20 EPILOGUE BY HICCUP

EPILOGUE BY HICCUP HORRENDOUS HADDOCK THE THIRD, THE LAST OF THE GREAT VIKING HEROES. So that is the story of how, on my twelfth birthday, I came to liberate the Meathead Public Library. My father kept his promise, and gave a passionate speech at the next meeting of 'the Thing' arguing that books were not dangerous, but could be helpful to the Viking Tribes. And such was his influence at that meeting, that the ban on books was lifted, the Library was open to the public once more, and the Driller-Dragons were prevented from grazing in its halls. I have spent many happy hours in that very Library, wandering down the quiet corridors, and opening each book is like opening a door into other times, other worlds. It reminds of me of that time when I discovered the Dragonwhisperer's Way… I myself grew up to be not only a Hero, but also a Writer. When I was an adult, I re-wrote A Hero's Guide to Deadly Dragons, and I included not only some

结尾是嗝嗝可怕的黑线鳕第三个，最后一个伟大的维京英雄。 这就是我的故事，在我12岁生日那天，我解放了梅赫德公共图书馆。 我父亲信守了诺言，在“那件事”的下一次会议上发表了一篇充满激情的演讲，他认为书籍并不危险，但可能对维京部落有帮助。 他在会议上的影响是如此之大，以至于禁书令被解除了，图书馆重新向公众开放，钻龙乐队也被禁止在大厅里吃草。 我在那个图书馆里度过了许多快乐的时光，在安静的走廊里漫步，打开每一本书就像打开了一扇通往另一个时代、另一个世界的门。 这让我想起了我发现龙语者之道的那段时光……我自己长大了，不仅是一个英雄，也是一个作家。 当我成年后，我重写了《致命龙的英雄指南》，我不仅包括了一些

descriptions of the various deadly dragon species, and a useful Dragonese Dictionary, but also this story of how the book came to be written in the first place. This is the book that you are holding in your hands right now. Perhaps you even borrowed it from a Library? If so, thank Thor that the sinister figure of the Hairy Scary Librarian is not lurking round a corner, hiding in the shadows, Heart-Slicers at the ready, or that the punishment for your curiosity is not the whirring whine of a Driller-Dragon's drill. You, dear reader, I am sure cannot imagine what it might be like to live in a world in which books are banned. For surely, such things will never happen in the Future? Thank Thor that you live in a time and a place

对各种致命的龙的描述，一本有用的龙语词典，还有这本书最初是如何写出来的故事。 这就是你现在拿在手里的那本书。 也许是你从图书馆借的？ 如果是这样，感谢雷神，毛茸茸的可怕图书管理员的邪恶人物没有潜伏在角落里，躲在阴影里，准备好了切心刀，或者对你好奇心的惩罚不是钻孔龙的嗡嗡声。 亲爱的读者，我相信你无法想象生活在一个禁书的世界里会是什么样子。 当然，这样的事情在未来永远不会发生。 感谢托尔，你生活在一个时间和一个地方

where people have the right to live and think and write and read their books in peace, and there are no need for Heroes any more… And spare a thought for those who have not been so lucky.

在那里，人们有权利和平地生活、思考、写作和读书，不再需要英雄……想想那些没有这么幸运的人吧。