18 Fishlegs

18. FISHLEGS Stoick was waiting for them, in pouring rain, on the Long Beach. Stoick was FURIOUS. He had only just found out that Hiccup had not spent the night at Snotlout's house, and Snotlout had told him that he had seen Hiccup and Camicazi sneaking away in a sleigh from the Freya'sday Eve Celebrations, heading out on to the great sea of ice. When Stoick demanded why Snotlout had not told him this earlier, Snotlout could not answer. Snotlout could hardly give the real reason, which was that he had been rather hoping that Hiccup was doing something STUPID and DANGEROUS, and he didn't want Stoick rushing out to save him at the last minute. But Stoick the Vast saw the real reason in Snotlout's eyes, and in the delighted way that Snotlout looked out at the melted ice in the Harbour. Snotlout was PLEASED that Hiccup could have drowned somewhere out there in that grey, grim sea. For the first time, Stoick realised that Snotlout might not be the best choice of friend for his son Hiccup.

18. 在倾盆大雨中，斯托伊克在长滩上等着他们。 斯托伊克勃然大怒。他刚刚才知道嗝嗝没有在鼻子怪家里过夜，鼻子怪还告诉他，他看见嗝嗝和卡米卡齐坐着雪橇，从星期五前夜的庆祝活动上偷偷溜出去，奔向茫茫的冰海。 当斯托伊克问鼻子为什么不早点告诉他这件事时，鼻子无法回答。 鼻鼻子几乎说不出真正的原因，那就是他一直希望小嗝嗝在做一些愚蠢而危险的事情，他不希望斯托伊克在最后一刻冲出来救他。 但是巨人斯多伊克从鼻鼻子的眼睛里看到了真正的原因，从鼻鼻子望着海港里融化的冰的喜悦的神情里看到了真正的原因。 鼻鼻子很高兴，小嗝嗝可能会淹死在这灰暗、阴森的大海里。 史多伊克第一次意识到，鼻涕虫可能不是他儿子Hiccup的最佳朋友。

I am afraid that Stoick the Vast gave Snotlout an old-fashioned spanking. This WAS the Dark Ages. Stoick then ran to the Long Beach to see if he could see what was going on, and, to his MASSIVE relief, the first thing he clapped eyes on, picking through the icebergs out to sea, was the tattered, round shape of his son's funny little boat, The Hopeful Puffin. 'WHAT IN THOR'S NAME DO YOU THINK YOU HAVE BEEN DOING?' roared Stoick the Vast, storming up to them as the nose of The Hopeful Puffin landed on the sand. Hiccup, who appeared to have turned an extraordinary blue colour, clambered out of the boat and looked his enraged father straight in the eyes. 'I have been to Hysteria, to try and bring back a Potato to save Fishlegs's life,' said Hiccup. Stoick exploded. 'I ABSOLUTELY FORBADE YOU TO DO ANY SUCH THING!' bellowed Stoick the Vast. 'HOW DARE YOU DISOBEY, ME, YOUR CHIEF, AND RISK YOUR LIVES LOOKING FOR A VEGETABLE THAT NEVER EXISTED, ON A WILD-GOOSE CHASE FOR NOTHING—' Tears poured down Hiccup's face. 'The potato

恐怕巨人斯托伊克给了小鼻子一顿老派的屁股。 这是黑暗时代。斯托伊克随后跑到长滩，想看看到底发生了什么事。让他大大松了一口气的是，他从冰山中探出海面，第一眼看到的是他儿子那艘破破烂裂的、圆圆的小船——“希望海雀号”。 “你以为你在干什么？”“希望海雀”的机头落在沙滩上时，巨人斯托伊克咆哮着冲了过来。 小嗝嗝的脸色变得异常的蓝，他从船上爬了出来，直视着愤怒的父亲。 “我去过歇斯底里，想带回一个土豆来救鱼腿的命，”小嗝嗝说。 Stoick爆炸了。“我绝对禁止你做这样的事！”巨人斯托伊克吼道。 “你们怎么敢违抗，我，你们的首领，冒着生命危险去寻找一种根本不存在的蔬菜，徒劳无功——”泪水从嗝嗝的脸上滚落下来。 的土豆

DOES exist,' he interrupted his father, 'it DOES exist, because we stole it, and Norbert the Nutjob nearly chopped our heads off, but you are right, it WAS all for nothing, because the Doomfang ate it and now Fishlegs is going to DIE.' Stoick the Vast's anger could not last in the face of the utter hopeless misery in his son's eyes. His fury melted away, like the snow dissolving into rain all around them on the beach. He patted his son awkwardly on the shoulder. 'Now, now, son,' he said uncertainly. 'Of course Fisheggs isn't going to die…' Hiccup pushed his father out of the way, and stumbled over the sand to Old Wrinkly's house, followed by Stoick the Vast, Camicazi, Toothless and One Eye. He flung open the door without knocking. Old Wrinkly was standing in the middle of the room, poking the fire with a metal stick. For a moment, Hiccup couldn't see Fishlegs, and then he realised Fishlegs was on the bed. He was lying completely still, his glasses off, white as a corpse.

“确实存在，”他打断父亲的话，“确实存在，因为我们偷了它，疯子诺伯差点把我们的头砍下来，但你说得对，这一切都是徒劳的，因为它被末日毒牙吃掉了，现在鱼腿就要死了。”面对儿子眼中完全无望的痛苦，巨人斯托伊克的愤怒无法持续下去。 他的愤怒消失了，就像他们周围沙滩上的雪融化成雨一样。 他尴尬地拍了拍儿子的肩膀。 “好了，好了，孩子，”他不确定地说。 “小嗝嗝当然不会死……”小嗝嗝把父亲推开，跌跌撞撞地走到老皱纹的家，后面跟着巨人斯托伊克、卡米卡齐、无牙和独眼。 他没有敲门就猛地把门打开了。 老皱纹站在房间中央，用一根金属棒戳着火。 有一会儿，嗝嗝看不到鱼腿，然后他意识到鱼腿在床上。 他一动不动地躺着，眼镜摘掉了，苍白得像一具尸体。

Hiccup's heart stopped. And then to Hiccup's unspeakable relief, Fishlegs sat up and put his glasses on. He was still alive, then. Stoick the Vast, Camicazi, Toothless and One Eye the Sabre-Tooth Driver filed into the room after Hiccup. 'WELL?' roared Stoick the Vast. 'IS FISHEGGS DYING, OR IS HE NOT?' Old Wrinkly looked very embarrassed. He shifted guiltily from foot to foot. 'Ah, yes, Stoick, I'm so glad you brought that up… yes, the thing is, I'm not sure that Fishlegs is dying after all…' 'WHADDYAMEAN, NOT DYING?' yelled Stoick the Vast. 'I'm afraid my diagnosis wasn't completely

小嗝嗝的心跳停止了。接着，鱼腿坐起来，戴上了眼镜，这让小嗝嗝如释重负。 那时他还活着。在小嗝嗝之后，巨大的斯托伊克、卡米卡齐、无牙和独眼剑齿司机鱼贯进入房间。 ”好吗?巨人斯托伊克吼道。 “是鱼在死，还是他没有死？”老皱纹看起来很尴尬。 他内疚地挪动着步子。 “啊，是的，斯托伊克，我很高兴你提起了这件事……是的，问题是，我不确定鱼腿是不是真的要死了……”巨人斯托伊克喊道。 “恐怕我的诊断并不完全正确

correct.' Old Wrinkly giggled nervously. 'Soothsaying from the fire is very complicated… I won't go into the details, but take it from me, it's tricky… and, what with one thing or another, it turns out that Fishlegs didn't have Vorpentitis after all. It was just a bad cold that set off his Berserk tendencies. I nursed him back to health with lots of bed-rest and lemon-in-honey.' Fishlegs stood up, slightly wobbily, and gave Stoick the Vast a big smile. 'I'm fine!' said Fishlegs happily, throwing wide his arms. Hiccup couldn't believe it. It was going to be all right after all. 'HE'S ALIVE!' cried Hiccup joyously, over the moon at this uncomplicated happy ending, and he rushed over to hug his friend. Toothless gave Fishlegs a lick on the ear, which was a big compliment from Toothless. One Eye drawled, 'Well, well, that was all worth it, wasn't it?' and Camicazi did a couple of celebratory cartwheels. But Stoick wasn't going to take this lying down. 'DO YOU MEAN TO TELL ME,' roared Stoick the Vast at Old Wrinkly, 'THAT ALL BECAUSE OF YOUR LOUSY SOOTHSAYING MY SON HICCUP HAS GONE ALL THE WAY

正确的。”老皱纹紧张地咯咯笑着。 “从火里占卜是非常复杂的……我不想细说，但相信我，这是很棘手的……而且，由于这样或那样的原因，原来鱼腿根本没有Vorpentitis。” 只是一场重感冒引起了他的狂暴倾向。 我照顾他，让他卧床休息，给他蜂蜜柠檬，让他恢复健康。”鱼腿微微摇晃地站了起来，给了巨人斯托伊克一个大大的微笑。 “我很好!鱼腿高兴地说，张开双臂。 小嗝嗝简直不敢相信。 一切终究会好起来的。 “他还活着!嗝嗝高兴地叫道，看到这个简单的幸福结局欣喜若狂，他冲过去拥抱他的朋友。 无牙舔了舔鱼腿的耳朵，这是无牙的一大赞美。 一只眼慢吞吞地说：“好吧，好吧，这一切都是值得的，不是吗？Camicazi做了几个庆祝的侧手翻。 但斯托伊克不会就此罢休。 “你是想告诉我，”巨兽斯托伊克对老皱纹咆哮道，“我儿子嗝嗝就因为你那讨厌的预言而一路走了下去吗？

TO HYSTERIA AND NEARLY GOT HIS HEAD CHOPPED OFF BY NORBERT THE NUTJOB AND FACED THE DOOMFANG ALL FOR NOTHING?????' 'Well, not for nothing, Stoick,' explained Old Wrinkly. 'If you'll just listen a moment, I'll explain. Soothsaying is a very tricky business and when I looked in the fire—' 'Did Fisheggs have Vorpentitis, or did he not?' interrupted Stoick. 'No he didn't,' admitted Old Wrinkly. 'THEN THE QUEST WAS COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY!' roared Stoick. 'Don't give Old Wrinkly a hard time, Father,' said Hiccup. 'Why waste time getting angry when all's well that ends well…' Hiccup started to laugh, but something in the middle of the laugh went wrong when Hiccup's left arm suddenly went dead. Hiccup looked down at his arm in surprise. 'I can't feel my arm,' said Hiccup. And then the other arm went dead.

他歇斯底里了，差点被疯子诺伯特砍掉脑袋，还白白地面对了厄运之牙？？？？？“嗯，不是无缘无故的，斯托伊克，”老皱纹解释说。 “请您听一会儿，我来解释一下。 占卜是一件很棘手的事情，当我往火里看的时候——”“费希格是不是得了伏氏体炎？”斯托伊克插嘴说。 “不，他没有，”老皱纹承认。 “那么这个任务就完全没有必要了！”斯托伊克吼道。 “别让老皱纹为难，爸爸，”小嗝嗝说。 “既然一切都很好，为什么还要浪费时间生气呢……”嗝嗝笑了起来，但笑到一半，他的左臂突然断了。 嗝嗝惊奇地低头看着自己的手臂。 “我的胳膊没知觉了，”小嗝嗝说。 然后另一只手臂就断了。