7 Toothless wakes up

7. TOOTHLESS WAKES UP Toothless woke up about three weeks later. Fishlegs and Hiccup were at Hiccup's house. Everybody else was out, so Hiccup decided to take the opportunity to check on Toothless's basket. He pulled it out from under the bed. A thin plume of bluey-grey smoke was drifting out from under the lid. Fishlegs whistled. 'He's awake all right,' said Fishlegs. 'Here we go.' Hiccup opened the basket. The smoke billowed out and made Hiccup and Fishlegs cough. Hiccup fanned it away. Once his eyes had stopped watering he could make out a very small, ordinary dragon looking up at him with enormous, innocent, grass-green eyes. 'Hello, Toothless said Hiccup, in what he hoped was a good accent in Dragonese. 'What are you doing?' asked Fishlegs curiously. Dragonese is punctuated by shrill shrieks and popping noises and sounds MOST extraordinary when spoken by a human. This should, of course, read 'Howdeedoodeethere, Toothless,' but I have translated it into English for the benefit of those readers whose Dragonese is a bit rusty. Please read Hiccup's book, Learning to Speak Dragonese, for a crash course in this fascinating language.

7. 大约三周后，无牙醒来了。 鱼腿和嗝嗝在嗝嗝家。 大家都出去了，小嗝嗝决定趁这个机会去看看无牙的篮子。 他从床底下把它拿了出来。 一缕蓝灰色的烟从盖子下面飘了出来。 Fishlegs吹口哨。“他醒着呢，”鱼腿说。 “我们走吧。”小嗝嗝打开了篮子。 浓烟滚滚，嗝嗝和鱼腿都咳嗽起来。 嗝嗝把它扇走了。当他的眼睛不再流泪时，他可以看到一条非常普通的小龙，用巨大的、天真的、草绿色的眼睛抬头看着他。 “你好，”无牙嗝嗝说，他希望自己的龙腔很地道。 “你在干什么？”鱼腿好奇地问。 龙语中夹杂着尖锐的尖叫和爆裂声，这是人类说的最不寻常的声音。 当然，这篇文章应该读作《Howdeedoodeethere， Toothless》，但为了方便那些龙语有点生疏的读者，我把它翻译成了英文。 请阅读Hiccup的书《学习说龙语》，这是一门学习这种迷人语言的速成课程。

~LEARNING TO SPEAK DRAGONESE~ Introduction In order to train your dragon without using the traditional methods of yelling at it, you must first learn to speak Dragonese. Dragons are the only other creatures who speak a language as complicated and sophisticated as humans. Here are some common dragon phrases to get you started: Nee-ah crappa inna di hoosus, pishyou. No poo-ing inside the house, please. Mi Mama no likeit yum-yum on di bum. My mother does not like to be bitten on the bottom. Pishyou keendlee gobba oot mi freeundlee? Please would you be so kind as to spit my friend out? Doit wummortime. Let's try that again.

为了训练你的龙，而不是使用传统的对它大喊大叫的方法，你必须首先学会说龙语。 龙是唯一能说和人类一样复杂的语言的生物。 这里有一些常见的与龙有关的短语可以帮助你入门：Nee-ah crappa inna di hoosus， pishyou。 请不要在屋里拉屎。 米妈妈不喜欢，好吃好吃的。 我妈妈不喜欢被人咬屁股。 Pishyou keendlee gobba oot mi freeundlee？ 请你把我的朋友吐出来好吗？ Doit wummortime。我们再试一次。

'Just talking to it,' mumbled Hiccup, very embarrassed. 'Just talking to it???' gasped Fishlegs, in astonishment. 'What do you mean, you're talking to it? You can't talk to it, it's an ANIMAL, for Thor's sake!' 'Oh shut up, Fishlegs,' said Hiccup, impatiently, 'you're frightening it.' Toothless huffed and puffed and blew out some smoke rings. He inflated his neck to make himself look bigger, which is something dragons do when they are scared or angry. Eventually he got up the courage to unfurl his wings and flap up on to Hiccup's arm. He walked his way up on to Hiccup's shoulder and Hiccup turned his face towards him. Toothless pressed his forehead on to Hiccup's forehead and gazed deeply and solemnly into Hiccup's eyes. They stayed there, snout to nose, without moving, for about sixty seconds. Hiccup had to blink a lot because the gaze of a dragon is hypnotic and gives the unnerving feeling that it is sucking your soul away. Hiccup was just thinking, 'Wow, this is amazing– I'm really making contact here!' when Toothless bent down and bit him on the arm.

“只是跟它说话而已。”小嗝嗝非常尴尬地嘟囔着。 “只是跟它说话——？”鱼腿惊讶地喘着气说。 “你什么意思，你在跟它说话？” 你不能和它说话，它是动物，看在上帝的份上！“哦，闭嘴，鱼腿，”嗝嗝不耐烦地说，“你把它吓坏了。”无牙吹着气，吹出了几个烟圈。 他把脖子膨胀起来，让自己看起来更大，这是龙在害怕或生气的时候会做的事情。 最后，他鼓起勇气展开翅膀，扑到小嗝嗝的胳膊上。 他走到嗝嗝的肩膀上，嗝嗝把脸转向他。 无牙把额头贴在嗝嗝的额头上，严肃而深沉地凝视着嗝嗝的眼睛。 他们在那里呆了大约六十秒，鼻子挨着鼻子，一动也不动。 小嗝嗝不得不经常眨眼，因为龙的凝视是催眠的，给人一种令人不安的感觉，它正在吸走你的灵魂。 小嗝嗝只是在想，“哇，这太神奇了——我真的在这里接触了！”这时，无牙弯下腰，咬住了他的胳膊。

Hiccup let out a yelp and threw Toothless off him. 'F-f-fish,' hissed Toothless, hovering in the air in front of Hiccup. 'W-w-w-want fish NOW!' 'I haven't got any fish,' said Hiccup in Dragonese, rubbing his arm. Luckily Toothless didn't have any teeth but dragons have powerful jaws so it was still painful. Toothless bit him on the other arm. 'F-F-F-FISH!' said Toothless again. 'Are you OK?' asked Fishlegs. 'I can't believe I'm asking this, but what's he saying?' 'He wants to eat,' replied Hiccup, grimly rubbing both arms. He tried to make his voice sound firm but pleasant; to dominate the creature by the sheer force of his personality, as Gobber had said. 'But WE HAVE NO FISH.' 'OK then,' said Toothless. 'Eat c-c-cat.' He made a lunge for Fiddlesticks, who streaked up the nearest wall with a yowl of terror. Hiccup just managed to grab Toothless by the

嗝嗝大叫一声，把无牙摔了下去。 “鱼——鱼。”无牙嘶嘶地说，在小嗝嗝面前盘旋。 “现在就想要鱼！”“我没有鱼，”嗝嗝用龙语搓着胳膊说。 幸运的是，无牙龙没有牙齿，但龙的下颚很有力，所以还是很痛。 无牙咬了他的另一只胳膊。 “F-F-F-FISH !无牙又问。 “你还好吗？”鱼腿问。 “我真不敢相信我会这么问，但他在说什么？”“他想要吃东西，”嗝嗝冷酷地搓着两只胳膊回答。 他努力使自己的声音听起来坚定而愉快；就像戈伯说的那样，用他的人格力量来控制这只动物。 “但是我们没有鱼。”“那好吧。”无牙说。 “吃c-c-cat。”他向fidlesticks扑去，fidlesticks惊恐地嚎叫着跑上了最近的一堵墙。 小嗝嗝刚刚抓住了无牙

tail as he flew off in pursuit. The dragon struggled wildly, shouting 'WANT F-F-FISH NOW! WANT F-F-FOOD NOW! CATS ARE YUMMY WANT FOOD NOW!' 'We don't HAVE any fish,' repeated Hiccup, from between gritted teeth, feeling all his calmness deserting him, 'and you can't eat the cat– I like him.' Fiddlesticks mewed indignantly from a beam high up in the roof. They put Toothless in Stoick's bedroom, where there was a mouse problem. For a while he was happy swooping after the desperately squeaking mice, but then he got bored and started attacking the mattress. 'STOP!' yelled Hiccup, as feathers flew in all directions. Toothless replied by sicking up the remains of a recently deceased mouse right in the middle of Stoick's pillow. 'Aaaargh!' said Hiccup. 'AAAAAAARGH!' said Stoick the Vast, who entered the room at that very moment.

尾巴，因为他飞走了追赶。 龙疯狂地挣扎着，喊着“现在要鱼！”现在要吃的！猫是美味的，现在想要食物！“我们没有鱼，”嗝嗝咬紧牙关又说了一遍，他觉得自己的平静正在消失，“你也不能吃猫——我喜欢猫。”高高的屋顶上的一根梁上，琴声愤怒地鸣叫着。 他们把无牙放在斯托伊克的卧室里，那里有老鼠的问题。 有一段时间，他很高兴扑向那些拼命尖叫的老鼠，但后来他感到无聊，开始攻击床垫。 “停!嗝嗝喊道，羽毛飞向四面八方。 无牙的回答是把一只刚死不久的老鼠的残骸吐在斯托伊克的枕头中间。 “Aaaargh !小嗝嗝说。“啊…!巨人斯托伊克说，就在这时他走进了房间。

Toothless launched himself at Stoick the Vast's beard, which he mistook for a chicken. 'Get him off!' said Stoick. 'He doesn't do what I say,' said Hiccup. 'Yell VERY LOUDLY at him,' Stoick shouted, VERY LOUDLY. Hiccup yelled as loudly as he could. 'Please will you stop eating my father's beard?' As Hiccup had suspected, Toothless took absolutely no notice whatsoever. I KNEW I'd be useless at yelling, thought Hiccup gloomily. 'DROPTOTHEFLOORYOUORRRIBLELITTLEREPTILE!' yelled Stoick. Toothless dropped to the floor. 'You see?' said Stoick. 'That's how to deal with dragons.' Newtsbreath and Hookfang, Stoick's hunting dragons, came padding into the room. Toothless stiffened as they paced around him, their yellow eyes glinting evily. Each was about the size of a leopard, and they were as delighted by his arrival as a couple of giant cats might be by that of a cute little kitten. 'Greetings, fellow firebreather,' hissed

无牙向巨人斯托伊克的胡子扑去，他误以为那是一只鸡。 “放开他！”斯托伊克说。 “他不听我的话，”小嗝嗝说。 “对他大声喊叫。”斯托伊克喊道，非常大声。 小嗝嗝尽可能地大声喊道。 “请你不要再吃我父亲的胡子了好吗？”正如小嗝嗝所怀疑的那样，无牙根本没有注意到。 我知道我叫喊是没有用的，小嗝嗝忧郁地想。 “DROPTOTHEFLOORYOUORRRIBLELITTLEREPTILE !斯托伊克喊道。 无牙倒在地板上。 “你看到了什么?斯托伊克说。这就是对付龙的方法。斯托伊克的猎龙纽斯考瑞斯和虎牙慢慢地走进了房间。 他们在他周围踱来踱去，无牙僵住了，黄眼睛里闪烁着邪恶的光芒。 每只都有豹子那么大，他们对他的到来感到高兴，就像一对巨型猫看到一只可爱的小猫一样。 “你好，喷火人。