3 Grappling with the Problem

3. GRAPPLING WITH THE PROBLEM Now there you are, you see. That explains what Hiccup was doing three quarters of the way up Angry Mountain, and that some sort of danger awaited him up at the Flashburn School of Swordfighting. If, of course, they ever even made it to the Flashburn School of Swordfighting. Now, where were we? Oh, yes, the revolting Tonguetwister had slid its tongue around Hiccup's arm as he dangled from the hammock, completely vulnerable, and suspended over a three-thousand-foot drop. The dragon had paused, its disgusting mouth open with black saliva dripping from its fangs. All seven of its eyes were focused on Hiccup's sword, and his sword alone. The dragon shifted its grip a moment, preparing to twist off the whole arm with the sword…

3. 解决问题现在你看到了吧。 这就解释了小嗝嗝爬上愤怒山四分之三的时候在做什么，也解释了在Flashburn剑术学校有某种危险在等着他。 当然了，如果他们能进入Flashburn剑术学校的话。 现在，我们说到哪了？哦，是的，当小嗝嗝在吊床上晃来晃去的时候，这条令人作呕的绕口令把舌头绕在了他的胳膊上，他完全是脆弱的，悬在三千英尺的高处。 恶龙停了下来，它那恶心的嘴巴张着，黑色的唾液从毒牙里滴下来。 它的七只眼睛都盯着嗝嗝的剑，而且只盯着他的剑。 巨龙把剑握了一下，准备用剑把他的整条胳膊扭断……

And Toothless, who had given up trying to wake the Windwalker, realized that he would have to take drastic action himself. He leapt up and bit the dragon as hard as he could right on the tip of that disgusting tongue. The dragon gave an ear-splitting scream of pain, the tongue unwrapped itself in a flurry of splattering black saliva, and the Tonguetwister lost his grip on Hiccup's arm AND the rock and fell into freefall off the cliff. 'Thanks, Toothless,' breathed Hiccup, and he gave a final lurching desperate swing, and landed on the ledge just at the moment that the hammock finally gave way. In an instant, the now furious Tonguetwister pulled out of freefall and was flying back up towards them with bat-like flaps, murder in its seven eyes. Hiccup could see the entire swarm had come out of the Prey Dive and were following. What were they after?

无牙已经放弃了唤醒风行者的尝试，他意识到自己必须采取激烈的行动。 他跳起来，用尽全力咬住龙那恶心的舌尖。 恶龙发出一声震耳欲聋的痛苦尖叫，恶龙的舌头张开，喷出一团黑色的唾液，恶龙的舌头也松开了，抓住了小嗝嗝的手臂和岩石，从悬崖上自由落体了下去。 “谢谢，无牙，”小嗝嗝喘着气说，他最后一次绝望地摇晃着身子，就在吊床终于倒下的那一刻，他落在了窗台上。 刹那间，这只狂怒的绕口令从自由落体中挣脱出来，挥舞着蝙蝠般的翅膀向他们飞过来，七只眼睛里充满了杀戮。 小嗝嗝可以看到整个蜂群已经从“猎物潜水”中出来，正在跟着。 他们想要什么？

Hiccup thought extremely fast. 'Look after your sword…' Old Wrinkly had said. 'For it is the sword that points the way…' Suddenly, Hiccup understood. The dragons hadn't been looking at him. What they wanted was his sword. 'HERE'S MY SWORD IF YOU WANT IT!' yelled Hiccup, leaning backwards, and with one swift sleight of hand, drawing Fishlegs's sword out of his backpack. He held it aloft for a moment to make sure the dragons had seen it and then he threw it as far as he could down into the Gorge. It made a beautiful arc as it fell. The multiple dragon eyes snapped like clockwork to the sword. The lead Tonguetwister leapt after the dropping sword, and the other dragons swarmed after it too, snapping and snarling and pushing one another out of the way, like dogs chasing a stick. That'll keep them busy for a minute or so before they realize it's the wrong one, thought Hiccup. 'I… can't… hold… on… much… longer…' panted Snotlout, nostrils flaring, eyes popping, teeth gritted. 'Save me, you useless twerp…'

小嗝嗝想得飞快。 “照顾好你的剑……” “因为是那把剑指明了方向……”突然，小嗝嗝明白了。 龙并没有看他。 他们想要的是他的剑。 “如果你想要，这是我的剑！”嗝嗝喊道，身体向后倾，用一个快速的手势从背包里抽出了鱼腿的剑。 他把它高高举起了一会儿，以确保火龙已经看到了它，然后尽可能远地把它扔进了峡谷。 它落下时划出了一道美丽的弧线。 多只龙的眼睛像时钟一样对准剑。 领头的绕口令龙跟着掉落的剑跳了起来，其他的龙也跟着跳起来，撕咬着，咆哮着，互相推搡着，就像狗在追一根棍子。 小嗝嗝想，这样他们就会忙上一分钟左右，然后才意识到这是错的。 “我……坚持不了……太……久……久……”“鼻涕鼻子”喘着气说，鼻孔张得大大的，眼睛瞪得大大的，咬牙切齿。 “救救我，你这个没用的笨蛋……”

He's far too heavy for me to pull him up, thought Hiccup. As he looked around desperately, he saw beside him on the ledge the ropes and grappling hooks he and Fishlegs had used on the climb. With frantic fingers, Hiccup tied one end to a splinter of rock protruding from the cliff and dangled the grappling hook over the edge of the ledge, as if he were trying to catch a crab at the pier. 'Aaaaaaaaaghghggh!' screamed Snotlout, as his fingers finally gave way. But just at the moment that they did, the grappling hook caught Snotlout's belt, firmly, and held… and he swung out, swinging from the rock by his waist.

他太重了，我拉不动他，小嗝嗝想。 当他绝望地环顾四周时，他看到他和鱼腿在他身边的窗台上用的绳子和抓钩。 小嗝嗝用疯狂的手指把一端系在悬崖上突出的一块岩石上，把抓钩悬在岩壁边缘，好像要在码头上抓螃蟹似的。 “Aaaaaaaaaghghggh !鼻子鼻子尖叫道，他的手指终于松开了。 但就在他们这么做的时候，抓钩牢牢地钩住了鼻涕鼻子的腰带，并牢牢地抓住了……他从岩石上荡了出来，用腰在上面荡来荡去。

OK. So, Snotlout was safe now… for the moment at least. But the situation could still be described as not good. Not good at all. Those dragons were coming back. Just as soon as they discovered that they were going after the wrong sword, they would be back. And the Warriors-to-Be were stuck there, unable to move. It would be like shooting fish in a barrel. 'Toothless!' Hiccup ordered. 'I want you to fly as quickly as possible up to the school, find my father, find Flashburn, find ANYONE and make it clear we need rescuing.' 'OK,' squeaked Toothless, unexpectedly obedient, and he zoomed off, deeply relieved to have an excuse to get out of there. All the young Warriors were awake now, and most had climbed out of their hammocks and taken up as firm a foothold as they could on the cliff, their bows loaded, their spears and swords drawn. The hunting-dragons too were wide awake, their necks swollen, ready for the next attack, peering down into the darkness of the Gorge.

好的。所以，鼻鼻子现在安全了，至少目前是安全的。 但情况仍然可以用不好来形容。 一点都不好。那些龙要回来了。 只要他们发现他们找错了剑，他们就会回来。 而未来的勇士们被困在那里，动弹不得。 这就像在桶里打鱼一样。 “无牙!”打嗝。 “我要你尽快飞到学校去，找到我父亲，找到Flashburn，找到任何人，告诉他们我们需要救援。“好吧。”无牙尖声说，出乎意料地听话。他嗖地一声飞走了，总算有借口离开了。 所有的年轻战士现在都醒了，大多数人已经从吊床上爬下来，在悬崖上尽可能地站稳脚跟，他们的弓上了膛，矛和剑都抽出来了。 猎龙们也完全醒了，它们的脖子肿了起来，为下一次攻击做好了准备，它们凝视着下面黑暗的峡谷。

There were yellow pinpricks in that darkness that grew into eyes. And a chanting that began softly and grew louder. 'MAKE RED your claws with HUMAN BLOOD. OBLITERATE the HUMAN FILTH. Torch the humans like a wood. The rebellion is coming.' 'Here they co-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-ome!' yelled a young Danger-Brute. 'Brace yourselves!' And a great wave of dragons came roaring up for another attack, pouring out fire before they even reached the cliff. This time the Vikings' hunting-dragons came flying out to meet them. Smaller though they were, they flew aggressively to meet the onrushing dragons, screaming defiance.

黑暗中有黄色的针孔，长成了眼睛。 接着是一阵轻声吟诵，声音越来越大。 “用人血染红你的爪子。 清除人类的污秽。 像烧木头一样烧了人类。 叛乱就要来了。“他们来了！”一个年轻的危险野兽喊道。 “坚持住!”一大波龙呼啸而来，准备再次攻击，他们还没到悬崖边就喷出了火焰。 这一次，维京人的猎龙飞了出来迎接他们。 虽然个头小，但它们奋勇地飞向猛扑过来的巨龙，尖叫着反抗。