第十四章：幸运之神眷顾阿尔文(16)

’ ‘Dragons!’ screeched the witch triumphantly, pointing a dramatic finger at the Wodensfang and Toothless, all tangled and desperately struggling in the Librarian’s amber-nets. ‘I smell dragons, see! We are at war with the entire
dragon race, they have reduced our villages to black dust, and yet the Traitor carries dragons on him!’ The Warriors of the Wilderwest did not like that, under attack as they were every night by dragons, and they roared in fury. ‘Don’t worry, Mother!’ said Alvin in delight. ‘I’ll just squash them with my foot!’ He flung Toothless on the ground and lifted his metal foot. ‘Noooooooo!’ shrieked the witch. ‘The toothless dragon is a Lost Thing, remember? We need him so you can be crowned King of the Wilderwest!’ ‘Curses!’ swore Alvin the Treacherous. ‘But I can still kill the other one!’ He flung the Wodensfang on the ground, all tangled still in the net. ‘Noooooo!’ shrieked Hiccup, thinking very speedily. ‘I don’t know which one is the Lost Thing, for they both have no teeth!’ (Quick as a wink, the Wodensfang sucked in his teeth.) ‘Double curses!’ swore Alvin the Treacherous, looking down at the supposedly-toothless Wodensfang in a baffled sort of way.