22 The Return of the Heroic Heirs

22. THE RETURN OF THE HEROIC HEIRS On the deck of The Blue Whale, Stoick the Vast waited to receive a visit from Chief Big-Boobied Bertha Bog-Burglar, who was about to come aboard. Stoick had decided on Plan B, send out the Rescue War Party, rather than Plan A, fight the Bog- Burglars, but Big-Boobied Bertha was making Plan B difficult to carry out by following the Hooligan Rescue War Party with the entire Bog-Burglar Navy the whole way from Berk. So Stoick had sent a Carrier Dragon with a (very polite) message to Big-Boobied Bertha suggesting that they talk things through. And now he was pacing up and down, trying to tell himself how Hiccup would act in this situation. 'I have to stay calm,' he muttered. 'Hiccup was right– these blood feuds will be the death of us Vikings and it is my job as Chief to put a stop to them…' 'I hope you're going to bash this Big-boobied Bertha Bog-Burglar Chieftain on the nose, Stoick!' roared Baggybum the Beerbelly. 'If you don't do it, I

22. 英雄继承者的归来在“蓝鲸”号的甲板上，巨人斯托伊克正等着迎接即将上船的大胸老大伯莎·博格·飞贼的来访。 斯托伊克已经决定了B计划，派出营救队，而不是A计划，与沼泽夜贼作战，但是大乳房伯莎让B计划难以实施，她带着整个沼泽夜贼海军从伯克一路跟着流氓营救队。 所以斯托伊克派了一条运输龙给大胸伯莎（非常礼貌地）留言，建议他们把事情谈清楚。 现在他踱来踱去，试图告诉自己Hiccup在这种情况下会怎么做。 “我必须保持冷静，”他喃喃地说。 “小嗝嗝说得对——这些血仇会害死我们维京人，作为酋长，我的职责就是制止他们……”“我希望你能狠狠地揍那个大胸伯莎·沼泽飞贼头子的鼻子，斯托伊克！”啤酒肚Baggybum吼道。 “如果你不这么做，我。

might have to myself…' 'The only good Bog-Burglar is a dead Bog- Burglar,' sneered Snotlout. Snotlout was feeling extremely pleased with the way things were turning out. It looked like Hiccup was finally out of his way, and now they could have a big fight with the Bog- Burglars and Snotlout could show off about what a great fighter he was… Stoick ignored both of them and went on with his pacing. 'I have to explain to Big-Boobied Bertha– calmly– that I think the Romans have stolen our Heirs and that is why I am sending out this War Party. I have to stay calm at all times…' Big-Boobied Bertha stomped on board, her beard bristling. Fists like sledgehammers, ears like cauliflowers, she had once stunned a stag with one blow of her mighty bosoms, and many a smaller animal had suffocated in their stern depths. She gave Baggybum the Beerbelly an arrogant shove out of the way, and stood in front of Stoick with her hands on her hips. Stoick swallowed hard. He could feel his ears beginning to burn. 'Stay calm, Stoick,' he warned himself. 'Ohhh, this is going to be hard…'

“唯一好的沼泽飞贼就是死去的沼泽飞贼。” 鼻鼻子对事情的结果感到非常满意。 看来嗝嗝终于摆脱了他的阻碍，现在他们可以和沼泽窃贼大打一架了——鼻鼻子可以炫耀他是多么伟大的战士……斯托伊克不理睬他们俩，继续踱步。 “我必须冷静地向大胸伯莎解释，我认为罗马人偷走了我们的继承人，这就是我派出这支战争队的原因。 我必须时刻保持冷静……”大胸伯莎跺着脚上了船，胡子竖了起来。 她的拳头像大锤，耳朵像花椰菜，曾经用她那有力的胸膛一击就击晕了一头牡鹿，许多小动物也曾在它们的深处窒息而死。 她傲慢地把啤酒肚Baggybum推到一边，双手叉腰站在Stoick面前。 斯托伊克使劲咽了口气。他感到耳朵开始发热。 “保持冷静，斯托伊克，”他警告自己。 “哦，这太难了……”

It was going to be impossible. 'I ALWAYS KNEW YOU WERE A FAT BURGLAR AND AN HEIR-STEALER,' roared Big-Boobied Bertha, 'BUT I NEVER KNEW YOU WOULD RUN AWAY LIKE A COWARDLY JELLYFISH!' 'I WAS NOT RUNNING AWAY!' yelled Stoick. He nearly exploded with the effort of trying to control himself. 'Now, calm at all times, Stoick– calm at all times, remember,' he muttered, before continuing. 'I have strong reasons to believe that our Heirs have been stolen by the Romans. I am sending out this Rescue War Party—' 'STRONG REASONS MY BOTTOM!' boomed Big-Boobied Bertha. 'YOU WERE RUNNING AWAY BECAUSE HOOLIGANS ARE THE YELLOWEST BABY RABBITS IN THE INNER ISLES!' 'THIS HOOLIGAN COULD TAKE YOU WITH ONE HAND BEHIND HIS BACK AND ONLY USING HIS LITTLE FINGER!' screamed Stoick the Vast, and there was a strong chance that Plan B might have turned rapidly back into Plan A again if the two Chiefs– who were nose to nose,

这是不可能的。 “我早就知道你是个胖贼，是个偷家产的人，”大胸伯莎吼道，“可我从来不知道你会像胆小的水母一样逃跑！”“我没有逃跑！”斯托伊克喊道。 他竭力想控制自己，几乎要爆发了。 “现在，无论何时都要保持镇静，斯托伊克——记住，无论何时都要保持镇静，”他咕哝着，然后继续说下去。 “我有充分的理由相信我们的继承人被罗马人偷走了。 我要派出这支救兵队——”“我有充分的理由！大咪咪伯莎大声说。 “你逃跑是因为流氓是内岛最黄的小兔子！”“这个流氓可以一只手放在背后，只用他的小指就能抓住你！”巨人斯托伊克尖叫道，很有可能B计划很快又会变成a计划，如果这两个头靠着鼻子的酋长，

yelling at one another– had not heard a noise that made them look suddenly upwards, where they saw, to their astonishment, an enormous Roman observation balloon descending very rapidly in their direction. The Bog-Burglars and the Hooligans had been so busy focusing on each other that they hadn't even noticed the balloon above them. But they certainly noticed it now, as it was partly deflated and screaming towards the deck of The Blue Whale at about a hundred miles an hour. When they spotted the Hooligan War Party, it was Hiccup who suggested that they try and land the balloon on one of the ships. He got the sad Gronckle to stop blowing flames so the balloon could descend, and he got Toothless to take a rope in his mouth to steer the balloon in the right direction. 'Work, w-w-work, work,' grumbled Toothless. 'Why can't somebody else do it?' 'Because you're the only one with wings, Toothless,' explained Hiccup patiently. Camicazi half hung over the edge of the balloon

没有听到一个声音，他们突然向上看了看，他们惊讶地看到，一个巨大的罗马观测气球正朝着他们的方向迅速下降。 沼泽窃贼和流氓们一直在全神贯注地注视着对方，甚至没有注意到他们头顶上的气球。 不过，他们现在确实注意到了，因为它已经有一部分瘪了气，正以大约每小时一百英里的速度向“蓝鲸号”的甲板呼啸而来。 当他们发现流氓战争队时，是Hiccup建议他们试着把气球降落在其中一艘船上。 他让伤心的咕噜咕噜停止喷火焰，好让气球下降，他还让无牙嘴里叼着一根绳子，让气球朝着正确的方向飞行。 “工作，工作，工作。”无牙嘟囔着。 “为什么不能让别人来做呢？”“因为只有你有翅膀，无牙的，”小嗝嗝耐心地解释道。 卡米卡齐半悬在气球的边缘

as it descended, enjoying the wind blowing through her hair. 'You've got to hand it to those Romans they are CLEVER! This is the only way to travel… I wonder if WE could build one of these things? Hey– aren't they my MOTHER'S boats alongside the Hooligan ships?' Hiccup leaned over to check. 'So they are,' he said in surprise. 'Maybe the grown-ups saw sense at last and decided to send a joint Rescue Party! I must say I'm amazed– that's a real sign of progress for the Viking Tribes.' The descent would have continued in this controlled fashion if it hadn't been for the little booby trap that Alvin the Treacherous had slipped between the pages of How to Speak Dragonese when he returned it to Hiccup. The booby trap was a tiny little bright yellow dragon, about the size of Ziggerastica, known as the Venomous Vorpent. This particular Vorpent had crawled out of Hiccup's pocket, had a long slow look around the basket while everyone was relaxing, and then begun to climb up Fishlegs's trouser leg. Fishlegs only noticed it when it began to walk

当它降落时，享受着风吹过她的头发。 “你得佩服那些罗马人，他们真聪明！”这是唯一的旅行方式，我想知道我们是否可以建造一个这样的东西？ 嘿——那些流氓的船旁边不是我妈妈的船吗？”嗝嗝俯下身去查看。 “是的，”他惊讶地说。 “也许大人们终于明白了，决定派出一支联合救援队！”我不得不说我很惊讶——这是维京部落进步的真正标志。”如果不是奸诈的阿尔文把《如何说龙语》还给小嗝嗝时，在书页之间塞了一个小陷阱，下降的过程就会以这种有控制的方式继续下去。 这个诡雷是一条亮黄色的小龙，大约有Ziggerastica那么大，被称为毒龙。 这只特别的大毒蛇从小嗝嗝的口袋里爬了出来，在大家都放松的时候，慢慢地环顾了篮子四周，然后开始爬上鱼腿的裤腿。 鱼腿只是在它开始走路的时候才注意到它