16 At the bottom of the ocean

16. AT THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN Hiccup's first thought was that he was going to drown. He was turned over and over in somersault after somersault, down, down, down in such a rush that he felt like his head was bursting. A strange, calm sensation of no longer really caring came over him, and then he was roughly grabbed by the shoulders and dragged coughing and spluttering to the surface of the water and into an air-pocket trapped beneath the sinking ship. The boat was still travelling downwards with such rapidity that Hiccup's ears popped again and again, but at least he could breathe. 'My turn to save YOUR life,' gasped Fishlegs. 'Oh, yes,' said Hiccup sarcastically, once he'd got his breath back, 'and I suppose the reason I'm here in the first place is nothing to do with you? If you hadn't gone rushing after Alvin we would be on board the other boat by now… Didn't you hear me shouting at you?' Fishlegs blushed. 'Couldn't hear anything,

16. 在海底，嗝嗝的第一个念头是他要淹死了。 他翻了个跟头又翻了个跟头，不停地往下、往下、往下，速度如此之快，他觉得自己的头都要炸了。 一种奇怪的、平静的、不再在乎他的感觉袭上他的心头。接着，他被粗暴地抓住肩膀，咳嗽、吐痰地拖到水面上，拖进了困在沉船下面的一个气穴里。 船还在飞快地往下沉，小嗝嗝的耳朵一次又一次地响，但至少他还能呼吸。 “轮到我救你了，”鱼腿喘着气说。 “哦，是的，”小嗝嗝喘过气来讽刺地说，“我想，我到这儿来的原因跟你一点关系都没有吧？ 如果你没有赶着去追阿尔文，我们现在已经在另一条船上了……你没听见我对你大喊大叫吗？”Fishlegs脸红了。 “什么也听不见，

actually,' he mumbled. 'A fine time for us to discover you're a Beserk,' grumbled Hiccup. Fishlegs blushed even deeper. 'Do you think that's what it was?' he asked shyly. He was secretly extremely proud that he had these violent hidden depths. 'Yes, I do,' said Hiccup. 'Anyway, my life isn't exactly SAVED yet, is it? It's not like we're tucked up safely in bed in the Hooligan Village. I mean, where ARE we?' The boat finally stopped its descent and settled gently on the sea-bed. 'At the b-b-b-bottom of the ocean,' said Toothless, as he floated by, crouched in an upturned Outcast helmet like a malevolent eagle sitting on a nest, his eyes glowing like candles. (One of the only interesting features of the Common or Garden dragon is that its eyes light up in the dark.) 'The boat turned over and we seem

“实际上，”他咕哝着说。“这正是我们发现你是贝塞克的好时机，”小嗝嗝抱怨道。 鱼腿脸红得更厉害了。 “你认为是这样吗？”他害羞地问。 他暗自为自己有这些狂暴的隐秘而感到无比自豪。 “是的，我知道，”小嗝嗝说。“不管怎么说，我的命还没有完全得救，是不是？” 我们又不是在流氓村的床上安享天年。 我是说，我们现在在哪儿？”小船终于停止了下降，轻轻地停在海床上。 “在——在——在海底。”无牙说着漂过去，他戴着一顶朝上的弃儿头盔，蹲在那里，像一只坐在鸟巢里的恶毒的老鹰，眼睛像蜡烛一样发光。 （普通龙或花园龙唯一有趣的特征之一是它的眼睛在黑暗中会发光。）船翻了，我们似乎

to be trapped underneath in some sort of air-pocket,' explained Fishlegs. Hiccup peered up the length of the upturned Lucky Thirteen. Sure enough, all the benches were now the ceiling of what looked like a long, low, barrel vaulted hall, with water for a floor. Chairs, oars, cushions floated by, but as far as he could see or hear, there was no one else trapped with them, no furious Outcasts or helpful Hooligans. 'Everyone else must have jumped off in time,' said Fishlegs. 'Hang on a sec,' said Hiccup, 'somebody seems to be stuck under a bench down there…' He dived below the surface, his kicking legs swamping Fishlegs and Toothless in a small tidal wave. He was gone for nearly a minute and a half. When he finally resurfaced, he was holding a very limp and green Alvin the Treacherous. 'What you saving HIM for?' complained Toothless. 'He a r-r-rat. Toothless kill him, if you like,' he said, cheering up no end,

被困在下面的某种气穴里，”鱼腿解释道。 小嗝嗝凝视着向上翘起的“幸运十三”。 果然，所有的长凳现在都成了天花板，看起来像是一个又长又低的桶形拱形大厅，地板是水。 椅子、船桨、靠垫漂过，但就他所能看到或听到的而言，没有其他人被困在他们身边，没有愤怒的流浪者，也没有乐于助人的流氓。 “其他人一定都及时跳下去了。”鱼腿说。 “等一下，”小嗝嗝说，“好像有人被卡在下面的长凳下面了……”他潜到水面下，他的踢腿淹没了鱼腿和无牙，形成了一个小小的浪潮。 他走了将近一分半钟。 当他终于浮出水面时，他手里抱着一个软软的、绿色的“背信弃义的阿尔文”。 “你为什么要救他？”无牙抱怨道。 “他是一只老鼠。”“如果你愿意，就杀了他吧，”他说，不停地高兴起来，

his claws extending towards the sleeping Alvin. As if he heard these words, Alvin opened his eyes. His face crumpled up and he cried like a baby. 'My treasure,' he cried, 'my treasure. Gone, gone, gone…' 'We are not interested in your treasure,' said Fishlegs coldly. 'What about the fact that not half an hour ago you were about to put the entire Hooligan Tribe into slavery? Not to mention serving up poor old Hiccup here as a starter. If it wasn't for YOUR stupid treasure we could all be sitting in one of Gobber the Belch's classes staring vacantly out of the window while he bangs on about Frightening Foreigners.' 'We can still find it,' said Alvin urgently, trying to peer into the water below him.' It's down there somewhere, the ground isn't far beneath me. HELP ME everybody, and we shall live like kings…' 'Oh belt up, you madman,' snapped Fishlegs. 'We haven't time,' interrupted Hiccup. 'This really is our lucky day. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think this air-pocket is getting smaller.' Hiccup was right. The air-pocket was getting smaller.

他的爪子伸向熟睡的阿尔文。 阿尔文睁开眼睛，仿佛听到了这些话。 他皱起了脸，哭得像个婴儿。 “我的宝贝，”他叫道，“我的宝贝。 “我们对你的宝藏不感兴趣。”鱼腿冷冷地说。 “不到半小时以前，你还打算把整个流氓部落都变成奴隶呢？” 更别提把可怜的小嗝嗝作为首发出场了。 如果不是因为你那愚蠢的宝贝，我们可能都坐在打嗝哥伯的课上，茫然地盯着窗外，听他没完没了地讲《可怕的外国人》。“我们还能找到它，”阿尔文急切地说，试图向他下面的水里张望。它就在下面某个地方，就在我脚下不远的地方。 “喂，闭嘴，你这个疯子，”鱼腿厉声说。 “我们没时间了，”小嗝嗝打断他说。 “今天真是我们的幸运日。 如果我说错了请指正，但我觉得这个气穴越来越小了。”小嗝嗝是对的。 气穴越来越小。