第八章：在琥珀蓄奴地寻找琥珀(8)
’ ‘Don’t tell me, it’s bad for morale,’ Hiccup finished for her. The sand-yacht was a wobbly, skew-whiff thing, with a basket balanced on one end to put the amber in, and a long pole, again slightly skew-whiff, to pole along the sand with.
In his mind Hiccup called this little yacht The Hopeful Puffin 2, because it reminded him so much of The Hopeful Puffin, the little boat he used to have on Berk, long ago. Before the war… To give himself courage, and to remind him of that happy time he hoped would come again, he took out a piece of chalk from his rucksack, and drew a picture of The Hopeful Puffin on the side of the sand-yacht. ‘You have to take care of your sand-yacht,’ explained Eggingarde, ‘because if your sand-yacht breaks a mast or something, there’s no way you can get back to Prison Darkheart without the tide catching you.’ Every team had a prison guard. Alvin had put Snotlout in charge of the Amber-Hunters. ‘But I’m a Chief and a dragon-fighter!’ complained Snotlout furiously. ‘I’m not a slave or a guard! I should be out there, beyond the prison walls, killing dragons for you, King. I’m way too important to this war effort for you to lose me on the sands.’ ‘Silence!’ yelled Alvin. ‘Are you disrespecting my orders, Chief Snotlout?’ Snotlout was silent. He was not a fool. He knew what happened to people who disrespected Alvin’s orders. ‘Thank you,’ purred Alvin. ‘We’ve lost a lot of prison guards recently and we have to find that Jewel soon, my mother has seen it in her dreams, and Mother’s dreams must be obeyed.’ So it was Snotlout who addressed the Amber- Hunters’ party before they left. ‘RIGHT, you ’orrible lot! You heard what Alvin said: hunt until your eyes drop out! And Stoick, Baggy and Gobber, please keep up. I don’t want you old guys holding up the whole team,’ he sneered. So they followed the great army of yachts on to the sands.
In his mind Hiccup called this little yacht The Hopeful Puffin 2, because it reminded him so much of The Hopeful Puffin, the little boat he used to have on Berk, long ago. Before the war… To give himself courage, and to remind him of that happy time he hoped would come again, he took out a piece of chalk from his rucksack, and drew a picture of The Hopeful Puffin on the side of the sand-yacht. ‘You have to take care of your sand-yacht,’ explained Eggingarde, ‘because if your sand-yacht breaks a mast or something, there’s no way you can get back to Prison Darkheart without the tide catching you.’ Every team had a prison guard. Alvin had put Snotlout in charge of the Amber-Hunters. ‘But I’m a Chief and a dragon-fighter!’ complained Snotlout furiously. ‘I’m not a slave or a guard! I should be out there, beyond the prison walls, killing dragons for you, King. I’m way too important to this war effort for you to lose me on the sands.’ ‘Silence!’ yelled Alvin. ‘Are you disrespecting my orders, Chief Snotlout?’ Snotlout was silent. He was not a fool. He knew what happened to people who disrespected Alvin’s orders. ‘Thank you,’ purred Alvin. ‘We’ve lost a lot of prison guards recently and we have to find that Jewel soon, my mother has seen it in her dreams, and Mother’s dreams must be obeyed.’ So it was Snotlout who addressed the Amber- Hunters’ party before they left. ‘RIGHT, you ’orrible lot! You heard what Alvin said: hunt until your eyes drop out! And Stoick, Baggy and Gobber, please keep up. I don’t want you old guys holding up the whole team,’ he sneered. So they followed the great army of yachts on to the sands.
踏仙君第一次强迫楚晚宁在第几章
