第十四章：幸运之神眷顾阿尔文(19)
You promised it could be burnt off…’ ‘I may have said a little white lie, but only because I care so much about winning this war for all of us,’ lied the witch. ‘Throw this Librarian back into the crowd!’ The Hairy Scary Librarian learnt the hard way, just exactly how empty is the promise of a witch. ‘Now,’ said the witch, bounding forward and crouching down to Hiccup’s level. ‘I am going to give you a very clear goal, Mister Clever-Clogs Lost- Thing Finder. I want you to find us the Dragon Jewel in…
Oh…’ The witch searched her mind for a good number and settled on three. ‘In exactly three hours or I won’t just kill the boy with the unfeasibly large nostrils, I’ll kill everybody. I’ll set the ticking-thing…’ Tick-tock, tick-tock.
‘Three hours?’ said Alvin in bewilderment, looking out through the open door at the end of the courtyard at the vast expanse of red sands, stretching out as far as the eye could see. ‘You want him to find the Dragon Jewel in three hours? Um, Mother, these sands have been scoured by the amber-nets of thousands and thousands of slaves. If they haven’t found the Jewel, how is Hiccup going to find it in just three hours? And Mother…
Oh…’ The witch searched her mind for a good number and settled on three. ‘In exactly three hours or I won’t just kill the boy with the unfeasibly large nostrils, I’ll kill everybody. I’ll set the ticking-thing…’ Tick-tock, tick-tock.
‘Three hours?’ said Alvin in bewilderment, looking out through the open door at the end of the courtyard at the vast expanse of red sands, stretching out as far as the eye could see. ‘You want him to find the Dragon Jewel in three hours? Um, Mother, these sands have been scoured by the amber-nets of thousands and thousands of slaves. If they haven’t found the Jewel, how is Hiccup going to find it in just three hours? And Mother…
第五人格阿尔瓦乙女
