10 Are You the Stuff that Heroes Are Made Of

10. ARE YOU THE STUFF THAT HEROES ARE MADE OF OR ARE YOU A JELLYFISH IN A SKIRT? They had landed in a large cave chamber, with walls of ice, the air breathtakingly cold. It was lit up by Glow-worms, and Slugbulbs, and the odd blinking light of an Electricsticky. An Electricsticky is a bit like an Electricsquirm, but it clings to cave walls with a sticky substance it secretes out of its bottom. DO NOT PICK ONE

10. 你是做英雄的材料还是穿裙子的水母？ 他们降落在一个很大的洞穴里，四周都是冰，空气冷得令人窒息。 它被萤火虫、鼻涕虫和电棒发出的奇怪的闪光照亮了。 电粘虫有点像电蠕动虫，但它靠底部分泌的一种粘性物质附着在洞穴壁上。 不要选一个

UP– they give you a terrible electric shock. Plus they're not very hygienic. It was exceptionally beautiful– somehow Hiccup had not been expecting that. The ice gleamed blue and green and yellow, winking rainbows as the Slugbulbs buzzed dozily across the cave like enormous round bumble-bees of light. Gorgeous ice stalactites dripped from the ceiling in fantastically contorted shapes.

他们会给你可怕的电击。 而且它们不太卫生。 它美得出奇——不知怎的，小嗝嗝没有预料到这一点。 冰闪着蓝色、绿色和黄色的光，像闪烁着彩虹，鼻涕虫像巨大的圆形大黄蜂一样在洞穴里嗡嗡作响。 华丽的冰钟乳石从天花板上滴下，形状奇形怪状。

There were numerous different tunnels leading away from the chamber, and a strange noise like a distant rumble, or could it be roaring? 'How interesting,' whispered Hiccup slowly. 'The tunnels are made of ice– they must be lava tubes– or perhaps they're the old tunnels of a Giant Burrowing Slitherfang.' 'You always get interested at really frightening moments,' moaned Fishlegs. 'What if that Giant Burrowing Slitherfang was still alive?' 'Then it would be roughly ten million years old,' said Hiccup. 'Look, the cave dragons are still hibernating. We just have to keep as quiet as we can, and search for that Fire Pit the witch was talking about. I mean, something like a Fire Pit has got to be pretty obvious, don't you think?' 'Where do we start?' whispered Fishlegs. They spent the first hour going round in circles. The tunnels were icy, and they could race down them at quite a speed on their bone skates, shooting through tunnels that looped in and out of each other like a web spun by a spider that had gone crazy. They had one slightly alarming moment when they entered a cavern that was dripping with dragons

有无数条不同的隧道通向密室，还有一种奇怪的声音，像是远处的隆隆声，或者是咆哮声？ “真有意思，”小嗝嗝慢慢地小声说。 “这些隧道是冰砌成的——它们一定是熔岩管——或者它们可能是巨型穴居滑牙的旧隧道。“你总是在真正可怕的时刻才感兴趣，”鱼腿呻吟道。 “如果那个巨大的钻地滑牙还活着呢？”“那么它大概有一千万年的历史了，”希卡普说。 “看，洞龙还在冬眠。 我们得尽量保持安静，然后去找女巫说过的火坑。 我是说，像火坑这样的东西肯定很明显，你不觉得吗？“我们从哪里开始呢？”鱼腿低声说。 头一个小时他们在原地打转。 隧道里结了冰，他们可以穿着骨溜冰鞋以相当快的速度滑下去，穿过一个个环环相扣的隧道，就像疯了的蜘蛛结的网一样。 当他们进入一个满是龙的洞穴时，他们感到有些不安

of all shapes and sizes, over every rock and hanging from the ceiling in thick clusters, like bats. But Hiccup was right, they were all still hibernating, and the three companions backed out of the chamber without being detected.

形状各异，大小不一，在每块岩石上，像蝙蝠一样，密密地挂在天花板上。 但是嗝嗝说得对，他们都还在冬眠，三个同伴没有被发现就退出了房间。

However an hour later, they were back where they started, at the cauldron and the well, with no sign of a Fire Pit. 'OK,' whispered Hiccup, 'this is going to be harder than I thought. These tunnels go on for ever.' He checked the ticking-thing. 'We only have two hours left…' But Stormfly had shot ahead, and spotted something. 'Look!' she screeched, zooming back to them in a glorious golden swoop. She had spied something with her sharp yellow eyes. 'There seems to be a trail of some sort of chain at the edge of the corridor. Should we follow it instead of going randomly round in circles? Although that is fun.' 'I saw that!' crowed Toothless. 'I s-s-saw the chain too! You saw it first, Stormfly,' he added

然而，一个小时后，他们又回到了出发的地方，在坩埚和井边，没有任何火坑的迹象。 “好吧，”小嗝嗝低声说，“这比我想象的要难。 这些隧道永远延伸下去。”他检查了滴答作响的东西。 “我们只剩下两个小时了……”但是暴风虻已经跑在前面，发现了什么东西。 “看!她尖声叫道，以光彩夺目的金色俯冲向他们飞了过来。 她那双锐利的黄眼睛发现了什么东西。 “在走廊边上似乎有一条链子的痕迹。 我们应该跟着它走，而不是随意绕着圈子走吗？ 虽然那很有趣。“我看见了！”无牙嚷道。 “我——我——我也看到了那条链子！”“你先看到的，暴风虻。”他补充说

hurriedly, 'because you're BRILLIANT, but I saw that t-t-too!' The chain looked like it was going somewhere… unlike themselves. It started right back at the cauldron tipped on its side, and snaked as far as they could see along the corridor ahead. 'OK,' said Hiccup, for want of anything better to do. 'Everyone draw their swords, and let's follow the chain.'

赶紧说，“因为你很聪明，但我也看到了！”链条看起来像是要去什么地方……不像他们自己。 它从倒过来的坩埚后面开始，沿着前面的走廊蜿蜒而行，一直到他们看不见的地方。 “好吧，”嗝嗝说，因为他找不到更好的办法了。 “每个人都拔出剑来，让我们跟着铁链走。”