2 The Something on the Beach

2. THE SOMETHING ON THE BEACH Poor Fishlegs jumped two feet in the air, thinking that the Something might be a ghost-lady. But it was Something large and solid sticking up out of the white sands of the Beach of the Broken Heart. 'Maybe it's Camicazi's boat!' cried Hiccup hopefully, screwing up his eyes and trying to see. 'Perhaps it crashed and it's sticking kind of upwards out of the sand…' 'WARRIORS!' bellowed Stoick. 'LET US INVESTIGATE THE SOMETHING ON THE BEACH BEFORE WE CARRY ON LOOKING FOR THE PERFECT CAMPING SPOT! IT COULD BE THE MISSING CHILD WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR!' The Warriors were a little reluctant, to say the least.

2. 可怜的鱼腿在空中跳了两英尺，以为那东西可能是个鬼女人。 但它是一个巨大而坚实的东西，从破碎的心海滩的白色沙滩上伸出来。 “也许是卡米卡齐的船！”小嗝嗝满怀希望地叫道，他眯起眼睛想看清楚。 “也许它坠毁了，从沙子里向上伸出来……”斯托伊克吼道。 “在我们继续寻找完美的露营地点之前，让我们先调查一下海滩上的东西吧！”这可能就是我们一直在寻找的那个失踪的孩子！”勇士队有点不情愿，至少可以这么说。

The sun was sinking rapidly, in a beautiful display of pink and red and gold. However, no one was in the mood to appreciate a lovely sunset. Was it their imaginations, or was that drumming noise coming from the direction of the island of Berserk getting louder? 'But Chief,' Nobber Nobrains pointed out, 'that beach over there is not only haunted, it is also part of the territory of UG the Uglithug.' UG the Uglithug didn't like visitors. 'Well we're not going to land or anything are we?' barked Stoick the Vast. 'We're just going to check it out… and what are you doing questioning my orders? I AM THE CAPTAIN OF THIS SHIP AND YOU SHOULD OBEY WITHOUT QUESTION!' So they oared their weary way towards the Something on the beach, grumbling as they went. 'O Useless, you're just a delight I could just smack your Useless fat head,' snarled Snotlout savagely. 'And I would if I wasn't too tired and hungry to be bothered.' But as they drew nearer, into the shallower water of the Bay, through a jigsaw of floating driftwood that had been thrown up by the storm, even in the failing light of the dying evening it clearly wasn't a boat. 'It's too rectangular,' said Fishlegs.

太阳迅速下沉，呈现出粉红色、红色和金色的美丽景象。 然而，没有人有心情欣赏美丽的日落。 是他们的想象，还是从狂暴岛那边传来的鼓声越来越响？ “可是头儿，”诺伯·诺布林指出，“那边的海滩不仅闹鬼，而且还是格格里格人领地的一部分。”丑八怪不喜欢客人。 “嗯，我们不会着陆什么的，对吧？”巨人斯托伊克吼道。 “我们只是去检查一下……你为什么要质疑我的命令？” 我是这艘船的船长，你应该毫无疑问地服从！”于是他们疲惫地划着桨，向海滩上的那个东西走去，一路上嘟囔着。 “哦，没用的，你真是个可爱的家伙，我真想打你没用的肥脑袋。” “如果我不是又累又饿，不想被打扰的话，我会去的。”但是，当他们走近海湾较浅的水域，穿过风暴卷起的一堆浮木时，即使在暮色渐暗的光线下，那也显然不是一艘船。 “太长了，”鱼腿说。

What could it be? Fishlegs had just decided in his head that it was a COFFIN when there was a sudden CRRRUNCCH!! from the ship's bottom and they came to an abrupt halt. 'FOOLS!' yelled Stoick. 'You've hit a rock!' 'You didn't tell us to stop,' pointed out Nobber Nobrains, not unreasonably. 'You're the Captain. We just obey orders.' They had hit a rock, and holed the boat. Water poured in from the starboard side. And The Fat Penguin gently laid her very fat bottom on the sand of the Beach of the Broken Heart and refused to move. It is always embarrassing for a Viking when he sinks his own boat. Especially in only two feet of water. It is an occupational hazard.

会是什么呢？鱼腿刚在脑子里断定那是一口棺材，突然听到一声“crrrunch”！！他们从船底出来，突然停了下来。 “傻瓜!斯托伊克喊道。“你撞到石头了！”“你没有叫我们停下来，”诺伯·诺布林不无道理地指出。 “您是船长。我们只是服从命令。”他们撞上了一块岩石，把船撞了个洞。 水从右舷倾泻而下。 胖企鹅轻轻地把她胖胖的屁股放在心碎海滩的沙滩上，一动不动。 维京人弄沉自己的船总是很尴尬的。 尤其是在只有两英尺深的水里。 这是一种职业危害。

But it could not have happened at a more awkward time. The Vikings got out of the boat. The water was knee-deep. Tactfully, nobody said anything. 'THUNDERING THIGHS AND GINGERY WHISKERS AND LITTLE TWIRLY BITS OF THE GREAT GOD THOR!' exclaimed Stoick the Vast, bright red in the face. As he shook his fist at the heavens above, the last blink of sun disappeared on the horizon, and there they were, stranded on the

但这发生在一个最尴尬的时刻。 维京人下了船。 水没膝深。机智地，没有人说话。 “雷鸣般的大腿，姜黄色的胡须，还有伟大雷神的小旋转！”巨人斯托伊克喊道，他的脸涨得通红。 当他向天空挥拳时，最后一缕太阳消失在地平线上，他们被困在

Beach of the Broken Heart until they could mend the boat in the morning. 'RIGHT!' shouted Stoick the Vast. 'I think we've found our camp for the night.' The Hooligans on the other boat weren't so very keen to join them on the beach. 'Our boat is all right,' called out Baggybum the Beerbelly. 'We might just stay aboard and sleep here…' 'WHADDAYATALKING ABOUT?' roared Stoick the Vast. 'HOOLIGANS STAND TOGETHER! GET OUT HERE DOUBLE QUICK!' It was not what you might call the perfect camping spot. But what choice did they have? The sun had sunk. So had their boat. The moon was coming up, and the first of the Glow-worms were beginning to light up the still evening air. Too tired to argue, the Hooligans anchored the other boat where it was, and threw their animal skin blankets over their shoulders, and waded through the knee-high water and up and on to the beach. At least they found out what the Something on the beach was. It was a Throne.

心碎海滩，直到他们能在早上修好船。 “正确!巨人斯托伊克喊道。 “我想我们已经找到过夜的营地了。”另一艘船上的小流氓不太想和他们一起去海滩。 “我们的船没事，”啤酒肚Baggybum喊道。 “我们也许就待在船上，睡在这儿……”巨人斯托伊克吼道。 “流氓们站在一起！”快给我出来！”这不是你所说的完美的露营地。 但他们还有什么选择呢？ 太阳已经落山了。他们的船也是如此。 月亮升起来了，第一批萤火虫开始照亮夜晚宁静的空气。 流氓们太累了，懒得争辩，只好把另一条船停泊在原地，把兽皮毯子披在肩上，蹚过齐膝深的水，爬上海滩。 至少他们发现了沙滩上的那个东西是什么。 那是座王座。

An enormous, empty THRONE. It was carved out of a single piece of white marble, but it had obviously just come out of the water, for it was covered with a film of green algae, and it was plastered as thickly with barnacles as if they were jewels, and long trails of seaweed drifted from the shell-encrusted arms. The Throne was enormous, and such was its solid position on the beach it was as if it were inhabited by a giant invisible god, sitting there quietly, looking out to sea. 'How extraordinary,' breathed Stoick the Vast. 'Where do you think this came from? And the Hooligan coat of arms is on the back! This must belong to US… How quite extraordinary! But I've never seen a Throne like this in my life! And what on earth is a valuable Hooligan Throne doing miles out here, abandoned on a beach in the Uglithug Territories? It's ini… ini… what do I mean to say, Hiccup?' 'Inexplicable,' said Hiccup, peering rather cautiously at the Throne. There was something about this Throne that gave him the spooks. Maybe it was the faint impression of a blood-stain on the back of it. A very old

巨大而空旷的王座。 它是用一块白色的大理石雕刻而成的，但显然它是刚从水里出来的，因为它上面覆盖着一层绿藻，上面粘满了厚厚的藤壶，仿佛它们是珠宝一样。 王座是巨大的，它在海滩上的稳固位置，仿佛住着一个巨大的看不见的神，静静地坐在那里，望着大海。 “太了不起了，”巨人斯托伊克喘着气说。 “你觉得这是从哪儿来的？” 足球流氓的纹章在后面！这一定是美国的……太不寻常了！但我这辈子从没见过这样的王座！一个珍贵的流氓王座被遗弃在几英里外的Uglithug领地的海滩上，到底是为了什么？ 我该怎么说呢，小嗝嗝？“无法解释，”西卡普说，小心翼翼地望着王座。 这个王座给了他一些幽灵。 也许是它背后的血迹留下的痕迹。 一个非常古老的