31 The Secret Hideout

31. THE SECRET HIDEOUT Somewhere not very far away (I don't want to tell you exactly where, because it is Hiccup's secret hideout, and it really, really needs to be kept a secret) the Windwalker was lying in front of a cave surrounded by brambles. He had been lying there, protecting the entrance, for nearly three days now, and he was a bedraggled, wet sight, his ears drooping sadly, his spines all limp and floppy with loneliness as he listened to the sound of the Dragon Furious's rage. And then… He sniffed the air, he peered upwards… …his ears pricked up in sudden apprehension. And so too would yours if a semi-visible cloud

31. 风行者躺在不远的某个地方（我不想告诉你确切的位置，因为这是小嗝嗝的秘密藏身处，它真的、真的需要保密），前面是一个被荆棘包围的洞穴。 他已经躺在那里守护入口将近三天了，他浑身湿透，耳朵耷拉着，听着暴龙怒吼的声音，他的脊椎因孤独而软绵绵的。 然后……他嗅了嗅空气，向上看了看... ...他的耳朵突然惊恐地竖起来。 你的也一样，如果是一片半可见的云

descended down out of nowhere, and slowly turned into a terrifying-looking, heavily armed, three-headed Deadly Shadow dragon. However Hiccup peered over the side of the Deadly Shadow's wings and shouted down: 'Don't worry, Windwalker, it's only us!' The Windwalker sprang to greet the horror of the Deadly Shadow descending towards him, flying round and round and round it, in wild excited joy. So late that night, the little cave whose whereabouts shall remain a secret, was very full indeed, for even when the Shadow camouflaged himself so well he looked invisible, he didn't get any smaller. He was a very large dragon, and once he was inside the cave, there was barely room for everyone else. The Windwalker had gone out every single day and caught plenty of fish, in the hope that they would return. So that was a joyful and triumphant evening, with everyone back together again recalling the triumphs and successes of the day.

不知从哪里冒了出来，慢慢地变成了一条面目狰狞、全副武装的三头致命影龙。 然而，嗝嗝从死影的翅膀上往下看，大声喊道：“别担心，风行者，只有我们！”风行者跳起来迎接可怕的死亡阴影朝他走来，绕着它一圈又一圈地飞，欣喜若狂。 那天深夜，那个小洞里确实挤满了人，尽管影子把自己伪装得很好，看起来是隐形的，但他并没有变小。 他是一条非常大的龙，一旦他进入洞穴，几乎没有空间容纳其他人。 风行者每天都出去捕很多鱼，希望它们能回来。 所以那是一个快乐而胜利的夜晚，每个人都聚在一起回忆着这一天的胜利和成功。

'Y-y-yes, Stormfly,' sang Toothless happily. 'Wodensfang the Desperado and I sh-sh-shot our way out of those amber-nets. Peow! Peow! Peow! With three bursts of our super-strong flame and…' And so on. Meanwhile, Stormfly flashed her wicked eyes at him and ate half his mackerel. 'Manners,' sniffed the Wodensfang disapprovingly. The ten companions stuffed themselves full with fish that night, ate until they could eat no more. What with the food, and the emotion of the day, Hiccup and the others were almost drunk with happiness, in fits of laughter about the smallest things. In times of war and deadly peril, these moments of happiness are heightened: they become even more pleasurable, even more precious. Hiccup was one of the last to fall asleep. But then he woke again, at the sound of the Dragon Furious demolishing Prison Darkheart and turning it to rubble. That woke him, and suddenly all the warmth and the happiness of the evening seemed to disappear, to be replaced by a cold dread and a thumping of his heart. The others were all so exhausted, they were

“对——对——对，暴风虻。”无牙高兴地唱道。 “我和亡命之徒沃登斯芳——开枪从那些琥珀网里钻了出来。 Peow !Peow !Peow !用我们超强的火焰喷出三次，然后……”等等。 与此同时，暴风女恶狠狠地瞪了他一眼，吃了他一半的鲭鱼。 “礼貌。”沃登牙不以为然地哼了一声。 那天晚上，十个同伴吃了很多鱼，一直吃到吃不下为止。 吃了这么多，又沉浸在这一天的情绪中，小嗝嗝和其他的孩子们几乎沉浸在快乐之中，为一些微不足道的事情开怀大笑。 在战争和致命的危险时期，这些幸福的时刻更加突出：它们变得更加令人愉快，甚至更加珍贵。 小嗝嗝是最后睡着的人之一。 但随后，他又醒了，听到怒龙摧毁黑心监狱的声音，把它变成了废墟。 这一声惊醒了他，一夜之间，所有的温暖和幸福似乎都消失了，取而代之的是一种寒冷的恐惧和心脏的砰砰跳。 其他人都筋疲力尽了，真的

still fast asleep. But blink, blink, the twin eyes of the Wodensfang opened on Hiccup's chest, and the eyebeams shone comfortably into Hiccup's own eyes. The Wodensfang seem to guess immediately what Hiccup was thinking. He started chatting, to cheer Hiccup up. 'You see,' said the Wodensfang. 'I told you your Quest was quite simple. See what can be achieved if your heart is in your Quest? You have found your friend… You have found the Jewel… um… Even though it has fallen into Alvin's hands for the moment, I am sure that it will come back to you again…' (The Wodensfang tried to sound more sure of this than he was actually feeling.) 'And you are no longer so alone. Look how full this cave is! You have your human companions, now,' he gestured with his wing to Fishlegs and Camicazi, 'not to mention all the followers your splendid mother has brought you with her Dragonmark. What a magnificent warrior she is!' said the Wodensfang admiringly. 'Anyway,' said the Wodensfang, 'as I was saying, the rest of the Quest should be a piece of

还在熟睡。但是一眨眼，一眨眼，沃登方的双胞胎眼睛在嗝嗝的胸膛上睁开了，眼睛的光线舒服地照在了嗝嗝自己的眼睛上。 沃登方人似乎立刻猜到了小嗝嗝在想什么。 他开始聊天，让小嗝嗝高兴起来。 “你看，”沃登斯说。 “我告诉过你，你的任务很简单。 看看如果你的心在你的任务中，你能取得什么成就？ “你找到了你的朋友……你找到了宝石……嗯……虽然它暂时落在阿尔文手里，但我相信它会再回到你手里……”（沃登斯方试图装出比他实际感觉更有把握的口气。）“你不再那么孤单了。 看这洞多满啊！“现在你有你的人类同伴了，”他用翅膀指了指鱼腿和卡米卡齐，“更不用说你伟大的母亲用她的龙纹给你带来的那些追随者了。 她是一个多么伟大的战士啊！沃登斯人羡慕地说。 “不管怎样，”沃登斯说，“就像我刚才说的，剩下的任务应该是

fish-cake. Now all the Lost Things are found, all you have to do is present yourself at the island of Tomorrow, get yourself crowned King instead of Alvin the Treacherous, learn the Secret of the Jewel, and use it to persuade the Dragon Furious to call off this war… See what I mean? Easy peasy, viking squeezy!' Hiccup was not to be so easily comforted. 'You've forgotten a few important details,' Hiccup reminded him. 'I just heard the Dragon Furious and something tells me he's going to be impossible to persuade. And Alvin the Treacherous has nine of the Lost Things, which might make the Tomorrow Men think that Alvin is the true King. I only have one. And Alvin has the Dragon Jewel, and we know what kind of man Alvin is. He would use the Jewel's power to destroy the dragons, without even blinking.' 'Ah, but Alvin won't do anything with the Jewel… yet,' said the Wodensfang. 'Alvin needs that Jewel to take to Tomorrow if he wants to become the King himself. And only if he became the King would he learn the Jewel's secret. We are perfectly safe… for the moment, admittedly.' Hiccup sat up on his bed of grass, filled with

炸鱼饼。现在所有的失物都找到了，你所要做的就是出现在明日之岛，为自己加冕，而不是叛徒阿尔文，学习宝石的秘密，并用它来说服愤怒的龙取消这场战争……明白我的意思吗？ 轻松点，维京人！”小嗝嗝可不是那么容易安慰的。 “你忘记了一些重要的细节，”小嗝嗝提醒他。 “我刚听了《龙怒》，直觉告诉我他不太可能被说服。 背信弃义的阿尔文有九件丢失的东西，这可能会让未来人认为阿尔文是真正的国王。 我只有一个。阿尔文有龙珠，我们知道阿尔文是什么样的人。 他会用宝石的力量摧毁巨龙，眼睛都不眨一下。“啊，可是阿尔文不会拿宝石做任何事……暂时不会。” “如果阿尔文自己想成为国王，他就需要把那颗珍宝带到明天。 只有当上了国王，他才能知道珍宝的秘密。 我们绝对安全……当然，目前是安全的。”小嗝嗝从他的草床上坐了起来，满是