16 The Cunning But Desperate Plan

16. THE CUNNING BUT DESPERATE PLAN Camicazi returned the day before Saturn's day Saturday. She was not as cheerful as usual. She drooped around the cell, sighing. Even Fishlegs was worried. Camicazi came and sat next to Hiccup beside the barred window. 'Maybe,' she said sadly, 'maybe you can keep a Bog-Burglar under lock and key. I don't understand it. I'm the MASTER ESCAPER– no prison can hold me…' 'The Romans make good prisons,' replied Hiccup. 'The only good Roman is a dead Roman,' said Camicazi. Hiccup sighed. 'That isn't true. I'm sure there are loads of good Romans. But all the good Romans are probably quietly minding their own business back in Rome. Anyway, Alvin isn't a Roman, he's a Viking just like us.' 'Your father really ISN'T going to send a War

16. 狡猾但绝望的计划卡米卡齐在星期六土星日的前一天回来了。 她不像平时那样高兴。 她在牢房里垂头丧气，叹了口气。 连鱼腿都很担心。 卡米卡齐走过来，坐在小嗝嗝旁边的铁窗旁。 “也许，”她伤心地说，“也许你可以把沼泽飞贼锁起来。 我不明白。“罗马人的监狱很好，”西卡普回答说。 “唯一好的罗马人是死去的罗马人，”卡米卡齐说。 打嗝叹了口气。“那不是真的。 我相信有很多优秀的罗马人。 但所有善良的罗马人可能都在罗马默默地做着自己的事。 总之，阿尔文不是罗马人，他和我们一样是维京人。“你父亲真的不打算发动战争。

Party, you know Hiccup,' said Camicazi gently. Hiccup looked out the window. Camicazi was right. HIS FATHER WASN'T COMING. Maybe he thought that Hiccup wasn't worth it… 'OK,' said Hiccup, trying to keep them from despairing. 'I think it's time we made another plan.' 'I know what we do!' cried Camicazi, drawing her sword with her old swagger back again. 'We practise our sword-fighting! We die, yes– but we die in STYLE!' 'No,' said Hiccup. 'But you're a great sword-fighter– for a boy, of course…' said Camicazi, disappointed. 'I only sword-fight when there's a point to it,' said Hiccup. 'No, this is the plan. I have this dragon called Ziggerastica who owes me a favour…' 'OOOooh, Ziggerastica– he sounds scary,' said Camicazi. 'Do you think he can help us?' 'I don't know,' Hiccup admitted. Hiccup felt a bit silly shouting to someone who wasn't in the room, but he did so nonetheless, calling 'ZIGGERASTICA!' three times at the top of his voice. 'How is this dragon going to get IN here, when

“派对，你知道小嗝嗝的。”卡米卡齐温柔地说。 小嗝嗝望着窗外。 Camicazi是对的。他的父亲不来了。 “好吧，”小嗝嗝说，尽量不让他们感到绝望。 “我想我们是时候制定另一个计划了。“我知道我们该做什么！”卡米卡齐喊道，又用她以前那种神气拔出了她的剑。 “我们练剑！”是的，我们会死，但我们会死得很体面！“不，”小嗝嗝说。 “可你是个了不起的击剑手——当然，对一个男孩来说……”卡米卡齐失望地说。 “我只在有必要的时候用剑决斗，”小嗝嗝说。 “不，这就是计划。“哦哦，Ziggerastica——它听起来很可怕。”卡米卡齐说。 “你认为他能帮助我们吗？”“我不知道，”小嗝嗝承认。 小嗝嗝觉得对一个不在房间里的人大喊大叫有点傻，但他还是这么做了，喊着“ZIGGERASTICA!”他扯着嗓子说了三遍。 “这条龙是怎么进来的，当

we can't get OUT?' asked Camicazi. 'You'll see,' said Hiccup. Nothing happened for about three hours. Hiccup wasn't really expecting this plan to work, in his heart of hearts– he was just trying to cheer Camicazi up. But then there was a faint rustling noise, and the tiny black and red dragon squeezed through the double bars and fluttered around the room. 'Don't tell me,' said Camicazi, 'please don't tell me that THIS is the dragon who owes you the favour…'

我们出不去了？卡米卡齐问道。 “你等着瞧吧，”小嗝嗝说。 大约三个小时什么事也没有发生。 Hiccup其实并不指望这个计划能成功，在他内心深处，他只是想让Camicazi高兴起来。 突然，传来一阵微弱的沙沙声，那条黑红相间的小龙从两道铁栏里挤了出来，在房间里飞来飞去。 “别告诉我，”卡米卡齐说，“请别告诉我这条龙欠你人情……”

'Yup,' said Hiccup in astonishment. 'That's definitely him. How amazing that he came when I called!' 'This dragon,' said Fishlegs, 'is even smaller than Toothless– that's really going to help us, isn't it? The entire Roman Army is going to be shivering in its shoes when it sets eyes on a dragon the size of a bumblebee. How can a dragon not much larger than a beetle help us fight a whole Roman Legion?' 'What were you expecting?' asked Hiccup. 'A Seadragonus Giganticus Maximus? Hang on, Toothless… what are you doing?' Toothless was stalking Ziggerastica like a cat following a mouse. 'Toothless, STOP!' yelled Hiccup. 'You mustn't eat him, he's our only chance of getting out of here alive!' But Toothless hadn't had the pleasure of hunting for a couple of weeks now. He chased a shrieking Ziggerastica all around the room until he finally trapped him in a corner of the ceiling and closed his jaws around him.

“是的，”小嗝嗝惊讶地说。 “那绝对是他。我打电话的时候他来了，真是太神奇了！“这条龙，”鱼腿说，“比无牙还要小——这对我们很有帮助，不是吗？” 当整个罗马军队看到一只大黄蜂那么大的龙时，他们会吓得发抖的。 一条比甲虫大不了多少的龙怎么能帮助我们对抗整个罗马军团？“你想要什么？”小嗝嗝问。 “巨型海龙？” 等一下，无牙……你在干什么？”无牙像猫追老鼠一样跟踪Ziggerastica。 “没有牙齿,停止!嗝嗝喊道。 “你不能吃他，他是我们活着离开这里的唯一机会！”可是无牙已经有两个星期没有打猎的乐趣了。 他在房间里追着一只尖叫的Ziggerastica，最后把它困在天花板的一个角落里，用嘴咬住了它。

Toothless hovered just out of reach, one cheek bulging, and Ziggerastica's furiously swinging tail trailing out of his mouth. 'SPIT HIM OUT!' howled Hiccup, frantically jumping up and trying to grab Toothless by the tail. 'I mean it, Toothless, this is not a game– our lives depend on that nanodragon!' Toothless shot him a naughty look and dodged to the other corner of the room. The others joined in the chase, leaping after Toothless as he swooped from one side of the ceiling to the other, squealing with delight. Camicazi climbed on to Fishlegs's shoulders, while Hiccup got on a chair and tried to sweep Toothless in her direction with a broom. Unfortunately, Hiccup missed, and the brush

无牙在他够不着的地方盘旋着，他的一侧脸颊鼓了起来，Ziggerastica的尾巴在他嘴里疯狂地摆动着。 “把他吐出来！”嗝嗝吼道，疯狂地跳起来，想抓住无牙的尾巴。 “我是认真的，无牙，这不是游戏——我们的生命都取决于那只纳米龙！”无牙调皮地看了他一眼，躲到房间的另一个角落。 其他人也加入了追逐，跳着跟着无牙从天花板的一边飞到另一边，高兴地尖叫着。 卡米卡兹爬到鱼腿的肩膀上，小嗝嗝爬到椅子上，试图用扫帚把无牙朝她的方向扫去。 不幸的是，小嗝嗝没打中，刷了

cannoned into Camicazi and Fishlegs, who then knocked over the chair Hiccup was standing on and they all landed in a heap on the floor. Toothless somersaulted across the ceiling in his glee. He laughed so hard he nearly dropped Ziggerastica. He hadn't had so much fun in ages. 'OK,' said Hiccup under his breath to the other two, 'I've got a new tactic here…

卡米卡齐和鱼腿被炸飞了，然后鱼腿撞翻了小嗝嗝站着的椅子，他们全都倒在地板上。 他兴高采烈地在天花板上翻了个无牙的跟斗。 他笑得太厉害了，差点把Ziggerastica弄掉。 他好久没有这么开心过了。 “好吧，”小嗝嗝压低声音对另外两个说，“我有一个新策略……