2 Sabre-Tooth Driver Dragons

2. SABRE-TOOTH DRIVER DRAGONS Gobber's enormous snores rang out like a walrus calling out to another walrus some fifty icebergs away. As if they were all a part of the same creature, the pack of Sabre-Tooth Driver Dragons settled themselves down on the ice and refused to move. By Woden's Armpit, but those Drivers were BIG. The boys looked at them. 'Well come on, then, Hiccup,' grunted Wartihog impatiently. 'Take charge!' Hiccup cleared his throat and used his most reasonable voice. 'OK, guys,' he said in Dragonese.* 'I don't want any trouble…' 'Oh look, it talkssss…' hissed a particularly large and savage-looking Sabre-Tooth. He was missing an eye, and from the specially royal way he held himself, seemed to be the Leader of the Pack. 'The little Human Tadpole is speaking the noble Dragon tongue…' The other Drivers laughed jeeringly. 'We all know what we're supposed to be doing here...' Hiccup continued.

2. 戈伯巨大的鼾声就像一只海象在50多个冰山之外呼唤另一只海象。 就像它们都是同一生物的一部分一样，这群剑齿龙在冰面上坐了下来，拒绝移动。 但这些司机都是大块头。 男孩们看着他们。“那么，来吧，小嗝嗝。”战猪不耐烦地嘟囔着。 “负责!”嗝嗝清了清喉咙，用他最合理的声音说话。 “好了，伙计们。”他用龙语说。“哦，看，它会说话的……”一只特别大、样子特别凶狠的剑齿嘶嘶地说。 他少了一只眼睛，从他特别高贵的举止来看，他似乎是狼群的首领。 “人类小蝌蚪说的是高贵的龙舌……”其他司机嘲笑道。 “我们都知道我们应该在这里做什么……”打嗝持续。

'We know what WE'RE going to be doing,' sneered the Driver, closing his one eye and settling himself comfortably. 'WE'RE going to have a nice long sleep right here while you sweat it up the largest mountain in the Inner Isles…' 'Oh for Thor's sake!' exploded Snotface Snotlout. 'That girly "speaking Dragonese" stuff isn't going to work with these brutes!' Snotlout grabbed the black whip from Gobber's relaxed hand, and cracked it. Snnnnnnaaaap! The Driver Dragons blinked open their eyes. Snotlout cracked the whip again, this time letting the end of it lash the face of the Sabre-Tooth with the one eye. The Driver sprang to his feet with a yowl of pain and the rest of the pack followed him, furious but respectful. The boys cheered. 'That's the way to do it!' grinned Snotlout, whipping another of the dragons for the pure pleasure of it. The animal howled and Snotlout laughed. 'Disobey ME, would you, you SNIVELLING CRAWLING PIECES OF FORKED-TONGUE RUBBISH! This'll learn you!' 'Don't do that, Snotlout,' said Hiccup quietly. Hiccup didn't normally stand up to Snotlout, but he

“我们知道我们要做什么，”车夫冷笑着说，闭上一只眼睛，舒服地坐了下来。 “我们就在这儿美美地睡上一觉，而你却汗流浃背地爬上内陆群岛最大的山峰……”鼻涕脸鼻鼻子大吼道。 “那种‘说龙腔’的娘娘腔对这些畜生没用！”鼻子哥从戈伯放松的手里夺过那根黑鞭子，啪地一声抽了起来。 Snnnnnnaaaap !龙司机眨了眨眼睛。 鼻子又抽了抽鞭子，这一次鞭子的末端用一只眼睛抽打着剑牙的脸。 司机痛苦地叫了一声，跳了起来，其余的狗跟着他，愤怒而又尊敬。 男孩们欢呼起来。“就应该这样做！”鼻涕鼻子咧嘴笑着，抽打着另一条恶龙，纯粹是为了取乐。 动物嚎叫着，鼻鼻子笑了。 “不听我的话，好不好，你这个又哭又爬、舌头分叉的垃圾！”这会让你吸取教训的！“别这样，小鼻子，”小嗝嗝平静地说。 小嗝嗝通常不会反抗小鼻子，但他

couldn't bear to see an animal as proud and dignified as a Sabre-Tooth Driver made to dance about like a monkey. Snotlout stopped what he was doing to turn on Hiccup. 'What's this?' sneered Snotlout. 'Is Hiccup the Useless trying to tell Snotlout the HERO what to do? Face it, Hiccup, the snow will turn as blue as Gobber the Belch's nose before YOU become the Chief of the Hooligan Tribe.' Snotlout snapped the whip, and it curled cruelly forward at Hiccup, hitting him on the chest. It would have been a very painful lash, if it hadn't been for the fact that sleeping down Hiccup's waistcoat was Hiccup's small, disobedient hunting dragon, Toothless. The cutting edge of the whip hit Toothless on the hard, horny skin of his behind, and woke him out of his hibernation sleep. Toothless climbed up out of Hiccup's collar, sat on his shoulder and puffed out his neck in fury. 'S-something hit T-t-toothless on the b-b- bottom! H-h-how can T-t-toothless s-s-sleep with things hitting him on the b-b-bottom!' 'Why isn't your ridiculous pinprick of a hunting

我不忍心看到像剑齿虎一样骄傲和高贵的动物像猴子一样跳舞。 鼻子哥停下手上的事，把矛头指向嗝嗝。 “这是什么?鼻涕鼻子讥笑道。 “没用的嗝嗝是想告诉英雄鼻子该怎么做吗？” 面对现实吧，嗝嗝，在你成为流氓部落的首领之前，雪会变成像打嗝人戈伯的鼻子一样蓝的。”“鼻子哥”啪的一声抽了鞭子，鞭子无情地朝小嗝嗝挥去，打在他的胸口上。 如果不是睡在嗝嗝马甲上的是那条不听话的小猎狗“无牙龙”，这一鞭一定很痛。 鞭子锋利的刀刃打在无牙坚硬、角质的屁股上，把他从冬眠中唤醒。 无牙从嗝嗝的项圈里爬了出来，坐在他的肩膀上，愤怒地伸直脖子。 有什么东西砸在屁股上了！没有牙的他怎么睡得着屁股上的东西！“你那可笑的小针尖似的狩猎，为什么不去呢？

dragon hibernating like all the others?' blustered Snotlout. 'I was worried he was getting too cold,' replied Hiccup, soothing Toothless by scratching him softly in between the horns. 'He didn't dig himself a deep enough Hibernation Hole, and if a dragon gets too cold he can stay asleep for centuries. So I dug him up and I've been carrying him around with me to keep him warm.' 'And now T-t-toothless woken up too EARLY!' raged Toothless. 'Issa f-f-freezing!' 'What,' scoffed Snotlout, 'what is your pathetic pinprick of a dragon,' (for Toothless was the smallest hunting dragon anybody has ever seen, before or since) 'what is your ridiculous frogspawn of a reptile wearing?' Toothless was wearing a fur coat. Hiccup had made it in a desperate attempt to keep the little dragon warm. 'Oh this is too good– hold me up, Dogsbreath!' snorted Snotlout. 'Hiccup has made his ickle teeny dwagon an ickle teeny furry DRESS!' 'Issa c-c-coat!' hissed Toothless. 'Issa C-C- COAT!' 'A dragon in a dress!' squealed Snotlout. 'HA HA HA HA!' roared the boys. 'A dragon in a dress!'

龙和其他人一样冬眠？鼻涕鼻子吼道。 “我还担心它会太冷呢，”小嗝嗝回答道，一边轻轻地抓着无牙的两角之间，安慰着它。 “他没有给自己挖一个足够深的冬眠洞，如果龙太冷了，它可以睡上几个世纪。 所以我把他挖了出来我一直带着他来保暖。“现在无牙t醒得太早了！”无牙怒吼道。 “伊萨f-f-freezing !“什么，”鼻鼻子嘲笑道，“你这条可怜的尖刺龙是什么东西？”（因为无牙龙是迄今为止人们见过的最小的猎龙。）“你那可笑的蛙卵爬行动物穿的是什么？”无牙穿着一件毛皮大衣。 小嗝嗝是为了让小龙暖和一点而做的绝望的尝试。 “哦，这太好了——把我举起来，狗息！”鼻涕鼻子哼了一声。 “小嗝嗝做了他的小马车和小毛衣！”“伊萨——大衣！”无牙嘶嘶地说。 “伊萨——————大衣！”“一条穿裙子的龙！”鼻涕鼻子尖声叫道。 “哈哈哈哈哈！”孩子们吼道。 “一条穿裙子的龙！”

Even the Sabre-Tooth Driver Dragons joined in. 'Oh my Claws and Jaws,' drawled One Eye. 'I do believe that is the smallest hunting dragon I have EVER seen dressed up in HUMAN WRAPPINGS! Has it no shame?' Poor Toothless stood up very straight and stiff on Hiccup's shoulder. Beginning with his horns and spreading slowly downwards, he turned a delicate shade of pink. He closed his jaws tightly and smoke rings blew out of his ears. 'Issa v-v-very stylish winter COAT,' he said gruffly. 'Yer all j-j-jealous.' Snotlout started barking out orders. OK,' we've wasted enough time here… everybody get themselves into pairs and grab on to the harness of one of these Sabre-Tooth Brutes… you two LOSERS,' he pointed at Hiccup and Fishlegs, 'can have the half-blind one.' 'You don't like us humans much, do you, One Eye?' said Hiccup, as he and Fishlegs shuffled themselves into position behind the enormous Sabre-Tooth.

甚至连剑齿虎也加入了进来。 “哦，我的爪子和大白鲨，”一只眼睛慢吞吞地说。 “我相信这是我所见过的穿着人类外衣的最小的猎龙！”这难道不丢人吗？”可怜的无牙站在嗝嗝的肩膀上，笔直而僵硬。 从他的角开始，慢慢向下扩展，他变成了一种微妙的粉红色。 他咬紧牙关，耳朵里冒出了烟圈。 “这是一件非常时髦的冬季大衣。”他粗声粗气地说。 “你们都在吃醋。”鼻子哥开始大声发号施令。 “好了，我们在这里浪费的时间已经够多了……每个人都成双结对，抓住其中一只剑齿虎的马具……你们两个失败者，”他指着嗝嗝和鱼腿，“可以用那只半瞎的马。”“你不太喜欢我们人类，是吗，独眼？”小嗝嗝说，他和鱼腿在巨大的剑齿虎后面挪动着位置。