第二十三章:有些龙是真的怪物(16)
Hiccup only had one second, one chance. He sat up in one quick cat-like movement, reached out, and plunged his sword right in the middle of the creature’s forehead. For one awful moment Hiccup thought he might not have hit the right spot. Both the creature’s arms sprang up and out. Hiccup hauled desperately on the sword to try and get it out again so he could strike once more but…
SQUERCH!!! There was a small popping noise as the weak spot
burst and… WHHHOOOOOOOSHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! Out of the mouth Hiccup shot, because as the Monster died it let out a great shooting burst of sand and seawater and Hiccup raced on his back across the slippery glass floor, landing upside down at the end of the cavern in a swooshing tide of brine. Even upside down, Hiccup could see that the creature was dead, although it was still quivering and jerking all over, but Hiccup didn’t even stop to check, he was so desperate to get the creature’s digestive juices off him. He rolled and rolled in the seawater, rubbing and rubbing at his feet in particular, which were still burning like they were on fire…
Eventually the burning died down until it became almost bearable. The creature was lying quite still now. Hiccup’s poor feet were in a very bad state though, he could see even in the dim Glow-worm light, and the little toe on his left foot would never be the same again. It had shrivelled into nothingness like a scraggly little pink worm with the stuffing taken out of it, and he couldn’t move or feel it. But at least it wasn’t Hiccup’s head that was a scraggly little pink worm. That would have been a disaster.
SQUERCH!!! There was a small popping noise as the weak spot
burst and… WHHHOOOOOOOSHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! Out of the mouth Hiccup shot, because as the Monster died it let out a great shooting burst of sand and seawater and Hiccup raced on his back across the slippery glass floor, landing upside down at the end of the cavern in a swooshing tide of brine. Even upside down, Hiccup could see that the creature was dead, although it was still quivering and jerking all over, but Hiccup didn’t even stop to check, he was so desperate to get the creature’s digestive juices off him. He rolled and rolled in the seawater, rubbing and rubbing at his feet in particular, which were still burning like they were on fire…
Eventually the burning died down until it became almost bearable. The creature was lying quite still now. Hiccup’s poor feet were in a very bad state though, he could see even in the dim Glow-worm light, and the little toe on his left foot would never be the same again. It had shrivelled into nothingness like a scraggly little pink worm with the stuffing taken out of it, and he couldn’t move or feel it. But at least it wasn’t Hiccup’s head that was a scraggly little pink worm. That would have been a disaster.