12-第十章：谁才是王？(19)

even though you are beaten before you even start. ‘And Ten, the Dragon Jewel,’ finished Hiccup. ‘You need to know what it is to be a slave, before you can be a King.’ There was a long, long silence. How strange it was that all these Quests, which had seemed so unconnected at the time, wild goose chases even, some of them, twisting and turning this way and that like Hiccup’s lost boat, The Hopeful Puffin, wobbling across the ocean in eccentric fashion. How strange it was that when they were all added up together, you could suddenly see them for what they were. The education of a King. ‘That’s quite clever, that is,’ said a lone Quiet-Life. ‘It’s not clever at all! The important point here is that Hiccup cannot be the King because he has NO THINGS!’ hissed the Witch. ‘We’ve been through all this before…