12 A Hero’s Guide to Deadly Dragons

12. A HERO'S GUIDE TO DEADLY DRAGONS Hiccup had discovered how to deal with Poisonous Piffleworms some six months earlier, observing their behaviour one day dragon-watching at Wild Dragon Cliff. But in the terror of this moment, he couldn't quite remember what he had written in his notebook. He closed his eyes desperately… what was it now? He had a horrible feeling that you had to rub their tummies with the end of a nettle? No, on reflection, he thought that was Deadly Nadders… Thank goodness, because there weren't any nettles lying about… Did you blow in their eyes? No, that was Toxic Nightshades… 'What do we do now, Hiccup?' whispered Fishlegs, with his hands over his ears, trying to cut out the sound of those padding feet getting closer and closer. 'Do you think we can creep

12. 大约六个月前，嗝嗝在野龙崖观察了毒蠕虫的行为，发现了如何对付它们。 但在此刻的恐惧中，他不太记得自己在笔记本上写了些什么。 他绝望地闭上眼睛……现在又是什么？ 他有一种可怕的感觉，你必须用荨麻的末端来揉他们的肚子？ 不，仔细一想，他以为那是致命的纳德蛇……谢天谢地，因为周围没有荨麻……你对着它们的眼睛吹气了吗？ 不，那是毒茄……“我们现在怎么办，小嗝嗝？”鱼腿小声说，双手捂着耳朵，试图不让听见那两只脚越来越近的声音。 “你认为我们能爬吗？

through them without waking them up?' As if in answer to this question, the nearest Piffleworm stirred in its sleep, opening its eyes briefly for a second, yawning and flicking out its little forked tongue, so that a droplet of purple venom landed on the edge of the brickwork. It sizzled through the stone like acid, leaving a little puff of purple smoke rising from the hole. The Piffleworm closed its eyes again. 'Oh, brother…' moaned Fishlegs. If only Father hadn't confiscated my book… Hiccup thought to himself. If only I had A Hero's Guide to Deadly Dragons with me RIGHT NOW. Hang on a second… what am I thinking about? I do have A Hero's Guide to Deadly Dragons with me right now. Hiccup looked down at the big, heavy, dusty old book he was holding in his hand. My ancestor must have written about Poisonous Piffleworms in here. Hiccup flung open the book.

通过它们而不惊醒它们？”离他最近的那只皮夫虫似乎是在回答这个问题，它在睡梦中动了起来，睁了一会儿眼睛，打了个呵欠，伸出了分叉的小舌头，一滴紫色的毒液落在砖墙的边缘上。 它像酸一样滋滋地穿过石头，从洞里冒出一股紫色的烟。 侏儒虫又闭上了眼睛。 “哦，兄弟……”鱼腿呻吟道。 要是爸爸没有没收我的书就好了……小嗝嗝心想。 要是我现在有《致命龙的英雄指南》就好了。 等一下，我在想什么？ 我现在确实带着《致命龙的英雄指南》 小嗝嗝低头看了看手里拿着的那本又大又重、满是灰尘的旧书。 我的祖先一定在这里写过毒蚯蚓。 小嗝嗝猛地打开书。

There was a Warning on the first page, written in large ink-smudged capitals. WARNING! READ THE HERO'S GUIDE TO DEADLY DRAGONS AND YOU WILL DIE 'We ALL die,' said Hiccup aloud, '…eventually.'

第一页上有一条警告，用被墨水弄脏的大写字母写着。 警告!“我们都会死，”小嗝嗝大声说，“……最终都会死。”

...and this time he really did laugh. For written on the next page were the words:

…这次他真的笑了。 因为下一页上写着这样的话：