24 Epilogue

EPILOGUE Was it really sixty-five years ago that I discovered my destiny in the darkness of Berserk? It is another world, a vanished world, the dragons, the witches, the storms, the swordfights and the shipwrecks of my childhood. The boy I was is so far away to me now. Sometimes I dream that same dream, though, the one that haunted me long ago, of the ghost-lady, and the ship, and the boy on his dragon. The ghost of course is the ghost of Hiccup the Second's mother, Chinhilda, and she haunts the Bay of the Broken Heart, calling out for the baby who was taken from her by her own husband. That same dream still shakes my old body awake sixty-five years later in an ague of shivers and trembling in the dark watches of the night. But the dream has slightly changed. When I dream that dream now, I am the ghost- lady, calling out to my lost child. 'Hiccup!' I cry longingly, 'Hiccup! Come back to me, Hiccup…' And I hold out my arms. But the boy on the dragon is disappearing into

我真的是在六十五年前，在狂暴的黑暗中发现了我的命运吗？ 这是另一个世界，一个消失的世界，有龙、女巫、风暴、剑斗和我童年的沉船。 过去的我对我来说是那么遥远。 有时候我也会做同样的梦，那个很久以前一直困扰着我的梦，梦到那个女幽灵，梦到那条船，梦到那个骑着龙的男孩。 这个鬼魂当然是小嗝嗝二世的母亲奇希尔达的鬼魂，她经常出没在心碎湾，呼唤着被她自己的丈夫从她身边带走的孩子。 65年后的今天，在漆黑的夜里，同样的梦仍然使我那苍老的身体在颤抖和颤抖中醒来。 但梦想已经略有改变。 当我现在做那个梦的时候，我就是那个鬼夫人，呼唤着我失去的孩子。 “打嗝!”我渴望地叫道：“嗝嗝！回到我身边来，小嗝嗝……”我伸出双臂。 但是龙上的男孩正在消失在

the clouds, fading into the airy glory of the next world, and there is absolutely nothing I can do to stop that from happening. The boy turns his head. I cannot see his face at this distance, but he is heart-breakingly young. I hear his voice, very, very faintly. 'Don't worry!' he calls. 'I will come back, I promise…' And here he is.

云，消失在另一个世界的空气荣耀中，我绝对无法阻止这一切的发生。 男孩转过头去。在这么远的地方我看不见他的脸，但他年轻得令人心碎。 我听到了他的声音，非常非常微弱。 “别担心!他喊道。“我会回来的，我保证……”他来了。

CAN THE HOOK SURVIVE THE FLAMES?

钩子能经受住火焰的考验吗？

CAN the Seadragon Furious organise a second Dragon Rebellion that aims to extinguish the entire human race? And if so, which side is Toothless going to be on? WHAT is the terrible choice that Hiccup is going to have to make? And WHEN is everybody going to find out that he has the Slavemark? And, last but not least, SURELY, SURELY, that one- legged, one-armed, no-nosed, follically-challenged villain Alvin the Treacherous has not survived, yet again, the fire that burnt down the island of Berserk, and lived to fight another day???? Watch out for the next volume of Hiccup's memoirs, How to Steal a Dragon's Sword

狂暴海龙能组织第二次龙叛乱，目的是消灭整个人类吗？ 如果是的话，无牙会站在哪一边呢？ 小嗝嗝要做的可怕选择是什么？ 什么时候大家才能知道他有奴隶标记？ 最后但并非最不重要的，当然，当然，那个一条腿，一只手，没有鼻子，毛囊受损的恶棍阿尔文没有幸存下来，再一次，烧毁狂暴岛的大火，并活到了另一天？？？？ 请关注下一卷Hiccup的回忆录《如何偷龙之剑》