21 You Can’t Keep a Bog-Burglar

21. YOU CAN'T KEEP A BOG-BURGLAR UNDER LOCK AND KEY The spell that Hiccup had cast on the audience was instantly broken. It was as if they had been sleeping, and had suddenly woken up to the reality that they were about to be swept away by the flood. Furthermore, everyone had forgotten about the Sharkworms. The metal netting that should have protected the audience had been broken by Hiccup. The Sharkworms were back in the water again and they were already nearly able to reach the wooden seating. The audience screamed in terror as one of the Sharkworms leaped upward and was almost among them… it lost its grip on the slippery edge and fell back into the water– but the water was rising so quickly it was clearly only a matter of time before it succeeded in getting up to their level. Suddenly the afternoon's entertainment of 'SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST' had taken an interesting twist. The audience who had laughed so

21. 小嗝嗝对观众施的魔咒立刻被打破了。 他们好像一直在睡觉，突然醒来，发现自己即将被洪水卷走。 此外，每个人都忘记了鲨鱼虫。 本应保护观众的金属网被小嗝嗝打破了。 鲨鱼虫们又回到了水里，它们已经快够到木椅了。 当一条鲨鱼虫跳了起来，几乎和他们在一起时，观众们惊恐地尖叫起来……它失去了对滑溜的边缘的控制，掉回了水里——但水涨得太快了，它成功地升到他们的高度显然只是时间问题。 突然，下午的“适者生存”娱乐节目出现了有趣的转折。 曾经笑过的观众

heartily at the tables being turned on the greedy Flashfangs didn't seem so amused to find they themselves had become the prey… They stormed towards the entrance, shoving each other out of the way and screaming for the doors to be opened. The pressure of the water on the doors caused them to open anyway. They burst apart and the water poured out and down the hillside. Fishlegs and Camicazi turned their attention to steering the boat. The flying Hiccup descended and landed beside them on the deck. Toothless appeared from nowhere and perched on his shoulder. 'I am lost for words,' said Camicazi. 'How did you do it?' Hiccup pointed to his shirt. 'Look a little closer,' he said. The Vikings craned forward. Hiccup's shirt seemed to have changed colour. Indeed, when they looked closer still, it seemed not to be a shirt at all. It was made up of millions and millions of tiny winged creatures, all practically invisible to the naked eye and

贪婪的尖牙们看到桌子被倒过来，都很高兴，但发现自己成了猎物，他们似乎不太高兴……他们冲到门口，把彼此推开，尖叫着要开门。 水对门的压力使它们无论如何都打开了。 它们裂开了，水从山坡上倾泻而下。 鱼腿和卡米卡齐把注意力转向了掌舵。 会飞的小嗝嗝降了下来，落在他们旁边的甲板上。 无牙不知从哪里冒出来，蹲在他的肩膀上。 “我说不出话来了，”卡米卡齐说。 “你是怎么做到的？”小嗝嗝指着自己的衬衫。 “再近一点看，”他说。 维京人向前伸展。 小嗝嗝的衬衫似乎变了颜色。 的确，当他们再仔细看的时候，它似乎根本不是一件衬衫。 它是由数以百万计的有翅膀的小生物组成的，几乎肉眼都看不见

all clinging to Hiccup's clothing underneath. This was what had caused Hiccup to fly. The numberless armies of Ziggerastica. The little nanodragon himself flew out from his position of command on Hiccup's chest to bow to the Vikings. 'This terrible, terrible plan,' announced Ziggerastica joyfully, 'has worked beautifully. I, Ziggerastica the Mighty, have made it do this! How wonderful I am! How Glorious is my Empire! How numerous and powerful are my peoples!' 'We were lucky, too,' grinned Hiccup. 'I am almost sorry to leave you, O-Boy-With-No- Muscles-At-All,' said Ziggerastica sorrowfully. 'But we are quits now, I have saved your life in exchange for you saving mine and you are still a stinking HUMAN after all…' 'Thanks,' said Hiccup. 'But this has been a great day for the little creatures of the world…' Ziggerastica gave a single command and the

都粘在小嗝嗝的衣服上。 这就是小嗝嗝飞起来的原因。 Ziggerastica的无数军队。 小奈米龙自己也从希卡普胸前的指挥位置飞了出来，向维京人鞠躬。 “这个可怕的、可怕的计划，”Ziggerastica高兴地宣布，“效果很好。 我，伟大的Ziggerastica，让它做到了这一点！我是多么了不起啊！我的帝国多么光荣啊！我的民何其多，何其强！“我们也很幸运，”小嗝嗝笑着说。 “要离开你，我真有点难过，没有肌肉的小男孩。” “但我们现在是两码事了，我救了你的命，你也救了我的命，而你毕竟还是个臭烘烘的人……” “但今天对世界上的小生物来说是伟大的一天……”Ziggerastica发出了一个命令，然后

nanodragons instantly rose in a grey mass, like a small thundercloud, and disappeared into the sky. As they rose, they sang a song that the Romans would have been wise to listen to… but they were too busy panicking. A WARNING TO EMPERORS Watch out O Romans with your Empires and your Stinking Breath Watch out for the smaller things of this world For we are going to get you… one day You live your lives up in the skies Building your aqueducts and your coliseums And you never think of US Ticking away in the grasses But we see you And if you bend your ear you just might hear The steady beat of countless feet that come to eat The wall that curls a hundred miles across a continent. That temple built with the tears of millions of slaves And all your most mighty and splendid creations Shall turn to dust in our mouths So watch out O Caesars with Fat Bottoms and Hard Hearts Watch out

纳米龙立刻像一团小雷云一样升起，消失在天空中。 他们一边站起来，一边唱着一首罗马人应该听的歌，但是他们太恐慌了。 警告皇帝小心啊,罗马人你的帝国和臭气当心这世界的小事我们要得到你…有一天你你的生活在天空构建你的沟渠和大体育场,你从不认为我们滴答滴答的草,但我们看到你如果你只不过弯曲你的耳朵,你会听到无数脚的平缓的节奏来吃卷一百英里横跨大陆的墙。 那座用千百万奴隶的眼泪建造的神庙你所有最伟大最辉煌的创造物将在我们的口中化为尘土所以小心啊，臀部肥胖，心狠手软的凯撒们小心啊

'Goodbye, O-Boy-With-Arms-Like-Pieces-of- String…' sang Ziggerastica, 'and may the winds that blow you be strong…' And with that, he was gone. 'Why did you let him go?' shrieked Fishlegs. 'I hate to mention this but we're not free yet, we're still stuck in an arena surrounded by Sharkworms!' 'The Sharkworms seem more interested in the audience,' said Hiccup. 'That's why I got Ziggerastica's armies to eat through the metal netting and to spend all night chomping through the dam. It was all part of my plan, you see– now the dam has cracked, we can simply sail out…' Hiccup gestured to the open doors of the auditorium. The water was pouring out of them in a great river. 'Brilliant,' said Camicazi. 'I've got to admit, that's brilliant… for a boy, of course.' Hiccup was already at the tiller and he pointed the ship towards the open doors of the stadium. The Valhalla Express nosed its way towards the entrance. 'We're going to make it!' yelled Fishlegs. 'We're nearly there!'

“再见了，胳膊像绳子一样的男孩……”Ziggerastica唱道，“愿吹着你的风强大……”说完，他就走了。 “你为什么让他走？”鱼腿尖叫道。 “我不想提这一点，但我们还没有自由，我们仍然被困在一个被鲨鱼虫包围的竞技场里！”“鲨鱼虫似乎对观众更感兴趣，”小嗝嗝说。 “这就是为什么我让Ziggerastica的军队啃穿金属网，花一整夜的时间啃穿大坝。 这都是我计划的一部分，你知道——现在大坝破裂了，我们可以简单地航行出去了……”嗝嗝指着礼堂敞开的门。 水从里面涌出，形成一条大河。 “太棒了，”卡米卡齐说。 “我得承认，这主意太棒了……当然，对于一个男孩来说。”小嗝嗝已经在掌舵，他把船指向体育场敞开的大门。 英灵殿快车慢慢地向入口驶来。 “我们会成功的！”鱼腿大叫。 “快到了！”

The Valhalla Express was halfway through the door… …but Alvin had spotted them trying to escape and given the order to send the portcullis rattling down. It cut The Valhalla Express in two. Fishlegs and Camicazi and Hiccup were thrown into the water on the wrong side of the bars. The sea was breath- quenchingly cold. 'AAAARGH!' shrieked Fishlegs, almost rearing out of the water, he was so terrified of the Sharkworms. 'Climb the portcullis,' ordered Hiccup. The three young Vikings swam to the portcullis and climbed it, Hiccup towing Fishlegs, and with Toothless flapping behind them. Two metres or so up, they clung, dripping and terrified, like four little spiders. Through the slippery bars they had a tantalising view of the freedom of the open ocean, hopelessly out of reach. All around them were the shrieks of the crowd, and clouds and clouds of escaping dragons. (The nanodragons had eaten the locks of those giant cages too.) The Romans were running to their ships and setting sail back to Rome as fast as they could. The Sharkworms were taking over the island,

英灵殿特快已经开到门的一半了... ...但是阿尔文发现了他们试图逃跑，于是下令让吊闸咔嗒咔嗒地掉下来。 它把英灵殿快车切成了两半。 鱼腿、卡米卡齐和小嗝嗝被扔到了栅栏的另一边。 海水冷得令人窒息。 “AAAARGH !鱼腿尖叫着，几乎要露出水面了，他被鲨鱼虫吓坏了。 “爬上闸门，”嗝嗝命令道。 三个年轻的维京人游向闸门，爬了上去，嗝嗝拖着鱼腿，无牙在他们身后拍打着翅膀。 大约两米高的地方，他们紧紧地粘在一起，浑身湿淋淋的，像四只小蜘蛛。 透过滑溜溜的栅栏，他们看到了一片诱人的开阔海洋的自由景象，却无可救药地遥不可及。 他们的周围是人群的尖叫，还有成群结队逃跑的龙。 （纳米龙也吃掉了那些巨大笼子的锁。）罗马人跑向他们的船，尽可能快地启航回罗马。 鲨鱼虫占领了这个岛，