14 The Wicked Witch of the Wilderwest

14. THE WICKED WITCH OF THE WILDERWEST 'Ooh dear, she looks nasty,' whispered the Wodensfang as they came out of the darkness and into the light and the cauldron hit the top of the well with a CLUNK. 'Give me the Crown…' hissed the witch, eyes a-gleam, fingers pointing warningly towards Hiccup like knives. She was a sight to make a man faint, she was, faint with fear on the spot. Toothless was so terrified that he forgot he was supposed to be being helpful. He tried to do his normal dive down the front of Hiccup's

14. “哦，天哪，她看上去真难看。”当他们从黑暗中走到光明里，坩埚砰的一声撞在井顶上时，沃登牙小声说。 “把王冠给我……”女巫嘶嘶地说，眼睛闪闪发光，手指像刀子一样警告地指着小嗝嗝。 她是一个足以使人昏倒的景象，她是，当场吓得昏倒了。 无牙太害怕了，忘了自己应该帮忙。 他试着像往常一样从Hiccup's的前面跳下去

waistcoat, remembered at the last minute that it was currently occupied by the Wodensfang, so lifted up Hiccup's helmet instead, and crawled under there to hide. 'Give me my father, first,' said Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third. The witch smiled, and what a nasty smile it was. She twirled her fingernails, each pointed nail gleaming with death. 'Now, Hiccup,' cooed the witch, 'you are an intelligent boy. You know that it isn't wise to trust the word of a Treacherous. The clue is in the name, really. You will give me that Crown, and you will hand over the King's Things, or else I shall scratch you to death,' grinned the witch. 'For it is better for you to be a live Nothing, than a dead Hero.' 'In which case,' said Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third, walking towards the cupboard, 'I choose not to give you anything at all, for I am not afraid of you.' 'You should be!' shrieked the witch, 'You should be!' The witch wrestled him for

在最后一刻，他想起马甲上住着瓦登方，于是他举起了嗝嗝的头盔，爬到下面躲了起来。 “先把我父亲给我，”可怕的黑线鳕三世说。 女巫笑了，那是多么令人讨厌的笑啊。 她捻着指甲，每一个尖尖的指甲都闪烁着死亡的光芒。 “喂，小嗝嗝，”女巫低声说，“你是个聪明的孩子。 你知道相信背信弃义者的话是不明智的。 线索就在名字里，真的。 “你得把那顶王冠给我，把国王的东西交给我，否则我就把你抓死。”女巫咧嘴笑着说。 “因为对你来说，做一个活着的无名小卒比做一个死去的英雄要好。“那样的话，”可怕的黑线鳕第三边说边朝碗柜走去，“我决定什么也不给你，因为我不怕你。”“你应该高兴！”女巫尖叫道，“你应该害怕！”女巫和他搏斗

a second, hand-to-hand, so that Hiccup's palms were dyed purple with the poison. And then she scratched him as he walked, and the fingernails pierced the fire- suit. Hiccup carried on walking. She pierced him again. Nothing. Hiccup carried on walking. Again and again she scratched him, raked him with those poisoned talons, scraping deep into his skin, dripping poison on his hands, but still he walked, calmly towards the cupboard. This had never happened to the witch before. First, she was bewildered, and then she became scared herself. 'Who ARE you?' she asked querulously. 'Why are you not scared?' she screeched, suddenly small and frightened. 'You know that these fingernails are poisoned with the most deadly poison known to man. Death is scary. How can you not be scared of Death itself?' Hiccup smiled. He looked the witch in the eyes. 'I am not scared because I know something that you do not know. The most deadly poison known

第二次是肉搏战，嗝嗝的手掌被毒药染成了紫色。 然后她在他走路的时候抓了他一下，指甲刺穿了他的防火服。 小嗝嗝继续往前走。 她又给他扎了一针。什么都没有。 小嗝嗝继续往前走。 她一次又一次地抓他，用那些有毒的爪子耙他，深深地刮进他的皮肤，把毒药滴在他的手上，但他仍然走着，平静地朝碗柜走去。 这在女巫身上从来没有发生过。 起初，她很困惑，然后她自己也很害怕。 “你是谁？”她满腹牢骚地问。 “你为什么不害怕？”她尖叫道，突然变小了，吓坏了。 “你知道这些指甲中了人类已知的最致命的毒药。 死亡是可怕的。你怎么能不害怕死亡呢？”打嗝笑了。 他直视着女巫的眼睛。 “我并不害怕，因为我知道一些你不知道的事情。 已知最致命的毒药

to man is Vorpent poison, and I am immune to the poison of the Venomous Vorpent. Ask your son to tell you the story. It was all his fault, really.' The witch screamed as if someone had thrown a bucket of boiling water over her. One second she was this swooping, vengeful Fury. The next she crumpled in on herself, like a collapsing deck of cards. Hiccup carried on walking to the cupboard. He took out the key-that-opens-all-locks with trembling hands. Please, Thor, let him be in here… He MUST be in here, for the key is one of the King's Things and I haven't used it yet… Hiccup opened the door with the key. There in the cupboard were the two heads of Stoick the Vast and UG the Uglithug…

对人来说是毒蛇的毒药，而我对毒蛇的毒药是免疫的。 让你儿子给你讲这个故事。 都是他的错，真的。”女巫尖叫起来，好像有人把一桶开水泼在她身上。 前一秒她还是个猛扑过来的复仇狂。 下一秒，她瘫倒在地，就像一副塌下来的纸牌。 小嗝嗝继续向碗柜走去。 他用颤抖的双手拿出了那把能打开所有锁的钥匙。 “求求你了，托尔，让他进来吧……他一定在这里，因为钥匙是国王的东西之一，而我还没有用过……” 柜子里放着巨人斯托伊克和丑巨人格格的两个脑袋……

For one dreadful moment, Hiccup thought that was all there was, for he had heard a horrible fairytale once about a witch who kept heads in cupboards… …but thankfully the heads were attached to the rest of their bodies. THANK THOR AND FREYA AND WODEN AND EVERYONE ELSE! Giddy with relief, Hiccup cut the ropes and gags that bound Stoick and UG and they staggered out of the cupboard. 'Father!' cried Hiccup, and 'Hiccup!' cried Stoick, and it is difficult to know who was happier, as they enveloped each other in a joyful embrace. UG staggered out of that cupboard like a deflated balloon. He had had a particularly dreadful time with the witch, who had kept on taking him out of the cupboard and beating him at chess, before putting him back in again, and saying she might kill him tomorrow. The experience had been a humbling one.* *The witch may have wanted to pay UG back for imprisoning her for twenty years in a tree trunk. Please see How to Break a Dragon's Heart. 'Hop in,' said Hiccup genially to the witch, pointing his sword Endeavour at her, and opening wide the cupboard door. Well, what could the witch do?

在那可怕的一刻，小嗝嗝以为这就是全部了，因为他曾经听过一个可怕的童话故事，讲的是一个女巫把人头放在橱柜里... ...，但谢天谢地，这些头都附着在了他们身体的其余部分上。 谢谢thor， Freya， woden和其他所有人！小嗝嗝松了口气，头晕目眩地割断了绑着斯托伊克和UG的绳子和塞子，他们摇摇晃晃地走出了碗柜。 “父亲!嗝嗝叫道，“嗝嗝！”斯托伊克喊道，当他们快乐地拥抱在一起的时候，很难知道谁更幸福。 UG像一个泄气的气球一样摇摇晃晃地从橱柜里出来。 他和那个女巫有过一段特别可怕的经历，她不断地把他从柜子里拿出来，下象棋打败他，然后又把他放进去，还说明天要杀了他。 这段经历让我感到羞愧。* *女巫可能是想报复UG把她囚禁在树干里20年。 请看《如何伤龙之心》。 “上车吧，”小嗝嗝亲切地对女巫说，同时把他的宝剑“奋进号”指着她，打开了橱门。 那女巫能做什么呢？

Her venom had no bite any more. She was like a rattle snake with no rattle. A puff adder with no puff. A Hero with no mojo. Her scary fingernails drooped. 'Quick! Quick!' said Hiccup. The witch got in the cupboard. Hiccup reached out with the Sword Endeavour, and cut the key from around her neck. He locked the door of the cupboard twice, with both keys, just to make sure. 'By the way,' he shouted through the keyhole. 'You're very good at the "wicked" stuff, but you're terrible at chess.' He walked to the chess table and moved a pawn one space. 'Checkmate,' said Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third. Stoick and UG the Uglithug stared at him open- mouthed. 'We've got to get the others up now,' said Hiccup briskly. 'Get that handle moving. Quick! Quick!' With the bulging muscles of Stoick the Vast and UG the Uglithug working the handle, well, that

她的毒液不再有任何杀伤力了。 她就像一条没有响尾蛇的响尾蛇。 一个没有泡泡的泡泡蝰蛇。 一个没有魔力的英雄。她可怕的指甲耷拉着。 “快!快!小嗝嗝说。 女巫进了橱柜。 嗝嗝伸出奋力之剑，从她脖子上割下钥匙。 为了万无一失，他用两把钥匙把柜门锁了两次。 “顺便说一句，”他从钥匙孔里喊道。 “你很擅长‘邪恶’的东西，但你下棋很糟糕。”他走到棋桌前，把一个小兵移动了一步。 “将死，”可怕的黑线鳕第三号嗝嗝说。 斯托伊克和丑格目瞪口呆地盯着他。 “我们现在得把其他人扶起来。”嗝嗝轻快地说。 “把那个把手动起来。快!快!”用巨人斯托伊克和猛兽格的鼓鼓囊囊的肌肉握着手柄，嗯，那