19 Aaaaaaagh!!

19. AAAAAAARGH! The tunnel was open, but there was no sign of any Roman ships packed with heavily armed gladiators. 'What's going on?' shrieked Fishlegs. 'Where are the gladiators?' Hiccup was staring intently at the tunnel. There still seemed to be nothing going on down there. All that came out of it were four long, dark waves– no more threatening than ripples, really. The ripples curled sinuously into the stadium. Slowly, languorously, they began to circle the ship. That's strange, thought Hiccup, and just as he was staring closely at one of the dark ripples, something neat and sharp cut through the surface of the water… It was a black fin, with serrated edges like a bread-knife. 'SHARKWORMS!!!' yelled Fishlegs. 'I knew it! I just knew it! I knew we were going to

19. 啊…!隧道是开放的，但没有任何罗马船只满载着全副武装的角斗士的迹象。 “发生了什么事？”鱼腿尖叫道。 “角斗士们在哪儿？”小嗝嗝目不转睛地盯着隧道。 下面似乎还是什么事也没有。 从它里面出来的只是四个又长又黑的波浪——实际上，并不比涟漪更有威胁性。 涟漪曲折地卷进了体育场。 他们慢慢地、无精打采地围着船转。 “真奇怪，”小嗝嗝想，就在他仔细注视着其中一条黑色的涟漪时，水面上有个整齐而锋利的东西划破了……那是一条黑色的鳍，边缘像面包刀一样锯齿状。 “SHARKWORMS ! !鱼腿大叫。 “我就知道！”我就知道！我就知道我们会的

bump into those monsters at some point…' 'YOU SEE, WE HAVEN'T GOT GLADIATORS FOR YOU TODAY,' Alvin shouted down, from the safety of his balcony. 'YOU ARE KNOWN IN THESE PARTS, HICCUP, AS SOMETHING OF A DRAGON-TRAINER– LET'S SEE HOW YOU DO AT TRAINING THESE LITTLE BEAUTIES…' 'Is this part of your plan?' asked Camicazi hopefully. 'Not exactly,' admitted Hiccup. 'I was expecting gladiators– it is a

“你看，我们今天没有角斗士给你。”阿尔文从阳台上安全的地方喊道。 “你在这里是出了名的，小嗝嗝，是个驯龙高手——让我们看看你是怎么训练这些小美人的……”“这是你计划的一部分吗？”卡米卡齐满怀希望地问。 “不完全是，”小嗝嗝承认。 “我还以为是角斗士呢

gladiator show, after all…' 'Can you TRAIN them?' asked Camicazi. 'What, in the next sixty seconds?' asked Hiccup. 'Not likely. Besides, Sharkworms are untrainable. The important point is– has anybody got a cut?' 'You have,' Fishlegs pointed out. 'You fell over on the steps, remember?' 'Great,' said Hiccup, glancing at the long graze on his shin. 'Our lucky day. So, there's only one thing to do. Nobody panic and I'll call for… ZIGGERASTICA!'

“你能训练他们吗？”卡米卡齐问道。 “什么，在接下来的六十秒内？”小嗝嗝问。 “不可能。此外，鲨鱼虫是无法训练的。 重要的是，有人能分得一杯羹吗？“是的，”鱼腿指出。 “你在台阶上摔倒了，记得吗？”“太好了，”小嗝嗝说，瞥了一眼他小腿上长长的擦伤。 “我们的幸运日。所以，只有一件事要做。 大家不要惊慌，我会喊……ZIGGERASTICA!”

Nothing happened. The ripples had now turned into four Sharkworm fins, and they were circling nearer and nearer, closing in on the boat. 'ZIGGERASTICA!' screamed the Vikings all at once. There was a streak of black and red and the tiny nanodragon appeared out of nowhere and landed on Camicazi's head. 'You called?' said Ziggerastica. 'About time too!' said Hiccup. 'How is the plan going?' 'It's a terrible plan,' said Ziggerastica, 'but so far the plan is going to plan, so to speak…'

什么也没有发生。现在，涟漪变成了四条鲨鱼的鳍，它们绕得越来越近，向小船逼近。 “ZIGGERASTICA !维京人异口同声地叫道。 一道黑色和红色的条纹，小小的纳米龙不知从哪里冒出来，落在了卡米卡齐的头上。 “你叫什么?Ziggerastica说。 “也是时候了！”小嗝嗝说。 “计划进行得怎么样了？”“这是一个可怕的计划，”Ziggerastica说，“但到目前为止，这个计划还在按计划进行，可以这么说……”

'Everybody else, leave me!' urged Hiccup. 'Roll me into that barrel over there and throw me over the side!' 'What about the plan?' asked Fishlegs. 'This is the plan,' Hiccup replied. 'Oh I see,' said Fishlegs. 'When you said "desperate plan" you meant really desperate…' 'That barrel won't protect you from the Sharkworms!' protested Camicazi. 'Will you stop arguing and just do what I ask?' raged Hiccup. 'We're running out of time– those Sharkworms are going to climb on board any minute! It's me and my cut that they're really after…'

“其他人，离开我！”小嗝嗝催促道。 “把我滚到那边的桶里，把我扔下去！”“计划怎么样？”鱼腿问。 “这就是计划，”Hiccup回答。 “哦，我明白了，”鱼腿说。 “你说的‘孤注一掷的计划’是指真正的孤注一掷……”卡米卡齐抗议道。 “你们能不能别吵了，照我说的做？”嗝嗝愤怒地说。 “我们快没时间了——那些鲨鱼虫随时都会爬到船上来！”他们真正想要的是我和我的伤口……”

The Sharkworms were indeed circling the boat in tighter and tighter circles. Fishlegs could have reached out and touched one of the fins. Fishlegs and Camicazi stuffed Hiccup into the barrel and Ziggerastica flew in with him. They then hesitated. 'Are you quite sure you want us to throw you over the side?' asked Fishlegs, looking in absolute terror at the fins slicing through the water. 'Quite sure,' came Hiccup's voice from the barrel, rather muffled. 'With the Sharkworms?' asked Camicazi. 'Just do it, will you!' yelled Hiccup. Camicazi and Fishlegs reluctantly rolled the barrel over to the edge of the boat, heaved it up between them and dropped it over the side to the

鲨鱼虫确实在船上绕着越来越紧的圈子。 鱼腿可能会伸出手，碰到其中一个鳍。 鱼腿和卡米卡齐把嗝嗝塞进桶里，Ziggerastica也跟着飞了进去。 然后他们犹豫了。“你真的要我们把你扔下去吗？”鱼腿问道，惊恐地看着鱼鳍划破水面。 “当然，”从桶里传来了小嗝嗝的声音，声音有些低沉。 “和鲨鱼虫一起？”卡米卡齐问道。 “照我说的做，行吗？”嗝嗝喊道。 卡米卡齐和鱼腿不情愿地把桶滚到船边，在他们中间举起来，从船边扔到