12-第三章：小麻烦(14)

other. The Vampire Spydragon watched, its red eyes mesmerised. With the Vampire Spydragon’s attention on the battle, Hiccup squirmed around to the other side of it. He gently picked up the rope trailing from the Spydragon’s tail, and tied it around a gigantic rock covered in big fat mussels. He tied it with the firmest knot he could remember, which was the Unbreakable Fast Reef Tough Knot, a knot his father had taught him long ago. How strange a universe is the human mind. Hiccup couldn’t remember he had a father, but he could remember the Unbreakable Fast Reef Tough Knot. He had just tied the last finishing touches to the knot, when the Vampire Spydragon slo-o-owly turned his head away from the riveting spectacle of the Hogfly and back to the boat again. Heart pounding, stomach churning, Hiccup crawled away as fast as he possibly could in the other direction, his forearm roaring with pain. The Vampire Spydragon looked at the boat, realised his teeth were not there, and swivelled round to see Hiccup who had frozen still as a statue, in the pathetic hope that the Spydragon would mistake him

for a rock with a bit of seaweed on the top. The sand-and-seaweed disguise wasn’t very effective, for the Vampire Spydragon recognised him immediately. The eyes of the Vampire Spydragon glowed red… With a spine-chilling scream, the Vampire Spydragon leaped towards Hiccup, claws out, fangs down, muscles rippling with impressive athletic power. Hiccup screamed, and scrambled backwards, and for one heartstopping moment it looked like he wasn’t far enough away…