第十五章:“你响了,夫人?”(24)
THE THINGS! thought Hiccup exultantly, as a crab pattered across his foot. We’ve found the Things! Now all that we have to do is steal them…
‘OK,’ said the first Alvinsman nervously, ‘let’s stash the Things down in the hold so we’re ready to move them when the witch gives the order.’
The three Alvinsmen hastily untied the Things from the anchor-rope and carried them down an open hatch.
‘Ow!’ came the muffled voice of the first Alvinsman. ‘That horrible little dragon bit me again!’
The three Alvinsmen re-emerged and the first Alvinsman slammed down the hatch, bolting and padlocking it.
Hiccup drew a little pouch of hazelnuts out from his pocket. (He always kept little treats for Toothless in his pocket.)