16 Land Ahoy!

16. LAND AHOY!!!!!! A storm was brewing. Ominous clouds were building up in the skies above, like a god with a headache, and the boat was already beginning to rock beneath their feet as the swell grew larger, and the wind picked up. Suddenly, there was a great flash of lightning that lit up the sky. Hiccup could see distinctly in that sudden flash the black back of the great Sea-dragon on the horizon. And just as the lightning struck, there was a great gleeful cry of JOY from the lookout on the first mast: 'NUTJOB-LAND AHO-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-Y!!!!!!!!!' And the Hysterics rushed to the edge of the boat, jostling and trampling and elbowing each other out of the way. They wanted to be the first to catch a glimpse of that glorious, mythical, land, that mysterious place they called 'America'. That first sighting was just as wonderful as they could possibly have imagined. Above them, the storm was breaking, and rain poured down on their heads, as the ship bucked up and down on the back of the plunging waves.

16. 喂! ! !暴风雨即将来临。 不祥的乌云在天空中积聚，就像一个头痛的神，随着海浪越来越大，风也越来越大，船已经开始在他们脚下摇晃了。 突然，一道巨大的闪电照亮了天空。 在那突如其来的闪光中，嗝嗝清晰地看到了地平线上那条巨大海龙的黑色背影。 就在闪电击中的时候，第一根桅杆上的了望员发出了一声欢乐的大叫声：“坚果岛啊——哦——哦——哦——哦——哦——哦——哦——哦——哦——！！！！！！！！！”歇斯底里的人冲到船边，互相推搡、践踏、用肘把对方挤开。 他们想成为第一个瞥见那片光荣而神秘的土地的人，那片他们称之为“美洲”的神秘之地。 第一眼就像他们想象的那样美妙。 在他们的头顶上，暴风雨正在袭来，雨水倾泻在他们的头上，因为船在汹涌的海浪中颠簸着。

But on the horizon, the long grey smudge of land that seemed to stretch infinitely from west to east was bathed in sunshine under the bluest of blue skies. America. The land of dreams, it really did exist, and in that wonderful moment, it was just as it should be. No sooner had Norbert clapped eyes on this country that he had waited so long, and journeyed so far, to find, that he drew his axe in order to exact an old revenge.

但在地平线上，在最蓝的天空下，那片从西到东似乎无限延伸的长长的灰色陆地沐浴在阳光下。 美国。梦想的土地，它确实存在，在那美妙的时刻，它就像它应该的那样。 诺伯一看到这个他等待了很久，走了很远才找到的地方，就拔出了他的斧头，想要进行一次旧日的报复。

'Now, Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third,' grinned Norbert the Nutjob, with the light of triumph glowing in his manic eye, 'I have no need of YOU any more… and now you will feel the sharp end of the Axe of Doom… PREPARE TO DIE!' Hiccup leapt up on to a barrel so that everyone could see him. 'DON'T KILL ME JUST BECAUSE I'M A RED-HEAD, NORBERT!' shouted Hiccup as loud as he could.

“现在，小嗝嗝，可怕的黑道克三世，”疯子诺伯咧嘴笑着，狂狂的眼睛里闪烁着胜利的光芒，“我再也不需要你了……现在你将感受到厄运之斧的尖尖……准备去死吧！”小嗝嗝跳上了一个桶，这样每个人都能看到他。 “别因为我是红头发就杀我，诺伯特！”小嗝嗝尽可能地大声喊道。

The Hysterics crowded at the ship's rail turned around. 'What's going on?' asked Verociously Violent, whose hair was a great shock of scarlet, flaming like a fiery furnace. 'What are you talking about?' blustered Norbert. 'NORBERT, HERE, DOESN'T WANT ANY RED-HEADS TO BE LIVING IN THE PROMISED LAND!' yelled Hiccup. 'HE'S GOING TO KILL US ALL WITH HIS AXE OF DOOM!' It just so happened that, by coincidence, quite a lot of the red-headed members of the Hysteric Tribe had suffered at the hands of Norbert's wild temper and his experiments. (For instance, Norbert had sent Verociously Violent and Goggle-eyes the Gory up in the air to try out his Flying Machine experiment TWENTY-SEVEN TIMES, and every single time, the Flying Machine had crashed into the sea two minutes after it took off.) So the red-heads drew their swords with an angry rumble of revolt. For their part, the Hysterics with blond hair had always had a secret feeling of superiority. Now that Norbert had brought it up, what could be better than a whole Tribe of blonds, storming into the Future, hair brighter than the cornfields?

挤在船舷边的歇斯底里的人转过身来。 “发生了什么事？”凶悍问道，他的头发是一大片猩红色，像火炉一样燃烧着。 “你在说什么？”诺伯吼道。 诺伯特可不想让任何红头发的人住在应许之地！嗝嗝喊道。 “他要用他的厄运之斧把我们都杀了！”巧合的是，很多歇斯底里部落的红发成员都受到了诺伯特暴躁脾气和他的实验的折磨。 （比如，诺伯曾27次让“凶暴”和“血淋漓”去做他的飞行器实验，但每一次，飞行器都在起飞两分钟后坠入大海。）于是红头发的人拔出剑来，发出愤怒的反抗声。 对他们来说，金发的歇斯底里者一直有一种秘密的优越感。 既然诺伯提起了这件事，还有什么能比一群金发碧眼、头发比玉米地还亮的金发姑娘，冲进未来更好的呢？

So they too drew their swords, and within a couple of seconds, to Norbert's open-mouthed amazement, the entire Tribe of Hysteric Warriors were fighting each other as if they were desperate enemies. It was a terrible battle indeed. Thor's thunder rolled out across the black and angry stormclouds, and great jagged splinters of lightning cracked open the skies and punched down on to the swelling seas all around them. Huge frothing waves spilled over the sides of the boat and across the deck, upsetting the combatants as they fought in the drenching rain. Camicazi joined Hiccup in fighting Norbert. 'YOU, Norbert,' teased Camicazi, 'have the mental capacity of a jellyfish with a lobotomy. You have the leadership skills of a lemming with a learning difficulty. You couldn't run an Empire larger than my toilet without making a complete dog's breakfast of it… which is a bit of a problem for a dictator…' Hiccup lunged forward with a Left-handed Heartseeker, and Norbert was so distracted by Camicazi's insults that he only just parried it in time. And while he was occupied with the parry, Camicazi leapt in and tickled him under the armpits. 'Oooh, nice muscles, Norbert, have you been working out?'

于是他们也拔出了剑。不出几秒钟，让诺伯吃惊的是，整个歇斯底里的勇士部落就像死敌一样互相厮杀起来了。 这的确是一场可怕的战斗。 托尔的雷声穿过漆黑而狂暴的风暴云，锯齿状的巨大闪电划破天空，直击四周汹涌的海面。 巨大的浪花溅过船舷和甲板，把在大雨中战斗的战士们打翻在地。 Camicazi和Hiccup一起对抗Norbert。 “你，诺伯特，”卡米卡齐开玩笑说，“你的思维能力就像一只切除了额叶的水母。 你的领导能力就像有学习困难的旅鼠。 小嗝嗝带着一个左撇子的求心者向前冲去，诺伯特被卡米卡齐的侮辱弄得分神了，他只是及时躲开了它。 当他忙于聚会时，卡米卡齐跳了进来，搔他的腋窝。 “哦，肌肉真棒，诺伯，你最近锻炼了吗？”

With a howl of fury, Norbert shook her off, and Camicazi sprang backwards, and ducked his furious swing of the axe. 'Temper, temper…' she scolded, and so mad with rage was Norbert that he didn't even see Hiccup's Twirling Double-Point until it removed the bottom half of his beard, and meanwhile, Camicazi sneaked in under his left arm, and stole the ticking-thing from out of his pocket, cutting the rope that tied it to Norbert's wrist. 'Is this yours?' asked Camicazi, dangling the ticking-thing in front of him.

诺伯愤怒地大叫一声，把她甩了下去，卡米卡齐向后一跳，躲开了他狂暴的斧头挥动。 “脾气，脾气……”她骂道，诺伯气坏了，连小嗝嗝的双点旋转器都没看见，直到它刮掉了他的下半张胡子。与此同时，卡米卡齐从他的左臂下钻了进来，从口袋里偷走了那个会打响的东西，割断了绑在诺伯手腕上的绳子。 “这是你的吗？”卡米卡齐一边问，一边在他面前晃着滴答作响的东西。