第五章：门的另一边(19)

don’t worry! I’ve put it out now!’ And then in one desperate swoop Hiccup picked up the last of the bread, cheese and mussels and pretended, slightly theatrically, to drop one of the mussels on the floor (‘ Whoops!’) and dived under the table… … where he took Toothless and the Wodensfang out of his waistcoat, scolding Toothless in a furious gritted-teeth whisper. ‘Toothless, you must not set fire to my waistcoat! If anybody found out I had dragons on me, you would be dead.’ ‘Was an accident,’ lied Toothless. ‘Hunger makes Toothless’s fireholes leak…

’ ‘Now, Toothless,’ whispered Hiccup, showing him the mussels and bread that he held in his clenched fist. ‘There’s not much to go round so before I give these to you remember your manners… Be polite… Share… Leave some for Wodensfang too.’ In the darkness of Prison Darkheart, it is even more important than usual to keep up your standards. Toothless nodded his head, repeating, ‘Oh yessee, yessee, me coglet, Toothless will share…
Toothless very p-p-polite…’ Hiccup opened his hand. Toothless opened his mouth so wide and moved so quick that he misjudged his lunge, and wrapped his little gums not just around the mussels, cheese and bread, but around Hiccup’s entire hand.