11 A Genuine Surprise

11. A GENUINE SURPRISE Hiccup could feel himself being carried up the dungeon stairs, could hear the sound of soft footsteps and whispers all around him, and then, as he struggled, he began to realise the voices he was hearing were not dragon voices, but human voices. He had a feeling of being dragged into a smaller area, where the voices became more echoey and even colder than the dungeon. And then, more surprising still, he recognised the voice of someone he knew well, but just hadn't heard for a very long time… 'Don't panic,' said the voice. 'We're friends. We're here to help you escape from Prison Darkheart… We had to cover your mouth in case you screamed, because you weren't expecting us.' And then the hands unwound him from the sheet he was wrapped in, and took the gag and blindfold from his head, and he was in what felt like some sort of drainage tunnel. And he was surrounded by faces, the nearest of which he did, indeed, know very well. 'Camicazi!' whispered Hiccup in joyful surprise. Camicazi was a small, chatty and recklessly brave Bog-Burglar, with a lot of wild blonde hair that looked

11. 嗝嗝感到自己被人抬上了地下教室的楼梯，听见周围传来轻柔的脚步声和窃窃私语的声音，然后，他挣扎着，开始意识到自己听到的不是龙的声音，而是人的声音。 他有一种被拖进一个更小的地方的感觉，那里的声音变得更有回声，甚至比地牢里更冷。 接着，更让他吃惊的是，他听出了一个他很熟悉、只是很久没听到的人的声音……“别惊慌。” “我们是朋友。“我们是来帮你逃出黑心监狱的……我们不得不捂住你的嘴，以防你尖叫，因为你没想到我们会来。”然后那双手把他从包裹着的床单上解开，从他头上取下堵嘴和眼罩，他感觉像是在一个排水隧道里。 他被一群面孔包围着，其中离他最近的面孔，他确实非常熟悉。 “Camicazi !小嗝嗝惊喜地小声说。 卡米卡齐是一个身材矮小、健谈、鲁莽勇敢的沼泽飞贼，一头乱蓬蓬的金发看起来

like squirrels had been break-dancing vigorously in the back of it. She also just so happened to be one of Hiccup's best friends. Camicazi looked at him for a moment in puzzlement, and then she pulled up his eye patch, took off his wart, and exclaimed in gob-smacked happy astonishment, 'Hiccup!'

就像松鼠们在它的后面拼命地跳霹雳舞。 她碰巧也是小嗝嗝最好的朋友之一。 卡米卡齐迷惑不解地看了他一会儿，然后拉起他的眼罩，取下他的疣，惊喜地叫道：“打嗝！”

Bog-Burglars aren't supposed to show when they're really pleased to see someone, so Camicazi now turned bright red with the effort of not knowing what to do. She scowled furiously, and pummelled Hiccup three times on the shoulder, and then she hugged him, and then she hit him again– a little harder this time– whispering ferociously (and if it hadn't been Camicazi, you might have said slightly tearfully), in between each punch. 'Where… have… you… been? I haven't been worried about you…' she added hastily. 'No, no, I haven't been worried, because us Bog-Burglars never worry, we're too cool, but where… have… you… been?' 'Ow!' grinned Hiccup, holding his slightly bruised shoulder. 'You're the first person who's actually recognised me. Not that I actually want people to recognise me in this place, but still, it's nice to know that I haven't changed completely in just six months.' Camicazi was still bright red and scowling more furiously than ever. 'Why didn't you come and find me?' She hid her face in her elbow. 'Was it because I Turned My Back with everybody else when the witch got us to at the school? Because I'm sorry about that, Hiccup, and I've been wishing and wishing that I had

当窃贼真的很高兴见到某人时，他们是不应该表现出来的，所以Camicazi现在满脸通红，不知道该怎么做。 她愤怒地皱着眉头，在小嗝嗝的肩膀上打了三下，然后抱住他，然后又打了他一拳——这次打得更狠一些——在每一拳之间凶狠地低语着（如果不是卡米卡齐，你可能会说他有点泪流满面）。 “你……到……哪儿去了？” 我没有为你担心……”她急忙补充了一句。 “不，不，我没有担心过，因为我们沼泽夜贼从不担心，我们太酷了，可是……你……去……哪儿了？”“噢!小嗝嗝笑着说，扶着他那微微淤青的肩膀。 “你是第一个真正认出我来的人。 我并不是真的想让人们在这个地方认出我，但我还是很高兴知道，在短短六个月里，我并没有完全改变。”卡米卡齐仍然满脸通红，比以前更愤怒地皱着眉头。 “你为什么不来找我？”她把脸藏在胳膊肘里。 “是不是因为那个女巫在学校逼我们回去的时候，我和大家一起背对了？” 因为我很抱歉，小嗝嗝，我一直希望我没那么做

stood up for you, like Fishlegs did, ever since… It was just a bit of a shock about the Slavemark and everything…' 'No, no,' Hiccup assured her. 'It wasn't that, I knew all along that you didn't really mean to Turn Your Back.' 'You're sure?' said Camicazi, still a little muffled. 'Absolutely sure,' lied Hiccup awkwardly. 'Besides, I was watching you the whole time and it wasn't really a full turn, it was just a sort of twist… A kind of sideways-on, Half-Turn if you like, and only for a moment…' 'A Half-Turn?' sniffed Camicazi hopefully. 'The only reason I didn't come and find you was that everybody's after me at the moment, and I didn't want to put you in danger as well,' explained Hiccup. 'Well that wasn't very kind of you, was it?' grinned Camicazi, who had cheered up no end.

“不，不，”小嗝嗝向她保证说，“我一直在为你说话，就像鱼腿一样，从那以后……我只是对奴隶标记的事有点震惊……” “不是这样的，我一直都知道你并不是真的想转身。“你确定？”卡米卡齐说，仍然有点不知所措。 “当然可以，”小嗝嗝尴尬地说。 “再说了，我一直在观察你，那并不是真正的一个完整的转身，那只是一种扭转……一种侧身转向，也可以叫半转身，只是一会儿……”卡米卡齐满怀希望地嗅了嗅。 “我没有来找你的唯一原因是现在大家都在追我，我不想把你也置于危险之中，”小嗝嗝解释道。 “嗯，你这么做可不太好，是吗？”卡米卡齐笑着说，他一直高兴得很。

'You know I love danger!' She rubbed her hands together excitedly. 'Danger is my favourite thing!'

“你知道我喜欢危险！”她兴奋地搓着手。 “危险是我最喜欢的东西！”

'Yes, well,' said Hiccup, changing the subject. 'Speaking of danger, what on earth are you doing here, Camicazi?' 'We're the Escape Artists,' explained Camicazi, beaming. 'This is my Team: Sporta… Typhoon… Harriettahorse… Beefburger…' She introduced the four Bog-Burglars who were sitting beside her in the drainage tunnel. They had been the ones who had wrapped Hiccup in the sheet, and they must have carried him together along the corridor. They were all considerably larger than Camicazi, but dressed similarly in black burglary suits, with a lot of burglary equipment and weaponry dangling off them. To Hiccup's surprise, the other Bog-Burglars blushed and looked extremely self-conscious as they shook his hand. 'This isn't… the Outcast, is it?' blurted Typhoon.

“是啊，好吧，”小嗝嗝改变了话题。 “说到危险，你到底在这儿干什么，卡米卡齐？”“我们是逃亡艺术家，”卡米卡齐微笑着解释道。 “这是我的团队：Sporta……Typhoon……Harriettahorse……Beefburger……”她介绍了坐在她旁边的四个沼泽窃贼。 是他们把小嗝嗝裹在床单里，一定是他们一起抬着他走过走廊的。 他们都比卡米卡齐大得多，但穿着黑色的入室行窃服，身上挂着很多入室行窃的装备和武器。 令小嗝嗝吃惊的是，其他的沼泽窃贼在和他握手时脸红了，看起来非常难为情。 “这不是……那个流亡者吧？”台风脱口而出。