6 The Witch Excellinor is a Little Annoyed

6. THE WITCH EXCELLINOR IS A LITTLE ANNOYED OH FOR THOR'S SAKE. Hiccup's heart melted within his chest as the witch's hollow eyes looked straight at him. She was like a living skeleton, a shock of hair streaming out behind her, all human kindness dead within her. Twenty years of living in the darkness of a tree trunk had bleached all the light out of her, and she was whiter than a slug, and meaner than a snake, and bowled into a hoop by the prison of the trunk. They were caught red-handed. She had been tearing up the Wilderwest in her hunt for this very same boy for the past six months.

6. 女巫阁下有点生气了看在上帝的份上。 小嗝嗝的心在胸膛里融化了，女巫空洞的眼睛直直地看着他。 她就像一具活着的骷髅，一绺头发在她身后飘散，她心中所有的善良都死了。 在树干的黑暗中生活了二十年，使她身上所有的光芒都褪色了，她比鼻涕虫还白，比蛇还卑鄙，被树干的牢笼关进了铁环里。 他们被当场抓获。 在过去的六个月里，她一直在狂野西部寻找这个男孩。

And there Hiccup was, under the table not two feet away from her quivering white nose, frozen in the act of feeding two banned dragons, both of them hovering, petrified, in mid-air. The witch sniffed once, twice. 'Dragons…' she hissed in horror. 'Dragons…' She looked straight at him, and barked like a dog. But the witch was so blind she could barely see a foot in front of her nose. She did not see them. At that distance she could only sense movement. Don't move, Toothless, thought Hiccup, teeth gritted in terror. Don't move… The witch carried on looking at them for what seemed like a lifetime.

小嗝嗝就在桌子底下，离她颤抖的白鼻子不到两英尺的地方，正在喂两条被禁的龙，两条龙都僵在半空中盘旋着，像石化了一样。 女巫闻了一遍，两遍。 “龙……”她惊恐地嘶嘶地说。 “龙……”她直勾勾地看着他，像狗一样叫着。 但是女巫太瞎了，她几乎看不见鼻子前面的一只脚。 她没有看见他们。在那个距离，她只能感觉到运动。 “别动，无牙，”小嗝嗝想，他吓得咬牙切齿。 女巫盯着他们看了差不多一辈子。

And then her long pointed nose, sharp as a knife, sniffed in disgust. 'That's weird,' said the witch dismissively. 'I thought I smelt dragons but it's just Slaves. They smell disgusting.' And scuttle, scuttle, off she bounded, followed by the step TAP, step TAP of Alvin. Thank Thor for the Stinkdragon stink. Shaking with relief, Hiccup stuffed the Wodensfang back into his waistcoat. The wart on the end of his nose fell off and he only just got to it in time because Toothless was about to eat it. Thoroughly rattled, he fastened it back on, put Toothless in his waistcoat with the Wodensfang, and popped back up to the top of the table. The girl with the black hair and the big eyes was now sitting where he had been sitting. Oh dear, those big doom-y eyes were rather alarming, they gave him quite a shock. 'You've been under there for a really long time,' said the girl solemnly. 'Yes, well, I was resting,' said Hiccup, feeling a little desperate. 'My name's Eggingarde,' said the little girl. 'Pleased to meet you, Eggingarde,' said Hiccup,

接着，她又长又尖的鼻子，像刀子一样锋利，厌恶地嗅了嗅。 “真奇怪。”女巫轻蔑地说。 “我以为我闻到了龙的味道，但那只是奴隶的味道。 它们闻起来很恶心。”她蹦蹦跳跳地跑开了，接着是阿尔文的啪嗒啪嗒。 感谢雷神带来的臭龙臭味。 小嗝嗝松了口气，浑身发抖，把沃登方枪塞回马甲里。 他鼻尖上的疣掉了，他刚好赶上，因为无牙要把它吃掉了。 他吓得魂不守舍，赶紧把它系上，把无牙和魔牙一起塞进马甲里，然后跳回到桌子上。 那个黑头发大眼睛的女孩现在坐在他坐过的地方。 哦，天哪，那双可怕的大眼睛真吓人，把他吓了一跳。 “你已经在下面呆了很长时间了，”女孩严肃地说。 “是的，我在休息，”小嗝嗝说，觉得有点绝望。 “我叫埃金加德。”小女孩说。 “很高兴见到你，艾格加德，”小嗝嗝说，

shaking her hand in a slightly frazzled way. 'Eggingarde, what is this Seeking thing, and how do you get Lost?' 'Us slaves of the Amber Slavelands go out on the Seeking every day,' said Eggingarde. She spoke in a very grown-up way for such a very little girl. 'At the first hint of low tide the bugle sounds and out we go on to the red sands, to seek the amber Jewel that the witch and her son Alvin are looking for, the one that is not there. For I have been out on the sands every day since I can remember, and I can tell you the Jewel is not there.' Oh, great. 'Then the second bugle sounds,' said Eggingarde, in a scared deep whisper, 'and we return to Prison Darkheart. Unless…' 'Unless?' 'We are taken by the tide or…' Eggingarde stopped and opened her eyes even wider,'… something else.' Something about Eggingarde's doom-y eyes reminded Hiccup of someone, but he didn't know who. 'Eggingarde?' asked Hiccup. 'How long have you been in this prison?'

有点疲惫地握着她的手。 “艾格加德，这个‘寻找’是什么东西，你是怎么迷路的？”“我们琥珀色奴隶地的奴隶每天都出去寻宝，”埃金加德说。 对于这样一个小女孩来说，她说话的口气很成熟。 “在退潮的第一个信号响起时，号角就响了，我们继续前往红色的沙滩，去寻找女巫和她的儿子阿尔文正在寻找的琥珀宝石，那颗宝石不在那里。 因为从我记事起，我每天都到沙滩上去，我可以告诉你，珍宝不在那儿。”哦,很好。 “然后第二声号声响起，”埃金加德惊恐地低声说，“我们回到黑心监狱。 除非…”“除非?“我们被潮水带走了，或者……”艾格加德停下来，把眼睛睁得更大了，“……别的什么东西。”埃金加德那双绝望的眼睛让小嗝嗝想起了某个人，但他不知道是谁。 “Eggingarde ?小嗝嗝问。 “你在这个监狱里多久了？”

'For as long as I can remember,' replied Eggingarde. Poor Eggingarde. For as long as she could remember. That was a long time. 'It's OK,' said Eggingarde. 'I'm not scared, because I am a Wanderer, and Wanderers are wild.' Eggingarde pulled up the hat of her bearsuit, held up her ten fingers and made them into claws, making a hissing sound.

“从我记事起就是这样。”埃金加德回答。 可怜的Eggingarde。从她记事起。 那是一段很长的时间。“没关系，”埃金加德说。 “我不害怕，因为我是一个流浪者，而流浪者是野蛮的。”埃金加德拉起她的熊装帽子，举起十个手指，把它们做成爪子，发出嘶嘶的声音。

Hiccup pretended to be frightened and Eggingarde looked pleased. She carefully pulled down the hood of her bearsuit and whispered confidingly, 'Sometimes I even scare myself…'

小嗝嗝假装害怕，而艾格加德则显得很高兴。 她小心翼翼地扯下熊装的兜帽，自信地低声说：“有时候我甚至会吓到自己……”