17 In the mouth of the dragon

17. IN THE MOUTH OF THE DRAGON Hiccup fell into the Dragon's mouth and its teeth snapped shut behind him like prison doors. He was falling through complete darkness, surrounded by a smell so awful it was suffocating. He jerked to a sudden halt as the back of his shirt caught on something and held. Hiccup hung there in the darkness, swaying gently. By a thousand to one chance his shirt had caught on a spear still stuck in the Dragon's throat since his Roman banquet. Hiccup's foot brushed against the wall of what he presumed was the Dragon's throat. The Dragon's digestive juices stung like acid, and he snatched his foot away. Above him, Hiccup could hear the Dragon's great tongue sloshing and lunging about his mouth, trying to find Hiccup so he could crunch him to death… He hadn't intended to swallow him whole. A disgusting river of green goo dripped down the puffy red insides of the Dragon's throat. Just across

17. 嗝嗝掉进了龙的嘴里，它的牙齿像监狱的门一样在他身后啪地关上了。 他在一片漆黑中坠落，周围弥漫着令人窒息的气味。 他的衬衫后面被什么东西绊住了，他猛地停了下来。 小嗝嗝悬在黑暗中，轻轻地摇晃着。 十有八九他的衬衫被一根长矛钩住了，那支长矛自从罗马宴会后还卡在龙的喉咙里。 嗝嗝的脚蹭到了墙上，他猜想那是巨龙的喉咙。 龙的消化液像酸一样刺痛他，他把脚抽开。 在他头顶上，小嗝嗝可以听到巨龙的大舌头在他嘴里蠕动着，想要找到小嗝嗝，把他咬死……它没打算把他整个吞下去。 一股令人作呕的绿色粘稠物从龙肿胀的红色喉咙里滴落下来。 对面

from where Hiccup was hanging, green-yellow steam was puffing out of two small holes in the slimy wall. Every now and then a small explosion sent little flickers of flame shooting out of the holes. How interesting, thought Hiccup, who was strangely calm, because he couldn't quite believe that this was really happening. Those must be where the fire comes from.

从小嗝嗝挂着的地方，黏糊糊的墙上的两个小洞里冒出了黄绿色的蒸汽。 每隔一段时间，就会有一声小爆炸，从洞里喷出一闪一闪的火焰。 多么有趣啊，小嗝嗝想，他出奇地平静，因为他不太相信这是真的。 那一定是火的来源。

Viking biologists had wondered for years where the fire that dragons breathed came from. Some said the lungs, others the stomach. Hiccup was the first to discover the fire-holes, which are too small to see with the naked eye in a normal-sized dragon. Way down below him, Hiccup could hear the distant rumbling of singing from the Dragon's previous meal. A Seadragonus Giganticus obviously takes a long time to digest, thought Hiccup. It was indeed still going strong: 'Humans can be bland, but if you have some salt to hand, A little bit of brine, will make them taste div-I-I-I-ne…' The spear was gradually bending over with Hiccup's weight. It was only a matter of time before it broke and he fell to join the breezy optimist in the stomach below… What was worse, the fumes and the heat and the smell were starting to confuse Hiccup so that he no longer really CARED. The terrible noise of the Dragon's heart beating had entered into Hiccup's

维京生物学家多年来一直想知道龙呼吸的火是从哪里来的。 有人说是肺，有人说是胃。 Hiccup是第一个发现火洞的人，这些火洞太小了，无法用肉眼看到正常大小的龙。 在他下面很远的地方，小嗝嗝可以听到恶龙上次吃饭时发出的隆隆声。 小嗝嗝想，巨海龙显然需要很长时间才能消化。 这句话确实很有说服力：“人类可能很淡，但如果你手里有盐，一点点盐水，就会让他们尝起来像潜水一样……” 破掉只是时间问题，他也掉进了下面胃里的乐观主义者的行列……更糟糕的是，烟雾、热量和气味开始把Hiccup弄糊涂了，他再也不在乎了。 巨龙可怕的心跳声也传到了嗝嗝的耳朵里

chest and forced his own heart to follow the same rhythm. A Dragon has to live, after all, he found himself thinking. And then he remembered the Dragon's words to him as he stood on the cliff top: 'You'll find that you come round to my point-of-view once you're inside me…' Oh no! thought Hiccup. The Dragon's digestion! It's already working! 'I need to live, I need to live,' he repeated to himself, over and over again, trying desperately to block out the Dragon's thoughts. There was a horrible creaking noise as the stout Roman spear began to split in two…

胸部和强迫自己的心脏跟随同样的节奏。 龙终究是要活下去的，他发现自己在想。 这时，他想起了站在悬崖顶上恶龙对他说的话：“你一旦进入我的身体，就会明白我的观点……”认为打嗝。 龙的消化！它已经起作用了！“我要活下去，我要活下去。”他一遍又一遍地对自己说，拼命不让巨龙想起他。 随着一声可怕的嘎吱声，那支粗壮的罗马长矛开始裂成两截……