百枚这种羽毛炸弹，用旧帆做成的大包裹包裹着。 小嗝嗝带领流氓队前往长滩，而暴徒队则带着笨蛋队前往不可登陆湾。 那一小群男孩跟在小嗝嗝后面，兴奋地叽叽喳喳地说着话；战神和独领风骚拖着船尾的帆，龙在他们头顶上方几英尺的地方盘旋和潜水。 维京人实际上是无所畏惧的，他们被培养成士兵，所以一想到即将到来的战斗，就连嗝嗝和鱼腿也兴奋不已。 但是当怪物再次出现在视线中时，男孩们和龙们立刻趴下了

to their tummies and squirmed forward, hearts beating hard. It was impossible that ANYTHING could be THAT big. Hiccup led them as near as he dared to the edge of the cliffs surrounding The Long Beach. They looked down on the terrible creature snoring in front of them. His nostrils alone were as big as six front doors, and the stench reeking out of them made it difficult for the boys to breathe. Wartihog, who had always had a delicate stomach, threw up disgustingly in the heather. Hiccup, Fishlegs and Clueless unwrapped the feather bombs and gave one to each boy. The boys called the dragons, as softly as they could, and each put a feather bomb in their dragon's mouth. They then stood up on the edge of the cliff with their dragons on their outstretched arms.

他们的肚子和蠕动向前，心脏剧烈跳动。 任何东西都不可能有那么大。 嗝嗝带着他们尽可能地靠近长滩周围的悬崖边缘。 他们俯视着在他们面前打鼾的可怕生物。 光是他的鼻孔就有六个前门那么大，鼻孔里散发出的臭气让孩子们难以呼吸。 虎猪的胃一向很脆弱，他在石南丛里恶心地吐了起来。 嗝嗝、鱼腿和笨手笨脚打开羽毛炸弹，给了每个男孩一个。 男孩们尽可能轻柔地呼唤着龙，每个人都把一枚羽毛炸弹放进龙的嘴里。 然后，他们站在悬崖边上，伸出手臂，抱着龙。