12 The Master-Escaper

12. THE MASTER-ESCAPER It may not sound like much, but one of the first facts you learn about dragons is that they are hardly ever grateful. This was the first time in Toothless's life he had thanked Hiccup for anything. He soon recovered himself, and to make up for this moment of weakness he gave Hiccup an embarrassed nip on the ear. He then became thoroughly over-excited and twirled himself around Hiccup's neck three times, before diving down Hiccup's shirt and running all over his chest and round his back and under his armpits, which made Hiccup laugh a lot, because the light pattering of a dragon's feet and the swirl of its tail is almost unbearably ticklish. 'Stop it!' shouted Hiccup, in between gasps of laughter. Toothless emerged from the shirt and scurried on to Hiccup's head, his little green paws making Hiccup's hair stand up on end even more than it did already. Sitting high up on Hiccup's forehead, Toothless puffed out his chest and crowed three joyful 'Cock-a-Doodle-Doos' of triumph. Camicazi watched all this with interest,

12. 这听起来可能不多，但你了解龙的第一个事实是，它们几乎从不感恩。 这是无牙生平第一次感谢小嗝嗝。 他很快恢复了镇静，为了弥补这一刻的软弱，他尴尬地在嗝嗝的耳朵上吻了一下。 然后，它变得非常兴奋，在嗝嗝的脖子上转了三圈，然后跳到嗝嗝的衬衫上，在他的胸前、背上和腋窝里跑来跑去，这让嗝嗝笑了很多次，因为龙脚的轻哒哒声和尾巴的旋转声几乎令人难以忍受。 “住手!嗝嗝在一阵狂笑中喊道。 无牙从衬衫里钻了出来，跑到小嗝嗝的头上，它那绿色的小爪子把小嗝嗝的头发弄得比刚才更竖起来了。 无牙高高坐在小嗝嗝的额头上，挺起胸膛，高兴地“嘟嘟”地叫了三声，表示胜利。 卡米卡齐饶有兴趣地看着这一切，

particularly the strange pops and whistles that Hiccup made with his mouth when talking back to Toothless in Dragonese. 'Oh, I've heard about you,' she said. 'You're the geek who talks to dragons…' 'Talking to dragons is not geeky,' said Hiccup crossly. 'Dragonwhispering is a very ancient and rare skill.' 'OK,' said Fishlegs. 'So if we've rescued Toothless, I have just one question– who's going to rescue US?' 'We're going to rescue OURSELVES, of course!' cried Camicazi, drawing her sword again. 'We ESCAPE or we DIE!' she shouted with a mad gleam in her eye. 'As it happens, I am the master escaper, this isn't the first time I've been kidnapped, you know.' 'The MASTER ESCAPER,' snorted Fishlegs, 'You Bog-Burglars are very pleased with yourselves. Who's kidnapped you before?' 'Oh… other Viking Tribes, mostly,' replied

尤其是小嗝嗝用龙语和无牙顶嘴时发出的奇怪的噗噗声和口哨声。 “哦，我听说过你，”她说。 “跟龙说话才不怪呢，”小嗝嗝生气地说。 “龙语是一种非常古老而罕见的技能。“好吧，”鱼腿说。 “既然我们救了无牙，我只有一个问题——谁来救我们？”“我们当然要自救了！”卡米卡齐喊道，又抽出了她的剑。 “要么逃，要么死！”她喊道，眼里闪着疯狂的光芒。 “碰巧，我是逃跑大师，你知道，这不是我第一次被绑架了。“逃亡大师，”鱼腿哼着鼻子说，“你们这些沼泽窃贼自鸣得意吧。 谁绑架过你？“哦……主要是其他维京部落。

Camicazi carelessly. She hummed a little tune and happily swung her sword around her head. 'The Meatheads… the Visithugs… us Bog- Burglars are always quarrelling with EVERYBODY… we have anger issues… anyway, I escaped from the Visithugs, no problem…' 'No problem?' said Fishlegs. The Visithugs were supposed to be TOUGH. 'I think you'll have a problem escaping from a Roman Fortress,' said Hiccup, stroking Toothless who was beginning to purr. 'Roman Fortresses are built to be impossible to get into and impossible to get out of. Have you noticed the four perimeter fences? The four observation balloons? The guards at every watchtower? Not to mention the bars on this cell and the locked door. I don't think you've got a hope of escaping.' Camicazi smiled confidently. 'Nothing is beyond the powers of a master escaper,' she assured them. 'You can't keep a Bog-Burglar under lock and key. No prisons can hold us– we're as wriggly as eels…' 'So why are you still here then if you're such a great escaper?' said Fishlegs.

Camicazi漫不经心。她哼着小调，高兴地在头上挥舞着剑。 “那些笨蛋……那些拜访格人……我们这些沼泽——夜贼总是和谁都吵架……我们有脾气问题……不管怎么说，我从拜访格人那里逃出来了，没问题……”鱼腿说。 维西格人应该是强悍的。 “我认为你要从罗马要塞逃出来是有困难的。”嗝嗝抚摸着开始呜呜叫的无牙说。 “罗马堡垒的建造是不可能进入也不可能出来的。 你注意到四周的四个栅栏了吗？ 那四个观测气球？ 每个瞭望塔的守卫？ 更别提牢房的栅栏和锁着的门了。 我认为你没有逃跑的希望了。”Camicazi自信地笑了。 “没有什么是逃脱大师做不到的，”她向他们保证。 “你不能把一个沼泽飞贼锁起来。 没有监狱能关得住我们——我们像鳗鱼一样扭动着身体……”“既然你这么善于逃跑，那你为什么还在这儿？鱼腿说。

'I suggest that we wait for my father to send a War Party to rescue us,' said Hiccup. 'He didn't send a War Party to rescue Toothless,' Fishlegs pointed out. 'Yes but I nearly persuaded him to,' replied Hiccup eagerly. 'I think I really got through to him… And I am his SON after all, and not just a dragon…' Toothless gave him a reproachful bite. 'He'll come, I know he will,' said Hiccup. 'I think I'll just sit here and wait for him.' And Hiccup sat down on a stool by the barred window that looked out over the sea in the direction of Berk. It was raining, a dull never-ending sort of rain that would have you soaking wet in two seconds if you went out in it. 'He will come, I'm telling you.' But Hiccup was anxious. His father had been so disappointed with Hiccup's report. Maybe his father thought that Snotlout, who always got 10 out of 10 in everything, would make a better Heir than Hiccup… Maybe his father was relieved Hiccup had gone…. Maybe, just maybe, his father wasn't coming at all…

“我建议我们等我父亲派一支战争队来救我们，”希卡普说。 鱼腿指出：“他没有派战争队去救无牙。” “是的，不过我差点就说服他了，”小嗝嗝急切地回答。 “我想我真的让他明白了……我毕竟是他的儿子，而不仅仅是一条龙……”无牙责备地咬了他一口。 “他会来的，我知道他会来的，”嗝嗝说。 “我想我还是坐在这里等他吧。”小嗝嗝在一扇铁窗旁的凳子上坐了下来，窗外是博克岛方向的大海。 天在下雨，一种没完没了的沉闷的雨，如果你冒着雨出去，两秒钟之内就会被淋湿。 “他会来的，我告诉你。”但是小嗝嗝很着急。 他的父亲对小嗝嗝的报告非常失望。 也许他的父亲认为，每件事都得10分的鼻涕虫会比小嗝嗝更适合做继承人……也许他父亲松了一口气，小嗝嗝去了.... 也许，只是也许，他父亲根本就不来……