4 Toothless to the Rescue

4. TOOTHLESS TO THE RESCUE Toothless had spent the last ten minutes muttering to himself at the top of the mast. At first he was so full of self-pity he had no time to worry about what was happening to his masters. 'NOBODY loves T-T-Toothless,' he said to himself. But then the noises from the Roman ship got louder, and the boys did not reappear, and he started to get worried. When he heard Hiccup's YELL for help the little dragon called off his strike. He zoomed off his perch and flew to the ship, and even from the height he was flying, his sharp little eyes immediately spotted that way down below on the deck there was a large Roman centurion who was holding Fishlegs by the leg. The centurion was about to execute Fishlegs with his sword. Toothless folded his wings back and went into a dive, just as he might do if he were hunting mackerel or herring. His target was the centurion's head, and by the time he reached it, he was going so fast he was a little dragon blur. He tore into the helmet, sending

4. “无牙”在桅杆顶上自言自语了十分钟。 起初，他充满了自怜，没有时间去担心他的主人发生了什么事。 “没人喜欢无牙泰特。”他自言自语道。 但是罗马船上的声音越来越大，男孩们没有再出现，他开始担心起来。 当他听到嗝嗝的呼救时，小龙取消了攻击。 他嗖地一声离开栖木，飞向船上，即使从他飞得那么高，他那锐利的小眼睛也立刻发现，下面甲板上有一个身材高大的罗马百夫长，正抓着鱼腿。 百夫长正要用剑杀死鱼腿。 无牙收起翅膀，俯冲下去，就像他在捕鲭鱼或鲱鱼时所做的那样。 他的目标是百夫长的头，当他到达它的时候，他跑得太快了，他变成了一个小小的龙影。 他猛撞头盔，发出

feathers from the plume flying in all directions, and bit and scratched as hard as he could. The centurion let out a yell of surprise and rage. For a moment he was knocked off balance, but he recovered when he realised his attacker was only a very small dragon. Fishlegs swung desperately from side to side, trying to break free; but the centurion was made of tough stuff. He tightened his grip on Fishlegs's ankle and swung his sword around, trying to hit Toothless with it. So Hiccup grabbed a passing Slitherfang and shoved it up the centurion's tunic. The centurion let out a bellow and dropped Fishlegs. Wouldn't you? A Slitherfang in the knickers is no laughing matter. The centurion hopped from foot to foot, clutching his bottom and squealing like a pig as he tried to catch hold of the nibbling, wriggling, scratching Slitherfang in his underwear. 'Let's get out of here!' howled Hiccup, hauling Fishlegs to his feet. He also picked up a Roman helmet that was lying on the deck nearby. They were going to have some explaining to do to Gobber when they got back, and this might help.

羽毛飞向四面八方，他拼命地撕扯着。 百夫长发出一声惊讶和愤怒的喊叫。 他一时失去了平衡，但当他意识到攻击他的只是一条非常小的龙时，他恢复了平衡。 鱼腿拼命地左右摇摆，想挣脱；但百夫长是个硬汉。 他紧紧抓住鱼腿的脚踝，挥舞着剑，想用它打无牙。 于是嗝嗝抓起一只路过的蛇牙，塞进了百夫长的外衣里。 百夫长大吼一声，扔下鱼腿。 难道你?穿着短裤的滑溜牙可不是闹着玩的。 百夫长从一只脚跳到另一只脚，抓着屁股，像猪一样尖叫着，试图抓住在他内衣里啃咬、扭动、抓抓的斯莱弗。 “我们离开这里吧！”嗝嗝咆哮着，把鱼腿拖了起来。 他还捡起了附近甲板上的一顶罗马头盔。 他们回来后要向戈伯解释一番，这也许会有帮助。

All around them there was chaos, with dragons attacking Romans and Romans attacking dragons and trying to put out the fires the dragons were making. Hearts racing as fast as rabbits, panting and stumbling, Hiccup and Fishlegs ran as fast as they could to the spot where they had boarded the ship. The rope was still in place, The Hopeful Puffin would be waiting down below on the other side… Fishlegs got to the edge first, and scrambled over. Hiccup was only a few steps away from him… when a hand grabbed the back of his tunic, ripping out his pocket. Hiccup's book, How to Speak Dragonese, fell on to the deck. Hiccup stopped to reach down and pick it up… …and came face to face with the glitteringly triumphant eyes of the Thin Prefect through the iron visor of his helmet. Hiccup's heart turned to ice. The Prefect was holding on to the other end of the book. 'AHA!' spat the Thin Prefect. They both pulled. 'Let go!' hissed the Thin Prefect. 'You can't win, you know. This is mine now…' Hiccup could have let go but this was his book after

他们周围一片混乱，龙攻击罗马人，罗马人攻击龙，试图扑灭龙所生的火。 小嗝嗝和鱼腿的心跳得像兔子一样快，气喘吁吁，跌跌撞撞，他们以最快的速度跑到他们登船的地方。 绳子还在那儿，那只满怀希望的海雀一定在下面的另一边等着……鱼腿先爬到了边缘，爬了过去。 小嗝嗝就在离他几步远的地方，一只手抓住了他的外衣后面，把他的口袋掏了出来。 小嗝嗝的书《如何说龙语》掉到了甲板上。 小嗝嗝停下来，伸手把它捡起来... ...，透过头盔的铁面罩，他和瘦级长那双得意洋洋、闪闪发光的眼睛面对面。 小嗝嗝的心都僵了。 级长抓着书的另一端。 “啊哈!”瘦弱的级长厉声说。 他们俩都拉。“放手!瘦弱的级长嘶嘶地说。 “你知道，你赢不了的。小嗝嗝本可以放手，但这是他的书

all and despite his terror, some deep, indignant rage made him hang on strongly until… …something sharp and iron shot out from beneath the Thin Prefect's cloak and cut into the back of Hiccup's hand. Hiccup screamed and jumped backwards. The book split in two and before the Thin Prefect could pull himself together and catch hold of him again Hiccup scrambled away and over the edge of the ship. There wasn't even time to climb down the rope. Hiccup swung from it, and then let go, crashing on to the deck of The Hopeful Puffin some way below. Fishlegs cut the rope that tied them to the ship, and their little boat was pulled away so swiftly by the current that she went into one of her spins. 'Where's Toothless?' asked Hiccup. Toothless had been held up. His foot was caught in the centurion's chin-strap, and for a moment they were tied together – and Toothless had quite a bumpy ride because the centurion was jumping up and down like an octopus

尽管他很害怕，但某种深沉的、愤愤不平的愤怒使他紧紧抓住不放，直到... ...有个锋利的、像铁一样的东西从瘦级长的斗篷下面射了出来，划破了小嗝嗝的手背。 小嗝嗝尖叫着向后跳。 那本书裂成了两半，瘦级长还没来得及振作起来抓住他，小嗝嗝就爬开了，越过了船边。 甚至没有时间顺着绳子往下爬。 小嗝嗝从船上荡了起来，然后松手，摔在下面不远的地方的“希望海雀”号甲板上。 鱼腿割断了把他们拴在船上的绳子，他们的小船被水流迅速地卷走了，它开始旋转了。 “没有牙齿在哪儿?小嗝嗝问。 无牙被拦住了。 他的脚被百夫长下巴上的带子缠住了，有那么一会儿，他们被绑在了一起——无牙的旅程相当颠簸，因为百夫长像章鱼一样上蹿下跳

with chicken pox, as he tried to get rid of the Slitherfang in his knickers. Toothless finally snapped the chin-strap with his hard little gums and to Hiccup's relief, as The Hopeful Puffin twirled around for the fifth time – looking for all the world as if she was dancing – Toothless came screeching up to the edge of the ship towards them at the speed of a flying arrow. 'Oh, thank Thor!' Hiccup exclaimed joyfully. But one minute Toothless was flying through the air like a stormy petrel in a hurry; the next a net weighted with stones appeared out of nowhere, wrapped itself round the little dragon in midair and brought him back down on to the deck of the Roman ship as if struck by a spear. 'TOOOOOOOOTHLESS!' cried Hiccup. Two figures appeared over the edge of the ship. One was the Thin Prefect holding half of the How to Speak Dragonese book. The other was a Roman soldier. In one hand he held a trident. In the other he held a net… …and within that net, struggling and biting and turning wild somersaults in his desperation to be free, was…

因为他想除掉裤子里的斯莱弗。 最后，无牙用他那坚硬的小牙床拧断了下巴上的带子。让小嗝嗝松了一口气的是，那只满怀希望的海雀第五次旋转着——看上去好像在跳舞似的——无牙以飞箭般的速度尖声飞到船边，朝他们飞来。 “哦，谢谢托尔！”小嗝嗝高兴地叫道。 可是前一分钟，“无牙”还像一只暴风雨中的海燕一样匆忙地在空中飞翔；下一刻，不知从哪儿冒出来一张装满石头的大网，把小龙裹在半空中，把他拉回到罗马船的甲板上，就像被长矛击中一样。 “TOOOOOOOOTHLESS !嗝嗝叫道。 船边出现了两个人影。 一个是瘦瘦的级长，手里拿着半本《怎样说龙语》。 另一个是罗马士兵。 他一手拿着三叉戟。 另一只手拿着一张网... ...，在那张网里，他拼命地挣扎着，咬着，疯狂地翻着筋斗，想要获得自由，他是……