17 The Quest is Over

17. THE QUEST IS OVER Tears pouring down his face, Hiccup watched as the Doomfang threw back its head and screamed as loudly as if it had been shot with a gigantic spear. It sent a great sheet of freezing blue flame like an uphill waterfall shooting up into the sky. These flames shot so high they hit a small cloud up above, instantly freezing it, and turning it bright blue. And then, just like that, the Doomfang sank slowly beneath the waves, leaving nothing behind but a whirlpool of gigantic ripples, spreading wider and wider. They spread towards The Hopeful Puffin, rocking it violently up and down. They spread wider still, and lapped the shores of Hysteria itself, and carried on down the Wrath of Thor. Hiccup sat in the bottom of the boat, unable to believe that the Doomfang wouldn't rear up again, and maybe spit out the potato, or give it back in some way. But eventually the ripples got smaller and vanished entirely, and so too did Hiccup's last hope. This really was the end. The nearest potato was now thousands and thousands of miles away, in the great country to the west,

17. 希卡普泪如雨下，看着末日毒牙向后仰着头，大声尖叫，好像被一支巨大的长矛射中了一样。 它发出一大片冰冷的蓝色火焰，就像一个上坡的瀑布射向天空。 这些火焰飞得如此之高，以至于击中了上面的一小片云，它立即被冻结，变成了明亮的蓝色。 然后，就这样，末日之牙慢慢地沉入了海浪之下，只留下一个巨大的涟漪漩涡，越来越宽。 他们朝“希望海雀”走去，猛烈地上下摇晃着它。 它们向更大范围蔓延，拍打着海斯特米亚的海岸，向雷神之怒进发。 嗝嗝坐在船底，不敢相信末日毒牙不会再冒出来，也许会把土豆吐出来，或者以某种方式把它还给他。 但最终涟漪变小了，完全消失了，小嗝嗝最后的希望也消失了。 这真的是结束了。最近的马铃薯现在在几千英里之外，在西边的一个伟大的国家里，

known as America to those who believe in such a place. 'Issa g-g-g-gone!' whispered Toothless in amazement. Up on the clifftops, the long line of watching, silent Hysterics began to shout: 'THE DOOMFANG IS GONE! THE DOOMFANG IS GONE! HURRAH FOR THE WEIRD LITTLE RED-HAIRED BOY, THE DOOMFANG IS GONE!' And softly, and silently, snow as blue as Gobber the Belch's nose rained down from the frozen cloud above Hiccup's head. The blue snow rained down like confetti at a coronation, settling in Hiccup's hair, and on One Eye's white back, and in between Toothless's horns. 'YOU are the Chosen One,' said Norbert the Nutjob, still unable to believe it. 'YOU have rid us of the Doomfang. YOU have lifted the Curse of Hysteria?' Hiccup was suddenly furiously angry. Not with Norbert, but with the gods. For six long months he had been longing for spring to come, praying to Thor for the ice to melt, and now, just when he and Camicazi had been through so much, and nearly achieved the impossible, just at precisely the wrong moment, Thor had made the ice crack and freed the Doomfang.

对于那些相信存在这样一个地方的人来说，这就是美国。 “伊萨g-g-g-gone !无牙惊讶地小声说。 在悬崖顶上，一长排沉默的歇斯底里的人开始叫喊：“末日毒牙走了！”厄运之牙不见了！为那个奇怪的红发小男孩欢呼，末日毒牙不见了！”小嗝嗝头顶上结冰的云层上，轻轻地、无声地落下了像打嗝人戈伯的鼻子一样蓝的雪。 蓝色的雪花像加冕典礼上的五彩纸屑一样飘落下来，落在小嗝嗝的头发上，落在独眼的白背上，落在无牙的两角之间。 “你是救世之星。”疯伯诺伯说，仍然不敢相信。 “你帮我们除掉了末日毒牙。 你解除了歇斯底里咒？”小嗝嗝突然勃然大怒。 不是跟诺伯特，而是跟诸神。 六个月来，他一直盼望着春天的到来，祈求托尔让冰雪融化，而现在，就在他和卡米卡齐经历了那么多，几乎要完成不可能的事情的时候，托尔恰恰在一个错误的时刻，让冰雪裂开，释放了末日之牙。

And this ridiculous blue snow was just the icing on the cake. What was it Snotlout had said? The snow will turn as blue as Gobber the Belch's nose before YOU become the Chief of the Hairy Hooligan Tribe. The gods were laughing at him now, playing with him for their sport. Hiccup shook his fist at the Heavens. 'I don't WANT to be the Chosen One!' he howled at the blue sky above. 'I don't WANT to be the Chief of the Hairy Hooligan Tribe! I didn't WANT to lift Norbert's stupid Curse! I wanted to cheat the Curse on Fishlegs! All I want is my FRIEND…' The silly blue snow took no notice, and rained down steadily from above. Hiccup began to cry. 'All I want is my friend…' he sobbed. 'Fishlegs trusted me. He thought I would make everything all right…' He turned to Norbert in sudden hope. 'Have you got ANOTHER potato?' asked Hiccup. Norbert the Nutjob shook his head. 'My father only brought back ONE of those Vegetables,' he said between gritted teeth. 'This is what made it so precious…' Norbert the Nutjob shifted his axe uncertainly from hand to hand. The tic in his eye danced a wild fandango.

而这可笑的蓝雪只是锦上添花。 鼻涕精刚才说了什么？ 在你成为毛流氓部落的首领之前，雪会变得像打嗝的戈伯的鼻子一样蓝。 诸神在嘲笑他，拿他当儿戏。 小嗝嗝对着天空挥舞着拳头。 “我不想当救世之星！”他对着蓝天嚎叫着。 “我不想当毛流氓部落的首领！”我不想解除诺伯的愚蠢诅咒！我想骗过鱼腿咒！我想要的只是我的朋友……”愚蠢的蓝雪没有注意到，从上面不停地落下。 小嗝嗝哭了起来。“我只想要我的朋友……”他抽泣着说。 “鱼腿相信我。他以为我会让一切都好起来……”他突然满怀希望地转向诺伯。 “你还有土豆吗？”小嗝嗝问。 疯子诺伯摇了摇头。 “我父亲只带回了一种蔬菜。”他咬牙切齿地说。 “这就是它如此珍贵的原因……”疯伯拿捏不定地把斧头拿在手里。 他眼睛里的悸动跳起了狂乱的方丹戈。

'I don't know what to do!' shrieked Norbert the Nutjob. 'You have shot me in the bottom, stolen my American Vegetable, chewed off my moustaches, fed Papa to the Squealers and burned down my Great Hall!' His shaking hands reached out, almost of their own accord, towards Hiccup's neck… and then he stopped himself just in time. 'But on the other hand, it seems incredible, but you HAVE lifted the Curse on Hysteria, and I cannot

“我不知道该怎么办！”疯婆子诺伯尖叫道。 “你射中了我的屁股，偷走了我的《美国蔬菜》，咬掉了我的胡子，把爸爸喂给了尖叫党，还烧掉了我的大礼堂！”他颤抖的双手几乎是自发地伸出来，抓住了小嗝嗝的脖子……然后他及时止住了脚步。 “但另一方面，这似乎令人难以置信，你已经解除了歇斯底里症的诅咒，而我不能

ignore my father's Prophecy. So THIS TIME, I shall let you go free. But if you ever, EVER cross my path again, I warn you I will kill you on the spot.' 'Don't worry,' said Hiccup sadly. 'I'm not that keen on seeing YOU again, either. I'm sorry about the Hall, and the moustaches, and the bottom, and… I'm sorry about EVERYTHING, really… I was just trying to save the life of my friend.' Norbert the Nutjob pulled Hiccup's sword out of his belt, and threw it down with a curse on the floor of The Hopeful Puffin. He then climbed back on board his sleigh, and sped back to Hysteria, a land which ships could now sail in and out of as freely as they liked for the first time in fifteen long years, all on account of Hiccup lifting the Curse, which wasn't the quest he set out to do in the first place, but, there we are, these things happen to a Hero-in-Training.

不要理会我父亲的预言。 所以这一次，我要让你自由。 但如果你再遇到我，我警告你，我会当场杀了你。“别担心，”小嗝嗝伤心地说。 “我也不想再见到你了。 “我为那座宅子、那些小胡子、底下的事感到抱歉，还有……我为一切感到抱歉，真的……我只是想救我朋友的命。”疯伯诺伯从腰带里抽出西卡普的剑，恶狠狠地扔在希望海雀酒吧的地板上。 然后，他爬上他的雪橇，疾驰而回，回到了歇斯底里岛。在漫长的十五年里，船只现在第一次可以随心所欲地进出这片土地，这一切都是因为小嗝嗝解除了诅咒，这并不是他一开始要做的事情，但是，这些事情发生在一个训练中的英雄身上。

And hearts sorrowing and despairing, Hiccup and Camicazi set out in The Hopeful Puffin towards the distant little Isle of Berk. Camicazi took the helm because Hiccup was too depressed. There was a brisk wind and The Hopeful Puffin fairly flew over the waves. They had to dodge the floating icebergs, and if Hiccup had been happier, he could have enjoyed the warmness of the breeze now blowing in their faces, for he had been waiting for this moment for six months.

希卡普和卡米卡齐怀着悲伤和绝望的心情，在《希望的海雀》中向遥远的博克小岛出发了。 卡米卡齐接管公司是因为小嗝嗝太抑郁了。 有一个轻快的风，满怀希望的海雀在海浪上公平地飞行。 他们不得不避开漂浮的冰山，如果小嗝嗝高兴一点的话，他就可以享受现在吹在他们脸上的微风的温暖了，因为他已经等了六个月了。