19 Hiccup the Useful

19. HICCUP THE USEFUL The four hundred Vikings that were now gathered on the cliff tops broke into wild cheering for Hiccup and Toothless. They were a strange, barbaric sight, all covered in disgusting green Dragon Snot and Slime, but beaming and shouting with the wild delight of those that have just been saved from Certain Death. All around them, the terrible fight that had just taken place devastated the landscape. A choking green-grey smoke was hanging around making it difficult to see, but great chunks of Death's Head Headland appeared to have been torn out by the fight. Avalanches of rock were piled up on the beach. The terrible mountainous corpse of the Purple Death lay in the deeper water. Bits of the Green Death's insides and bones were scattered all over the place, while large sections of the heather and ferns were still in flames. However, by some extraordinary miracle, nearly all the Vikings and their dragons had survived the dreadful battle. I say 'nearly all' because, when Toothless crept

19. 这时，四百名维京人聚集在悬崖顶上，热烈地为嗝嗝和无牙欢呼。 他们是一幅奇怪而野蛮的景象，浑身都是令人作呕的绿色龙鼻涕和黏液，但却像那些刚刚从死亡中获救的人一样，喜气洋洋地大喊大叫。 在他们周围，刚刚发生的那场可怕的战斗摧毁了周围的风景。 一股令人窒息的灰绿色烟雾弥漫在四周，让人看不清，但死亡岬的大块土地似乎在战斗中被撕裂了。 雪崩般的岩石堆积在海滩上。 紫色死神可怕的尸体躺在更深的水里。 绿死鬼的内脏和骨头碎得满地都是，而大片的石南和蕨类植物还在燃烧。 然而，由于某种非凡的奇迹，几乎所有的维京人和他们的龙都在这场可怕的战斗中幸存了下来。 我说“几乎全部”是因为，当无牙爬行的时候

forward to lick the face of his Master with a flickering, forked tongue, Stoick noticed a ghastly wound on the little dragon's chest, which was pouring with bright green blood. The talon of the Green Death had pierced the very heart of the supposedly heartless little dragon. Toothless followed Stoick's gaze and looked down for the first time. He let out a squeal of terror and fainted dead away.

斯托伊克走上前，用闪烁的、分叉的舌头舔着主人的脸，这时他注意到小龙胸口上有一个可怕的伤口，正涌出鲜绿的血。 绿死魔的魔爪刺穿了这条据说是无情的小龙的心脏。 无牙跟着斯托伊克的目光，第一次向下看了看。 他发出一声恐怖的尖叫，昏倒了。

Two days later, Hiccup woke up, aching all over, and very, very hungry. It was late at night. He was lying in Stoick's own great bed. The room seemed to be crowded with a great deal of people. Stoick was there, and Valhallarama, and Old Wrinkly, and Fishlegs and most of the Elders of the Tribe. There were dragons there too: Newtsbreath and Hookfang snapping and biting around Stoick's legs, and Horrorcow perched on the end of Hiccup's bed. (The dragons had flown back as soon as they heard the explosion and realised the Masters of Berk were Masters once more. Being dragons, they had given no explanation for their disappearance, but they did have the grace to look a little sheepish.) 'He's alive!' shouted out Stoick in triumph, and everybody began to cheer. Valhallarama gave Hiccup a rousing punch on the shoulder, which is the Viking mother's equivalent of a really big hug. 'We're all here,' said Valhallarama, 'willing you to wake up.' Hiccup sat straight up in bed, suddenly very awake indeed. 'But you're not all here,' he said. 'Where's Toothless?' Everybody looked shifty, and nobody would look

两天后，嗝嗝醒来，浑身疼痛，而且非常非常饿。 那是深夜。他躺在斯托伊克自己的大床上。 房间里似乎挤满了许多人。 斯托伊克、瓦尔哈拉拉马、老皱纹、鱼腿和部落的大多数长老都在那里。 那里也有恶龙：纽斯呼吸和虎牙在斯托伊克的腿周围撕咬着，恐怖牛蹲在小嗝嗝的床尾。 (龙们一听到爆炸声就飞了回来，意识到伯克的主人又成了主人。 作为龙，它们没有对自己的失踪做出任何解释，但它们确实显得有些害羞。)“他还活着!斯托伊克得意地喊道，每个人都欢呼起来。 瓦尔哈拉拉马在小嗝嗝的肩膀上狠狠地打了一拳，这相当于维京母亲的一个大大的拥抱。 “我们都在这里，”瓦尔哈拉拉马说，“希望你醒过来。”嗝嗝在床上坐直了身子，突然完全清醒了。 “可你们不都在这儿啊，”他说。 “没有牙齿在哪儿?”每个人看起来都很狡猾，但没人会看

at Hiccup. Stoick cleared his throat awkwardly. 'I'm sorry, son,' said Stoick. 'But he didn't make it. He died just a few hours ago. The rest of the Tribe are giving him a Hero's Funeral at this very moment. It's a great honour,' Stoick continued hurriedly. 'He'll be the first dragon ever to be given a proper Viking burial—' 'How did you know he was dead?' Hiccup demanded. Stoick looked surprised. 'Well, you know, the usual: no pulse, no breath, stone cold to the touch. He was quite clearly dead, I'm afraid.' 'Oh, HONESTLY, Father,' said Hiccup, in a frenzy of exasperation, 'don't you know ANYTHING about dragons? That could have been a SLEEP COMA, it's a GOOD SIGN, probably means he's healing himself.' 'Oh, Thor's whiskers,' said Fishlegs. 'They started that funeral half an hour ago…' 'We've got to stop them!' yelled Hiccup. 'Dragons are only fairly fireproof. They'll burn him alive!' Hiccup leapt out of bed with amazing energy, under the circumstances. He ran out of the room and

在打嗝。斯托伊克尴尬地清了清嗓子。 “对不起，儿子，”斯托伊克说。 但他没能成功。他几小时前刚去世。 部落的其他成员此刻正在为他举行英雄葬礼。 “这是莫大的荣幸，”斯托伊克赶紧接着说。 “他将是第一个被维京人正式埋葬的龙——”“你怎么知道他死了？”打嗝问道。 斯托伊克显得很惊讶。“嗯，你知道的，老样子：没有脉搏，没有呼吸，摸起来像石头一样冰冷。 他显然已经死了，恐怕。“哦，说老实话，爸爸，”嗝嗝气得发疯似的说，“你一点也不知道龙吗？” 那可能是睡眠昏迷，这是个好迹象，可能意味着他在自愈。“哦，托尔的胡须，”鱼腿说。 “他们半小时前就开始了葬礼……”“我们必须阻止他们！嗝嗝喊道。 “龙只能算是防火的。 他们会把他活活烧死的！”在这种情况下，嗝嗝以惊人的精力从床上跳了起来。 他跑出房间，然后

out of the house, followed closely by Fishlegs and Horrorcow. Down at Hooligan Harbour, the awesome ceremony of the Viking Military Funeral was nearly coming to an end. It was an incredible sight, if Hiccup had been in the mood for it. The sky was crammed with stars. The sea was glass-flat. The entire tribes of Hooligan and Meathead were gathered motionless on the rocks, and every single person was carrying a lighted torch in one hand. Even Snotlout was there, trying to look solemn, with his helmet off his head out of respect, and his hair neatly brushed. 'Good riddance to the newt with wings,' he was whispering slyly to Dogsbreath the Duhbrain, and Dogsbreath sniggered. 'Serve him right for breaking the Law,' sneered Fireworm to Seaslug, who was picking his nose on Dogsbreath's shoulder. A replica of a Viking ship had been put out to sea, and was drifting swiftly away from the island of Berk along the path of the moon's reflection, past the

走出了屋子，后面紧跟着鱼腿和恐怖牛。 在Hooligan港，维京人军事葬礼的盛大仪式即将结束。 这是一幅令人难以置信的景象，如果小嗝嗝有心情的话。 天空布满了星星。 海面如玻璃般平坦。流氓和笨蛋的整个部落都一动不动地聚集在岩石上，每个人都一手拿着点燃的火炬。 就连鼻鼻子也在，他努力装出严肃的样子，为了表示尊敬，他摘下了头盔，头发梳得整整齐齐。 “总算摆脱了长翅膀的蝾螈。”他狡猾地对笨蛋狗呼吸耳语道，狗呼吸窃笑起来。 “他违反了法律，活该。”萤火虫对正在狗呼吸的肩膀上挖鼻子的海蛞蝓冷笑道。 一艘海盗船的复制品已经出海，沿着月亮的倒影迅速地漂离了伯克岛

weird shapes of Stoick and Mogadon's burnt-out fleet. Hiccup could just see the small body of Toothless laid out in the boat. Beside him lay Stoick's shield, the Dragon's Tooth still stuck in it like a gigantic alien sword. Gobber the Belch sounded a mournful signal on his horn. He was now completely recovered after his unexpected flight. 'P-P-PARP!!!' Twenty-six of Stoick's finest archers, standing to attention at the right of the Harbour, lifted their bows into the air. Every bow was loaded with an arrow in flame. 'N-N-NOOOO!!!' yelled Hiccup, with the best yell he had ever yelled. But it was too late. The flaming arrows soared gracefully through the air. They landed on the ship and set it alight. Some of the crowd on the shore had turned to look upwards, wondering who dared to disturb this most solemn ritual. 'HICCUP!' shouted Thuggory the Meathead, joyfully recognising the figure on the horizon. There

斯托伊克和摩加迪加被烧毁的舰队的奇怪形状。 嗝嗝只看见无牙的小尸体躺在船上。 他身旁躺着斯托伊克的盾牌，龙牙还插在盾牌上，像一把巨大的外星剑。 打嗝哥伯在他的喇叭上吹响了一个悲伤的信号。 经过这次意外的飞行，他现在已经完全康复了。 “P-P-PARP ! !”26名斯托伊克最优秀的弓箭手立正站在港口的右边，向空中举起弓。 每把弓上都装着一支火焰箭。 “N-N-NOOOO ! !嗝嗝喊道，这是他喊过的最好听的一声。 但为时已晚。燃烧的箭优雅地在空中翱翔。 他们登上那艘船，把它点燃了。 岸上的人群中有些人回过头来向上看，不知道是谁胆敢扰乱这个最庄严的仪式。 “打嗝!笨蛋屠戈里喊道，高兴地认出了地平线上的那个人影。 有