17 The Swordfight

17. THE SWORDFIGHT 'Well done, Useless, well done,' drawled Snotlout. 'Very neat dealing with the Spydragon there. I really thought you were a goner.' The Hurricane sloped out from behind the mast, growling warningly. Windwalker snarled in response, and the two riding-dragons paced warily around each other on the deck, their spines pointing upwards as if they were about to fight. Hiccup caught his breath. It was impossible to read the expression on Snotlout's face 'Snotlout…' he said slowly. 'Yes, yes, yes,' said Snotlout, waving his hand dismissively. 'I know, I'm a villain, and a rogue, and a Very Naughty Boy and everything, and I betrayed all you goody-goodies, and aren't I terrible, tut tut TUT, but let's get this ship sailing and out of the cavern first, and then we can argue to our heart's content…' Hiccup and Snotlout took up an oar each, and rowed towards the waterfall. Soft as a shadow, and unoticed in that lightning-lit cavern with the Battle Under the Waterfall raging at its height, the ship carrying the Lost Things

17. “干得好，没用的，干得好。” “对付Spydragon非常巧妙。 我真以为你要死了。”“飓风”号从桅杆后面斜出来，发出警告的咆哮。 风行者咆哮着回应，两条巨龙在甲板上小心翼翼地绕着对方踱来踱去，它们的脊骨指向上方，好像要打架似的。 嗝嗝屏住了呼吸。看不懂鼻鼻子脸上的表情。“鼻鼻子……”他慢慢地说。 “是啊，是啊，是啊。”鼻子鼻子轻蔑地挥挥手说。 “我知道，我是一个恶棍，一个无赖，一个非常淘气的孩子，什么都是，我背叛了你们所有的好朋友，我是不是很可怕，啧啧，啧啧，但是让我们把船开起来，先离开洞穴，然后我们可以尽情地争论……”嗝嗝和鼻子鼻各拿起一把桨，向瀑布划去。 那艘载着遗失之物的船，像影子一样柔和，在这个闪电照耀的洞穴里，在瀑布下的战斗正如火如荼地进行着，没有人注意到

slipped out from under the waterfall and into Wrecker's Bay. Snotlout put away his oar, and took out his sword. 'Fight me,' said Snotlout. 'But I don't want to fight you,' said Hiccup. 'FIGHT ME!' roared Snotlout. 'I haven't got a sword,' said Hiccup. Snotlout always carried two swords, and he threw Hiccup his second-best one. With the other, he made furious imaginary passes in the air. 'Why don't you want to fight me? Is it because you are scared?' 'Not really,' admitted Hiccup, and that seemed to enrage Snotlout even further. 'I'm a little scared, but

从瀑布下溜了出来，进入了沉船湾。 鼻子哥收起了桨，拿出了剑。 “跟我打吧。” “但我不想和你打架，”小嗝嗝说。 “打击我!鼻涕鼻子吼道。 “我没有剑，”嗝嗝说。 鼻涕鼻子总是带着两把剑，他把自己第二好的剑扔给了小嗝嗝。 另一只手在空中狂怒地想象着传球。 “你为什么不想和我决斗？” 是因为你害怕吗？“不完全是，”小嗝嗝承认道，这似乎更激怒了鼻涕鼻子。 “我有点害怕，但是。

mostly I just don't want to fight you.' 'You ought to be scared,' said Snotlout. 'That bite from the Vampire Spydragon means you won't be able to use your left hand. FIGHT ME! I have betrayed you yet again… Why won't you hate me?' Snotlout was so flushed with anger, in such a state of emotion, that the words came tumbling out as if they were beyond his control. 'HATE ME!' 'Snotlout, I don't hate you… and I forgive you for betraying me again… I understand why you keep doing it…' 'Oooh, you are so irritating. You keep being so heroic all the time. Stop forgiving me. Stop it! You don't understand anything! I DON'T WANT TO BE FORGIVEN!' 'Snotlout, I don't want to fight you because I think we should be trying to get these Lost Things out of here…' 'But I'm NOT ON YOUR SIDE!' howled Snotlout. 'IF YOU WON'T FIGHT ME NOW, I SWEAR I WILL KILL YOU!' Hiccup shrugged off his backpack with the sleeping Hogfly in it, and put it carefully down in a coil of rope so the little dragon wouldn't get hurt. Hiccup's eyes never left Snotlout's face.

我主要是不想和你打架。“你应该害怕才对。” “被吸血鬼Spydragon咬一口意味着你将无法使用左手。 打击我!我又一次背叛了你……你为什么不恨我呢？”鼻子鼻气得满脸通红，情绪激动得连话都说不出来，仿佛无法控制似的。 “恨我!“鼻涕精，我不恨你……我原谅你再次背叛我……我理解你为什么一直这样做……” 你总是那么英勇。 别再原谅我了。停止它!你什么都不懂！我不想被原谅！“鼻鼻子，我不想和你打架，因为我认为我们应该设法把这些失物弄出去……”“但我不支持你！”鼻涕鼻子吼道。 “如果你现在不跟我决斗，我发誓我会杀了你！”小嗝嗝耸耸肩膀，卸下了装着熟睡的猪蝇的背包，小心翼翼地把它绑在一圈绳子里，以免小龙受伤。 小嗝嗝的眼睛一直盯着鼻鼻子的脸。

'All right, then,' said Hiccup, 'if you insist.' Snotlout lunged at him. Automatically (and clumsily, for it was with his right hand), Hiccup parried the lunge. 'Oh dear,' sighed the Wodensfang, sadly fluttering down to perch on the tiller.

“那好吧，”小嗝嗝说，“如果你坚持的话。”鼻鼻子朝他扑过去。 嗝嗝自动地（笨拙地，因为他用的是右手）挡开了猛扑。 “哦，天哪。”沃登蛇叹了口气，悲伤地扑扇着翅膀落在舵柄上。

'Some humans… always fighting… if only it didn't have to be this way…' With a cry of horror, Windwalker dived down to protect his Master… but was attacked in mid-air by the Hurricane who brought him rolling down into the sea. Snotlout slashed forward with a Flashburn Fancy that overwhelmed Hiccup's guard and gave him a nasty gash on the shoulder that stung like a viper's bite.

“有些人……总是在打架……如果不是这样就好了……”伴随着一声恐怖的尖叫，风行者俯冲下来保护他的主人……但是在半空中被飓风袭击，把他卷进了海里。 鼻子哥向前猛砍了一记闪焰咒，压过了小嗝嗝的警卫，在他的肩膀上划了一道难看的口子，像毒蛇咬了一口一样刺痛。

Hiccup only just managed to throw the larger boy off, and roll out of the way, before clumsily ducking behind the masthead. His left side was so numb now it was like dragging a great dead weight. 'All right,' screamed Snotlout, beside himself with rage, 'Mr Smarty-Pants, I'm-Such-A-Hero, I'm-So-Good-at-Putting-Myself-in-Other-People's-Shoes, you tell me, Hiccup. You tell me why I keep betraying you all the time!' He lunged forward, trying to reach Hiccup with his sword around the mast. 'I think it's because you could have been a King yourself,' said Hiccup. This was like adding another log on to a fire. 'YOU BET I COULD HAVE!' screamed Snotlout, attacking Hiccup with every single sword thrust he knew. 'I SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE HERO! IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ME! I have everything! The physique, the intelligence, the ruthlessness, the charm. All I ever wanted was to be a Chief, a leader. IS THAT SO MUCH TO ASK? But it was denied to me, just because I was the son of the second son, not the first. 'Is that not unfair?' 'It is very unfair,' admitted Hiccup.

小嗝嗝好不容易才把那个大男孩甩掉，滚开了，然后笨拙地躲到桅顶后面。 他的左侧麻木了，就像拖着一个巨大的重物。 “好吧，”鼻涕鼻子气得发疯，尖叫道，“自作聪明先生，我是——多么了不起的英雄，我是——多么善于设身处地为别人着想，你告诉我，小嗝嗝。 你告诉我为什么我总是背叛你！”他向前扑去，想把剑绕在桅杆上伸向嗝嗝。 “我想那是因为你本来可以当国王的，”小嗝嗝说。 这就像火上浇油一样。 “我当然可以！”鼻涕鼻子尖叫着，用尽他所知道的每一把剑向嗝嗝刺去。 “我应该成为英雄！”应该是我才对！我什么都有！体格，智慧，无情，魅力。 我唯一的愿望就是成为一个酋长，一个领袖。 这要求太多了吗？但我被拒绝了，因为我是第二个儿子的儿子，而不是第一个儿子。 “这不公平吗？”“这太不公平了，”小嗝嗝承认。