12-第十四章：威力蓄须王确实是个非常狡猾的人(9)

’ ‘Well that shouldn’t matter!’ said Wodensfang. ‘The Things usually make their way to you without you looking for them. Did you not stumble over any large, grim-looking graves or anything? Are you quite sure it didn’t fall into your pocket without you realising it?’ Hiccup turned out his pockets. He patted himself all over. He even, in his desperation, took off his shoes and felt inside them.
‘Quite sure,’ said Hiccup. No Jewel. ‘Well, this completely ruins my Plan,’ said the Wodensfang. ‘What was your Plan, Wodensfang?’ asked Hiccup dejectedly. ‘I made a bargain with the Dragon Furious a number of months ago when we were in the underground hideout…’ said the Wodensfang. ‘Oh!’ said Toothless suddenly. ‘I remember this! Toothless h-h-heard you talking to the Dragon Furious! But Toothless thought that was a dream!’ ‘Yes,’ said Wodensfang, ‘Toothless overheard me speaking telepathically to Furious because Toothless is a young Seadragon just coming into his powers…

’ ‘Toothless is a Seadragon?’ said Hiccup. ‘T-t-toothless is j-j-jolly well not a Seadragon!’ retorted Toothless crossly. ‘Toothless is a Toothless Daydream! Everyone knows that!’ ‘Yes well, Toothless is a Seadragon at the beginning of his life and I am a Seadragon at the end of his life… but I can’t go into that now,’ said the Wodensfang. ‘The point is, we were running out of time to find all the Things, so I made a bargain with the Dragon that if he called off his Rebellion until