第十九章:一切又都迅速变糟了(9)
‘Yes,’ said Hiccup, slowly.
‘So I’ll dress up as you, O Lightning-Brain,’ said Snotlout. ‘I’ll put on your helmet, and I’ll get on your Windwalker, and I’ll ride out to meet those Bullguards and their riders, and that’ll distract them for a bit…’
‘But that’s crazy!’ spluttered Hiccup. ‘If you go out there to meet them, all on your own, you’ll get yourself killed!’
Snotlout grinned. ‘Oh, you think my job is crazy? While I’m distracting them, you get to steer this ship into the Winter Wind of Woden, and if that isn’t crazy, then I don’t know what is…’
Snotlout yanked on Hiccup’s waistcoat and held out his hand for Hiccup’s fire-suit.
‘Are you sure about this?’ whispered Hiccup, putting on Snotlout’s helmet.
‘Listen,’ said Snotlout, struggling to fit into Hiccup’s fire-suit and putting his great galumphing foot through the knee before he got it on, ‘you’re always hogging the limelight, Hiccup, but you know what? It’s my turn to be the Hero.’