12 Escape from the Isle of the Skullions

12. ESCAPE FROM THE ISLE OF THE SKULLIONS The chest was not full of stones. It was full to the brim with a gorgeous treasure. Strings of jewels, golden cups, objects more dazzlingly bright than anything the Hooligans had ever seen before. 'Is it s-s-s-safe to look n-n-n-ow?' asked Toothless, still with his eyes shut. Hiccup opened his eyes. 'I think so,' he said uncertainly. He had drawn his sword as Snotlout opened the chest, and now he peered in. 'It seems,' he said suspiciously, 'it seems to be just a box full of treasure.' 'OF COURSE it is,' said Stoick. 'What did I tell you? No BOOBY-TRAPS. You have too much imagination, my boy. Sometimes you have to leave things to the experience of your elders and betters.' Snotlout had already reached in and drawn out a truly magnificent sword, the scabbard richly decorated with dragons, skulls and the waves of an angry sea.

12. 逃出骷髅岛箱子里并没有装满石头。 里面装满了一件华丽的珍宝。 一串串的珠宝，金杯，这些东西比流氓们以前见过的任何东西都要耀眼夺目。 “现在看，现在看，现在看安全吗？”无牙问道，眼睛仍然闭着。 小嗝嗝睁开了眼睛。“我想是的，”他不确定地说。 鼻子鼻子打开箱子的时候，他已经拔出了剑，现在他往里面窥视。 “好像，”他怀疑地说，“好像只是一个装满财宝的盒子。“当然是，”斯托伊克说。 “我怎么跟你说的？”没有饵雷。 你太有想象力了，孩子。 有时候你不得不把事情留给长辈和长辈去体验。”鼻鼻子已经把手伸进去，抽出了一把真正华丽的剑，剑鞘上装饰着龙、骷髅和怒海的波浪。

THAT was a sword fit for a Pirate King. It made the soft hiss of a serpent as Snotlout gently drew it out of the scabbard, and as the sunlight glinted on the still-bright, cruel blade, you could see how bitingly sharp it was, even after all these years underground. On the handle was a furious portrait of Thor the Thunderer with a tangled seaweedy beard, and across the blade was a zig-zag lightning pattern in a lighter silver. 'The Stormblade…' breathed Baggybum the Beerbelly. It was, indeed, the Stormblade, Grimbeard the Ghastly's famous sword, with which he had ruled over the entire Inner Isles in such a ruthless fashion. As Snotlout waved it gently to and fro, it seemed to give off a fierce, hungry light of its own. Gently, Stoick reached over and took it from his nephew. 'MINE, I think you'll find,'said Stoick calmly. 'The Stormblade belongs to the CHIEF of the Hairy Hooligans, and to him ALONE.' There was a crafty, greedy look in his eye as he threw aside his own sword and took hold of the Stormblade.

这是一把适合海盗王的剑。 鼻子哥轻轻地把它从鞘里拔出来，发出蛇一般柔和的嘶嘶声。当阳光照在依然明亮、残酷的刀刃上时，你可以看出，即使在地下埋藏了这么多年，它还是那么锋利。 剑柄上是雷神托尔的狂怒画像，他的胡子像海藻一样纠结，剑刃上则是浅银色的锯齿形闪电图案。 “暴风之剑……”啤酒肚Baggybum轻声说道。 的确，这就是暴风之剑，幽灵的格林胡子的著名之剑，他用这把剑无情地统治了整个内岛。 当鼻子哥轻轻地来回挥动它时，它似乎也发出了一种强烈的、饥饿的光。 斯托伊克轻轻地伸手从他侄子手中接过它。 “我的，我想你会找到的。”斯托伊克平静地说。 “暴风之剑属于长毛流氓的首领，而且只属于他一个人。”他把自己的剑扔到一边，拿起暴风之刃，眼中流露出狡黠而贪婪的神情。

Toothless wrinkled his snout and sniffed. 'What's that s-s-s-s-smell?' 'What smell?' asked Hiccup. 'THAT smell,' replied Newtsbreath, making a face. Hiccup looked across at Fireworm, the greatest sniffer of them all. The normally flame-red dragon was drooping on Snotlout's shoulder, an extraordinary shade of pale green. 'Suffering scallops!' shouted Hiccup, 'The Skullions!!! SHUT THE BOX!' and he launched himself at the box lid, trying to shut it. 'The boy's gone crazy,' said Baggybum the Beerbelly, easily preventing Hiccup from shutting it by holding it open with one massive forefinger.

无牙皱起鼻子嗅了嗅。 “那是什么——什么——味道？”“什么味道？”小嗝嗝问。 “那个味道。”纽茨呼吸做了个鬼脸。 嗝嗝看了看对面的火虫，这是他们当中最厉害的嗅探者。 那条平时火红色的龙耷拉在鼻子鼻子的肩上，呈现出一种不同寻常的淡绿色。 “痛苦扇贝!小嗝嗝喊道，“骷髅！！”关上箱子！他扑向盒盖，想把它关上。 “这孩子疯了。”啤酒肚Baggybum说，他用一个粗大的食指按住门，不让嗝嗝把它关上。

'Crazy with jealousy,' sneered Snotlout. 'SHUT THE BOX! SHUT THE BOX! SHUT THE BOX!' yelled Hiccup, struggling in Baggybum's arms. 'Now, now, my boy,' said Stoick, irritated, but trying to soothe his son, 'you can find some treasure NEXT time, I'm sure. We're quite safe, the Skullions can't see us or hear us…' 'But they can SMELL us!' shouted Hiccup. 'GRIMBEARD HAS BOOBY-TRAPPED THE BOX WITH A SMELL THAT WILL WAKE THE SKULLIONS!!!' 'What do you mean, smell us?' asked Stoick.

“嫉妒得发疯了。”鼻鼻子讥笑道。 “关上箱子！”关上箱子！关上箱子！嗝嗝喊道，在Baggybum的怀里挣扎着。 “好了，好了，我的孩子，”斯托伊克生气地说，但仍试图安慰他的儿子，“我相信下次你会找到一些宝藏的。 我们很安全，骷髅看不见我们，也听不见我们……”嗝嗝喊道。 “胡子怪在箱子里装了诡雷，有一种气味会把骷髅吵醒！！”“你什么意思，闻闻我们？”斯托伊克问道。

He gave an experimental sniff. Now the stench was so strong even the humans were noticing it. Fireworm had already thrown up in the heather. All the Hooligans started sniffing, and there it was, an unmistakeable reek of rotting fish and long-dead walrus… with perhaps a hint of month-old crabmeat. 'POOH,' murmured the Hooligans, their attention wandering from the treasure. 'SHUT… THE… BOX!' yelled Hiccup, purple in the face from fury at their stupidity. Light dawned on Stoick the Vast's stupid countenance. 'Ahhhhh… I see what you mean… SHUT THE BOX. Quickly, quickly!' At last he realised the urgency of the situation and shut the box, sitting on it for good measure. But it made no difference. The smell was getting stronger by the minute, an unimaginably horrid stench. If the Skullions caught just one WHIFF of that horrible smell it wouldn't take long for them to wake up and… the thought was too awful to contemplate. And then Hiccup realised that the awful scritchscratch of the sleep-sharpening had stopped… and that meant… that meant…

他实验性地嗅了一下。 现在恶臭如此强烈，连人类都注意到了。 萤火虫已经吐在石南丛里了。 所有的流氓都开始闻一闻，那是一股明显的腐鱼和死很久的海象的臭味……也许还有一点刚满月的蟹肉的味道。 “呸！”流氓们低声说，他们的注意力从宝藏上移开了。 “关上……盒子！”嗝嗝嚷道，他被他们的愚蠢气得脸色发青。 巨人斯托伊克愚蠢的脸上露出了亮光。 “啊……我明白你的意思了……把盒子关上。” 快一点,再快一点!”最后，他意识到了情况的紧急，关上了箱子，坐在上面。 但这并没有什么区别。 那气味一分钟比一分钟更强烈，一种难以想象的可怕恶臭。 如果骷髅们闻到一股可怕的气味，它们很快就会醒过来……这种想法太可怕了，无法想象。 这时，小嗝嗝意识到，削尖睡眠的可怕的刮擦已经停止了……这意味着……这意味着……

'R-R-R-U-U-U-U-U-U-U-U-U-N!' shouted Hiccup. At exactly the same moment Fireworm shrieked, 'D-E-S-E-R-R-R-R-R-R-R-R-R-R-T!' 'Let's get out of here,' said Stoick the Vast. He and Gobber the Belch carried the box together. The Hooligans didn't need the order. They were already running as fast as they could towards the beach where the boats were…

“R-R-R-U-U-U-U-U-U-U-U-U-N !嗝嗝喊道。 与此同时，萤火虫尖叫起来：“d - e - s - e - r - r - r - r - r - r - r - r - r - r - r - r - r - t !”“我们离开这里吧，”巨人斯托伊克说。 他和打嗝哥伯一起抬着箱子。 流氓不需要命令。 他们已经以最快的速度向停着小船的海滩跑去……