3 The Hunters Become the Hunted

3. THE HUNTERS BECOME THE HUNTED Open-mouthed, almost in a trance, Hiccup watched the furious frantic progress of his friend down the mountainside. 'YOU HORRIBLE HALITOSIS HADDOCK!' shrieked Fishlegs in a frenzy. 'YOU PATHETIC PIECES OF PLANKTON! I CAN SEE YOU– YOU'RE BLUBBING LIKE BABIES AT THE THOUGHT OF FIGHTING A REAL VIKING!' One Eye, the Sabre-Tooth Driver Dragon, was watching Fishlegs with something approaching awe. 'You know, I underestimated your friend,' he grunted respectfully. 'I thought he was a complete weed, but I have to admit, that is BRAVE… Suicidal, of course, but definitely brave…' The Hysterics were so completely amazed to find themselves being attacked out of the blue by a single, undersized, under-age member of another Tribe that for a moment they just froze, jaws hanging open, hands filled with deer halfway to their mouths. Fishlegs skied straight at the Hysterics, swinging his sword furiously when he got amongst them,

3. 猎人变成了猎物小嗝嗝张着嘴，几乎进入了恍惚状态，他看着他的朋友狂怒而疯狂地沿着山坡下山。 “你这个讨厌的口臭黑线鳕！”鱼腿狂乱地尖叫着。 “你们这些可怜的浮游生物！”我能看见你们——一想到要和真正的维京人搏斗，你们就像婴儿一样哭个不停！”“独眼”，剑齿龙司机，正带着近乎敬畏的神情看着鱼腿。 “你知道，我低估了你的朋友。”他恭敬地哼了一声。 “我以为他是个十足的杂草，但我不得不承认，这是勇敢的……当然是自杀，但绝对是勇敢的……”歇斯底里的人发现自己被另一个部落的一个身材矮小、年龄不足的成员突然袭击时，完全惊呆了，他们愣了一会儿，嘴巴张得大大的，手里拿着鹿肉。 鱼腿径直向歇斯底里的人扑去，一到他们中间就疯狂地挥舞着他的剑，

but missing of course, and skiing straight over their campfire and on down the hill. For a moment his furs caught on fire, but the wind blew them out again. The Hysterics paused for one second in their astonishment as they watched the small shrieking figure careering down the mountainside. They then looked at one another, and you didn't need to see their faces to know that it was a grim, Let's-Murder- Him-Now sort of look. They fastened on their skis in a businesslike, unhurried fashion, hoisted their bows on to their enormous hairy shoulders, and set off after him. 'Oh, by the Bouncing Buttocks of Beaming Baldur,' panicked Hiccup, setting off down the slope after Fishlegs, 'they're going to kill him, aren't they? What am I going to do?' 'Do?' asked One Eye, bounding beside Hiccup in long easy strides. 'There's nothing you can do… your friend is as good as dead… he's what we in the Sabre-Tooth Pack would call a Walking Corpse… or a SKIING Corpse in his case. There's nothing you can do, and if you ski in this direction YOU may end up dead too…' It looked like the dragon was right. Hiccup was working hard to keep up with the Hysterics. Hysterics are enormous and very strong skiers indeed.

但是，当然是失踪了，直接从他们的营火上滑下山坡。 有一会儿，他的毛皮着火了，但风又把它们吹灭了。 歇斯底里的人惊讶地停了一秒钟，他们看着那个尖叫着的小身影从山腰上冲下来。 然后他们面面相觑，你不用看他们的脸就知道那是一种冷酷的、“现在就杀了他吧”的表情。 他们有条不紊、不慌不忙地系好滑雪板，把弓搭在毛茸茸的大肩膀上，跟着他出发了。 “哦，以微笑的博德的蹦蹦跳跳的屁股起誓，”小嗝嗝惊慌失措地跟着鱼腿往斜坡上走，“他们要杀了他，是不是？ 我该怎么办呢？“做什么?一只眼问，迈着悠长的步伐跳到嗝嗝身边。 “你什么也做不了……你的朋友已经死了……他就是我们剑齿帮里所说的行尸走肉……或者说是滑雪尸。” 你什么也做不了，如果你朝这个方向滑，你可能也会死掉……”看来龙是对的。 小嗝嗝正努力跟上歇斯底里的步伐。 歇斯底里的人确实是非常强壮的滑雪者。

And Fishlegs was travelling at a very fast speed himself, on account of not doing anything fancy like TURNING, admittedly totally out of control, and it was amazing he hadn't fallen over already. Hiccup could see him twisting his head every now and again to shout more insults over his shoulder. The Hysterics were gaining, and one Big Brute carrying a gigantic, double-headed, black and gold axe, fastened an arrow to his bow. Hiccup screeched to a stop, sending out a fan of snow. He fixed an arrow to his own bow. 'Oh my horns and whiskers!' squealed Toothless. 'He's going to d-d-do something! Don't d-d- do it, Hiccup! Don't do it!' Hiccup took careful aim, and let go of the arrow, which sailed through the air, and hit the Big Brute with the Axe who was about to shoot Fishlegs, right bang splat in the bottom.

鱼腿自己也在以非常快的速度行驶，因为他没有做任何像转弯这样的花哨动作，无可否认，他完全失去了控制，奇怪的是他居然还没有摔倒。 小嗝嗝看见他不时扭着头，隔着肩膀骂他几句。 歇斯底里的人逼近了，一个大野兽拿着一把巨大的双头黑金斧头，在弓上系了一支箭。 嗝嗝尖叫着停了下来，发出一团雪。 他把一支箭固定在自己的弓上。 “哦，我的角和胡须！”无牙尖声说。 “他要——要——要做点什么！”别——别——别这样，小嗝嗝！别这么做！”小嗝嗝仔细瞄了瞄，松开了箭，箭在空中飞了起来，正准备砍鱼腿的大野兽正拿着斧头劈在船底上。

It was the first successful hit Hiccup had had all morning. 'Good shot!' roared One Eye, enjoying himself hugely. The Big Brute with the Axe let out a roar, and his arms flailed around wildly. He let fly his own arrow, which, in a streak of glorious luck, soared in a perfect arc… straight into the bottom of the Hysteric skiing in front of him. 'Oh, this is too good…' breathed One Eye. 'Pinch me… it must be my birthday…' That Hysteric then screamed in pain, and pitched forward into a complete somersault, taking out the Hysteric in front of him, who slid on his back into the legs of the last three Hysterics, upturning them like skittles, and all SIX Hysterics ended up in a groaning, tangled, furious, snowy heap. 'Good, good,' muttered Hiccup. 'Now, please make all six of them follow me, not Fishlegs.' 'I think they will!' cried One Eye, crying with laughter, 'Oh, I think they will…' 'OVER HERE!' yelled Hiccup, making quite sure they saw who had caused their downfall, and then for

这是嗝嗝整个上午第一次打得很成功。 “好球!”一只眼吼道，乐得不得了。 拿着斧头的大野兽吼了一声，双臂疯狂地挥舞着。 他把自己的箭射了出去，运气真是太好了，箭飞出了一个完美的弧线，直射入在他面前滑行的“歇斯底里”号的底部。 “哦，这太好了……”一只眼轻声说。 “捏我……一定是我的生日……”那个歇斯底里的人痛苦地尖叫起来，身子向前翻了个筋斗，把他面前的那个歇斯底里的人撞倒了，那个人仰面滑到最后三个歇斯底里的人的腿上，把他们像彩虹糖一样翻了起来，六个歇斯底里的人最后都变成了一堆呻吟着、纠结着、愤怒的雪堆。 “很好，很好。” “现在，请让他们六个都跟着我，而不是鱼腿。“我想他们会的！”一只眼笑着叫道，“哦，我想他们会……”小嗝嗝喊道，等他们看清了是谁造成了他们的垮台，然后就去了

good measure, 'IF YOU'RE NOT AFRAID OF BEING SHOT, YOU… WRIGGLING RUFFIAN RUBBISH!' 'Look what you've d-d-done!' moaned Toothless. 'Those Hysterics are going to be so m-m- mad!' Mad those Hysterics certainly were, as mad as fire, and Hiccup set off down the mountain like a little bolt of lightning. 'We've got a head start,' panted Hiccup, skiing faster than he ever had done in his entire life. 'But it's not going to be enough,' gloated One Eye with relish. 'You've got half the mountain to ski down, and they're going to catch up.' Sure enough, a horribly short time afterwards, Hiccup could hear the Hysterics beginning their pursuit behind him. Five of the Hysterics were howling the Hysterical Howl like a pack of insane high-pitched wolves, and the sixth, the one with the Axe, was screaming more personal insults. 'How DARE you assault MY Royal Buttocks, you midget Hooligan Assassin! We Hysterics are the best Hunters in the entire world, and when I get hold of you I shall chop you with my Chopper and feed you to the

好办法，“如果你不怕被枪毙，你这个……扭动的流氓垃圾！”“看看你做了什么——做了什么！”无牙呻吟道。 “那些歇斯底里的人会非常——非常——疯狂的！”那些歇斯底里的人真是疯了，疯得像火一样，于是嗝嗝像一道小小的闪电一样下山去了。 小嗝嗝喘着气说：“我们已经领先一步了。”他滑得比以往任何时候都快。 “但这还不够，”一只眼津津有味地幸灾乐祸地说。 你要滑下半山腰，他们很快就会赶上来。果然，过了极短的时间，小嗝嗝听到歇斯底里的人开始在他身后追来追去。 五个歇斯底里的人像一群发狂的尖声狼一样发出歇斯底里的嚎叫，第六个，拿着斧头的那个，在尖叫着更多的人身侮辱。 “你竟敢攻击我的皇家臀部，你这个侏儒流氓刺客！”我们歇斯底里者是世界上最好的猎人，当我抓住你的时候，我会用我的斧头把你剁碎，然后把你喂给