第十四章：幸运之神眷顾阿尔文(21)

‘We won’t make that mistake again,’ said the witch. ‘I’ve learnt my lesson. Last time I let him go down into the tunnels and the Fire Pit on his own. This time, we will not let the little rat out of our sight, for even one single second… ‘Give the little horror the map!’ screamed the witch. ‘Get the little worm his sand-yacht! Get his nets! Get his poles! Put on his helmet—’ ‘I don’t need the helmet,’ Hiccup interrupted hastily, but the witch ignored him. ‘Give the little nightmare all the equipment he needs!’ So the Warriors rushed around finding Hiccup his equipment, and kitting him out for the Seeking, and five minutes later Hiccup found himself standing on the slightly wobbly platform of The Hopeful Puffin 2, holding his amber-net in one shaking hand and Grimbeard the Ghastly’s map of the Amber Slavelands in the other, and the horrible itchy helmet back, still not fitting, on his head. Poor old Toothless and the Wodensfang, still in the Librarian’s Heart-Slicer amber-nets, were now hanging from the end of the royal sand-boat, and they peered sadly through the nets at Hiccup. And huddled around Hiccup in a circle was a