12-第二章：你瞧，故事开始不到五分钟，情况又变得更糟了(9)
yes, I’m sure you can,’ said Hiccup, feeling a little hysterical, ‘but in the meantime just stay here with us behind this rock and try not to get SHOT.’
‘Back to the story,’ said the Wodensfang. ‘Grimbeard the Ghastly repented, and declared there would never be a King of the Wilderwest again, unless the King could be a better King than he was. He created an Impossible Task, by hiding ten Lost Things. Only a true Hero can gather the Things together and become the next King of the Wilderwest…’
Hiccup wasn’t really listening to the story. He was peering over the rock to look up at the bluff of the beach. Dark shapes were beginning to slink over the bluff and down on to the sandy beach. They dug into the sand until only the fins on the top of their heads were showing, and then the shark-like fins moved through the sand, as easily as if it were water. Every now and then the creatures would thrust their heads above the sand to fire their drugged darts…
‘Back to the story,’ said the Wodensfang. ‘Grimbeard the Ghastly repented, and declared there would never be a King of the Wilderwest again, unless the King could be a better King than he was. He created an Impossible Task, by hiding ten Lost Things. Only a true Hero can gather the Things together and become the next King of the Wilderwest…’
Hiccup wasn’t really listening to the story. He was peering over the rock to look up at the bluff of the beach. Dark shapes were beginning to slink over the bluff and down on to the sandy beach. They dug into the sand until only the fins on the top of their heads were showing, and then the shark-like fins moved through the sand, as easily as if it were water. Every now and then the creatures would thrust their heads above the sand to fire their drugged darts…
第五人格约瑟夫和卡尔的故事
