18 The extraordinary bravery of Toothless

18. THE EXTRAORDINARY BRAVERY OF TOOTHLESS And that would have been the end of Hiccup, if it had not been for the extraordinary bravery of a certain Toothless Daydream. Toothless, if you remember, had refused to join in the battle at Death's Head Headland. He was intending to fly off somewhere down the coast a bit and lie low till all was safe again, but he stayed at the Highest Point for a while, terrorising birds and rabbits. He must have been having a lovely time doing this, for he did not hear the approach of Stoick and the entire Tribes of Hooligan and Meathead until Stoick grabbed him around the neck. '"WHERE IS MY SON?' asked Stoick. Toothless shrugged his shoulders rudely. 'WHERE IS MY SON???' bawled Stoick with an awe-inspiring yell so loud that Toothless's ears trembled. Toothless pointed to Death's Head Headland. 'SHOW ME,' said Stoick grimly.

18. 如果不是因为某个无牙的白日梦的非凡勇气，Hiccup的结局可能就这样了。 如果你还记得的话，无牙曾拒绝参加死亡岬的战斗。 他打算顺着海岸飞到某个地方，躲起来，直到一切都安全了，但他在最高点呆了一会儿，吓唬鸟儿和兔子。 他这样做一定很开心，因为他没有听到斯托伊克和整个流氓和笨蛋部落的人来了，直到斯托伊克抓住了他的脖子。 “我的儿子在哪里？”斯托伊克问道。 无牙粗鲁地耸了耸肩。 “我儿子在哪儿？”斯托伊克大声叫道，声音大得令人敬畏，连无牙的耳朵都在颤抖。 无牙指了指死亡岬。 “给我看看，”斯托伊克冷酷地说。

Under Stoick's fierce eye, Toothless reluctantly flapped off towards Death's Head Headland, followed by the two Tribes. They arrived just in time to see the Terrible Monster throw Hiccup high in the air and catch him in his mouth like a whelk. So much for the Fiendishly Clever Plan, thought Toothless. He was about to use the opportunity of Stoick's obvious distraction to sneak off to a place of safety when something stopped him. Nobody knows what that something was. It was a moment which changed the whole worldview of the Hooligan Tribe. For centuries we had believed it was impossible for dragons to consider a selfless thought or a generous action. But what Toothless did next is impossible to explain as being in his own best interests at the time. All his fellow domestic dragons were now flying somewhere over the Inner Ocean. As soon as they heard Fireworm's cry of 'Desert!', those who were hiding in caves or between crevices or crouched in the ferns rose up in a great swarm and abandoned their former Masters as fast as their wings could carry them.

在斯托伊克凶狠的目光下，无牙不情愿地飞向死亡岬，后面跟着两个部落。 他们赶到的时候正好看到可怕的怪物把嗝嗝扔到空中，然后把他像海螺一样叼在嘴里。 这个绝顶聪明的计划到此为止吧，无牙想。 他正打算趁斯托伊克明显分心的机会偷偷溜到安全的地方，这时有什么东西阻止了他。 没人知道那是什么东西。 这一刻改变了整个流氓部落的世界观。 几个世纪以来，我们一直认为龙不可能考虑无私的思想或慷慨的行为。 但是“无牙”接下来做了什么，在当时是不可能解释为符合他自己的最佳利益的。 他所有的家龙同伴现在都在大洋的某个地方飞着。 他们一听到萤火虫的叫声“沙漠！”于是，那些躲在山洞里、裂缝里或蜷缩在蕨类植物里的人，成群结队地爬起来，用翅膀尽快地离开了他们以前的主人。

The wild dragons from Wild Dragon Cliff had left hours before. But something kept Toothless from flying after them– maybe it was Stoick's heartrendingly powerless cry of 'N-N-NOOOOO!!!' that caused him to pause. Or maybe somewhere in that self-centred green dragon heart of his, he really was fond of Hiccup and grateful for the hours that he had spent looking after him, not shouting at him, telling him jokes and giving him the biggest and juiciest lobsters. 'Dragons are S-S-SELFISH,' argued Toothless to himself. 'Dragons are heartless and have no m-mmercy. That's what m-m-makes us s-s-survivors.' Nonetheless SOMETHING made him turn right

野龙崖上的野龙几小时前就走了。 但有什么东西阻止了“无牙”追上他们——也许是斯托伊克那令人心碎的无力的叫声：“不——不——不！”这使他停了下来。 也许在他那以自我为中心的绿龙心的某个地方，他真的很喜欢小嗝嗝，感激他花了几个小时照顾他，没有对他大喊大叫，给他讲笑话，给他吃最大最多汁的龙虾。 “龙是自私的。”无牙自言自语道。 “龙是无情的，没有怜悯之心。 这就是让我们成为幸存者的原因。”尽管如此，他还是向右拐了

around and SOMETHING made him fold his wings back and fly like a dragon blur to the Great Monster on the cliff tops. Which really was not in Toothless's best interests, as I said before. Toothless flew right up the Monster's left nostril and started flying up and down the inside of his nose, tickling it with his wings. The Sea Dragon lunged up and down, wrinkling his nose like crazy and bellowing. 'A-A-A-AAAAAAAH…' The Creature stuck his great talon up his nose in a disgusting fashion and tried to winkle out the tickling flea that was irritating him. Toothless didn't quite get out of the way of the talon in time and it scratched him on the chest. He hardly felt it though, he was so excited, and carried on tickling regardless, dodging the probing dragon claw. 'A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-AAAAAAAAH…' bellowed the Sea Dragon. Meanwhile Hiccup was being thrown this way and that inside the Dragon's throat as it shook its head from side to side. He was trying desperately to hang on to the spear which was in danger of becoming dislodged any second.

一转身，什么东西让他收起翅膀，像龙影一样飞向悬崖顶上的大怪物。 就像我之前说的，这对无牙的利益不利。 无牙正好飞到怪物的左鼻孔上，开始在他的鼻子里面飞来飞去，用翅膀挠它。 海龙上下扑来扑去，疯狂地皱起鼻子，咆哮着。 “一百一十一- aaaaaaah…”生物卡住了他的大爪鼻子恶心的方式,试图探听到的痒跳蚤激怒他。 无牙没能及时躲开爪子，爪子在他胸口上抓了一下。 但他几乎感觉不到，他太兴奋了，不顾一切地继续挠痒痒，躲避着龙爪的刺探。 “————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————……” 与此同时，小嗝嗝被扔到龙的喉咙里来来回回地摇着脑袋。 他拼命地想抓住那支随时可能被拔出的长矛。

'…CHOOOOOOOOOOOO!' The Dragon finally sneezed and Hiccup, the spear, Toothless, and a great deal of perfectly revolting Snot were scattered over the surrounding countryside. Toothless remembered, as he was shooting through the air, that boys can't fly. He folded his wings and dived after Hiccup, who was rapidly heading towards the ground. Toothless grabbed hold of Hiccup by the arm and tried to take his weight. Dragons' talons are extraordinarily strong and he was able to break Hiccup's fall, not entirely, but enough so that when Hiccup crashed into the heather he was travelling reasonably slowly. Stoick came plunging frantically through the grass. He picked up his son and faced the Monster, holding his shield over Hiccup's unconscious body. Toothless hid behind Stoick. The Green Death had recovered from his sneezing fit. He shuffled forwards, bleeding horribly from fatal wounds to his chest and throat. He lowered his terrible head till it was on a level with the cliff top,

“……CHOOOOOOOOOOOO !”恶龙终于打了个喷嚏，嗝嗝、长矛、无牙和一大堆令人作呕的鼻涕虫散落在周围的乡村里。 当他在空中射击时，无牙记起男孩不会飞。 他收起翅膀，扑向正在迅速飞向地面的小嗝嗝。 无牙抓住嗝嗝的胳膊，想要承受他的体重。 龙的爪子非常有力，它能够阻止小嗝嗝的坠落，虽然不是完全阻止，但足以让小嗝嗝在撞向石南丛时速度相当慢。 斯托伊克疯狂地穿过草丛冲了过来。 他抱起他的儿子，面对着怪物，用他的盾牌挡住嗝嗝失去知觉的身体。 无牙躲在斯托伊克身后。 绿死魔已经从一阵打喷嚏中恢复过来了。 他拖着脚步向前走，胸口和喉咙的致命伤流血不止。 他垂下可怕的头，直到和悬崖顶齐平，