5 Back on Berk

5. BACK ON BERK By the time The Hopeful Puffin had stopped turning round in circles, the fog had started to lift a little. Half an hour later, the mist had vanished entirely, and they could see for miles in every direction. The Roman ship was nowhere to be seen. The water was as cold as ice again, so there was no further danger of bumping into any Sharkworms. They had not gone as far off course as Hiccup had thought. They set off towards the distant silhouette of Berk to the north. Fishlegs took the rudder because Hiccup was too depressed to do anything. Hiccup sat staring at his half of How to Speak Dragonese. All that work, all that time spent dragonwatching at the Wild Dragon Cliff, ripped in two. He was trying not to think of what might be happening to Toothless on board the Roman ship. Toothless hated the idea of being trapped so much Hiccup even had to leave the door open when

5. 回到伯克岛，当“满怀希望的海雀”停止转圈时，雾开始散了一点。 半小时后，雾完全消失了，他们可以看到方圆几英里的地方。 罗马的船不见了。 水又像冰一样冷了，所以再也没有撞到鲨鱼虫的危险了。 他们并没有像小嗝嗝想象的那么偏离轨道。 他们向北面远处伯克岛的剪影走去。 鱼腿掌舵，因为嗝嗝太沮丧了，什么也做不了。 小嗝嗝坐在那里盯着他那一半的《如何说龙语》。 所有的工作，所有在野龙崖看龙的时间，都被撕成了两半。 他努力不去想那艘罗马船上的无牙会发生什么事。 无牙非常讨厌被困住的想法，嗝嗝甚至不得不让门开着

they went to bed. And now there he was, most likely locked up in that horrible iron cage. We'd just had an argument, too, thought Hiccup in total misery. And he flew to our rescue… and now I might never see him again. Horrorcow finally woke up from her deep sleep. 'Did you get that helmet?' she yawned. 'Not exactly,' replied Fishlegs grimly. 'It's a long story.' In her strange, spinning and zigzagging fashion, The Hopeful Puffin drew nearer to the little Isle of Berk. The Isle of Berk has been home to the Hooligan Tribes for so long as to seem like for ever. It is one of the smallest inhabited islands in the Barbaric Archipelago, and perhaps the best way to describe it is 'wet'. There are twenty-eight words for 'rain' in the Hooligan language. And Berk is the kind of place where the sea is always wandering up on to the land. Even at the Highest Point you can find scallop shells and dolphins' bones, thrown up by some gigantic tide or storm. So, what with the rain pouring down constantly from above, and the sea sneaking up from below, the Hooligans spend most of their lives up to their knees in muddy saltwater

他们上床睡觉了。现在他就在那里，很可能被关在那个可怕的铁笼子里。 “我们刚刚也吵了一架，”小嗝嗝痛苦地想。 他飞过来救我们，现在我可能再也见不到他了。 恐怖牛终于从沉睡中醒来。 “你得到那顶头盔了吗？”她打了个哈欠。 “不完全是，”鱼腿冷酷地回答。 “说来话长。”满怀希望的海雀以一种奇特的、旋转的、曲折的方式向博克小岛靠拢。 博克岛一直是流氓部落的家园，似乎永远都是如此。 它是野蛮群岛中最小的有人居住的岛屿之一，也许形容它的最佳方式是“潮湿”。 在足球流氓的语言中，有28个单词表示“雨”。 博克岛是那种海水总是涌向陆地的地方。 即使在最高点，你也可以找到扇贝壳和海豚骨头，它们是由一些巨大的潮汐或风暴抛起的。 所以，随着雨水不断从上面倾泻而下，海水从下面偷偷地涌上来，足球流氓们一生中大部分时间都在没过膝盖的泥泞盐水中度过

As they got nearer to Berk they didn't have time to feel sorry for themselves. The Hopeful Puffin was in difficulties. Never a very sea-worthy boat, she had taken two big knocks, first when she was rammed by Snotlout's boat Sparrowhawk, then when Hiccup jumped down on to her decks from the Roman ship. She was taking on water even faster than normal. Despite Hiccup and Fishlegs bailing out the water as quickly as they could with their helmets, by the time they reached Hooligan Harbour, she sank entirely. They had to swim the last hundred metres, Hiccup holding Fishlegs up, because (unusually for a Viking) Fishlegs had never quite mastered the doggy paddle. To make matters worse, Gobber was standing on the harbour wall watching them come in, arms folded, brows as low as Thor's thunderclouds. When The Hopeful Puffin disappeared beneath the water he looked as if he might explode. 'It hasn't been a very successful day, has it?' moaned Fishlegs as they struggled out of the sea and on to the rocks. 'At least we didn't meet any Sharkworms, after all…'

当他们越来越接近博克时，他们没有时间为自己感到难过。 满怀希望的海雀陷入了困境。 这艘船从来就不适合航行，它被两次重重地撞了一下，第一次是被嗅鼻子的船“麻雀鹰”撞到，第二次是小嗝嗝从罗马船上跳上甲板。 她吸水的速度比平时还要快。 尽管小嗝嗝和鱼腿带着头盔尽可能快地把水舀出来，但当他们到达胡oligan港时，她完全沉没了。 他们必须游完最后一百米，嗝嗝扶着鱼腿，因为（对维京人来说很不寻常）鱼腿从来没有完全掌握过狗式划水。 更糟糕的是，戈伯站在港口的城墙上看着他们进来，双臂交叉，眉毛低得像雷神的雷云。 当满怀希望的海雀消失在水下时，他看起来好像要爆炸了。 “今天过得不太顺利，是吗？”鱼腿呻吟着，他们挣扎着从海里爬到岩石上。 “至少我们没有遇到鲨鱼虫，毕竟……”

'I'm not sure there ever were any Sharkworms,' said Hiccup through gritted teeth. He looked back sadly at the three circles of ripples and bubbles that were all that remained of The Hopeful Puffin. She had never been the most beautiful of boats but to him she was the best. Slipping and sliding on the seaweedy rocks, they clambered reluctantly towards Gobber and stood before him, soaking wet, heads bowed. Fishlegs timidly offered him the Roman helmet. Gobber was not amused. 'WHAT,' he bellowed, pointing furiously at the Roman helmet, 'WHAT in the name of Woden is this?' 'A Roman helmet, sir,' admitted Fishlegs. 'We sort of accidentally boarded a Roman ship by mistake… we got lost you see, sir…' 'You got LOST?' boomed Gobber, not believing his ears. 'Vikings don't get LOST. And how could you possibly board a Roman ship by mistake? A Roman ship doesn't look anything like a Peaceable fishing boat!' 'Yes I know, sir,' stammered Fishlegs. 'But we thought there were these Sharkworms you see—' 'And WHERE,' Gobber interrupted Fishlegs, his voice dangerously calm, 'WHERE is your boat?'

“我不确定有没有鲨鱼虫，”小嗝嗝咬着牙说。 他伤心地回头看了看那三圈涟漪和泡泡，那是“希望海雀”号只剩下的东西了。 她从来不是最漂亮的船，但对他来说，她是最好的。 他们在长满海藻的岩石上滑来滑去，不情愿地向戈伯爬去，站在他面前，浑身湿透，低着头。 鱼腿怯怯地把罗马头盔递给他。 戈伯不觉得好笑。“什么，”他愤怒地指着那顶罗马头盔吼道，“这到底是什么东西？“一顶罗马头盔，先生，”鱼腿承认。 “我们好像是不小心上了一艘罗马船……我们迷路了，你看，先生……”戈伯大声说，他不相信自己的耳朵。 “维京人不会迷路。你怎么可能不小心登上了一艘罗马船？ 罗马的船一点也不像和平的渔船！“是的，我知道，先生，”鱼腿结结巴巴地说。 “还有，”戈伯打断鱼腿的话，他的声音平静得吓人，“你的船在哪儿？”

'Ah, yes, well,' said Fishlegs miserably. 'The boat sort of sank, sir.' 'THE BOAT SORT OF SANK?' roared Gobber. 'YOU CALL YOURSELVES VIKINGS AND YOU SORT OF SINK YOUR OWN BOAT ON A PERFECTLY CALM DAY TWO HUNDRED METRES FROM YOUR OWN ISLAND? WHAT KIND OF HOOLIGANS ARE YOU, ANYWAY? YOU CAN'T BUILD BOATS, YOU CAN'T TRAIN DRAGONS, FISHLEGS HERE CAN'T EVEN SWIM…' 'Saltwater brings out my eczema…' mumbled Fishlegs. 'YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE A PIRATE!' howled Gobber. 'AS IT IS, YOU ARE THE MOST USELESS, MISERABLE, PATHETIC EXCUSES FOR TADPOLE POOS I HAVE EVER MET IN

“啊，是的，好吧，”鱼腿痛苦地说。 “船好像沉了，先生。”戈伯吼道。 “你们自称是维京人，却在一个风平浪静的日子里把自己的船弄沉了，离自己的岛有两百米远？” 你们算哪门子小流氓啊？ “你不会造船，你不会驯龙，这里的鱼腿甚至不会游泳……”“咸水会让我患湿疹……”鱼腿咕哝道。 “你应该是个海盗！”戈伯吼道。 “事实上，你是我所见过的最没用、最可怜、最可怜的蝌蚪的借口