12-第十八章：往事就在身边......(6)
‘But that would be breaking the laws of single combat,’ gloated the Witch. ‘And a King could not break such laws, or the world ends. It’s a shame, a real shame…’ ‘SING THE HOOLIGAN NATIONAL ANTHEM!’ ordered Gobber the Belch. ‘HANG ON A SECOND!’ cried Valhallarama. ‘Hiccup is holding something up. He’s jumping to his feet. OH BY THE BEARD OF FREYA THE MAGNIFICENT! THE DRAGON IS HOLDING HIS FIRE! THE DRAGON LOOKS AFRAID! WHAT IS GOING ON?’ The Druid Guardian snatched the telescope-thingy from Valhallarama to look for himself. ‘Well bless my soul,’ cried the Druid Guardian. ‘Hiccup has found the Dragon Jewel after all! He really IS a wonderful King!’ ‘What do you mean he’s found the Dragon Jewel?’ said Valhallarama, in a bewildered sort of way. ‘HICCUP’S FOUND THE JEWEL!’ Stoick roared. ‘HE’S FOUND THE REAL DRAGON JEWEL THIS TIME! WE ARE SAVED!’ And the Vikings broke off singing for a second and erupted in cheering, stamping applause. ‘Impossible!’ hissed the Witch. ‘The real Dragon
Jewel can’t just turn up suddenly on that Reef over there for the little rat to find it at exactly the right moment!’ A sudden feeling came over the Witch. Like Hiccup, she was good at riddles. She gasped, and nearly dropped to the ground. ‘Unless… Unless… UNLESS HE HAD IT ALREADY! ‘Alvin!’ said the Witch urgently. ‘I just had this horrible vision! Tell me again, Alvin, where did you find Grimbeard’s coffin?’ ‘I’ve already told you this, Mother,’ said Alvin impatiently. ‘I heard a rumour that some girl and her dragon had discovered Grimbeard’s grave, but were keeping it a secret out of respect for the dead. I disguised myself as a poor fisherman, romanced the girl, and persuaded her to tell me where the grave was. It was on that little island over there, the little Isle of Hero’s End. And after she had shown me, I sneaked back and dug it up. Very clever of me.’ ‘And what was in Grimbeard’s coffin?’ hissed the Witch. ‘The coffin that you opened long, long ago, the one that was booby-trapped and took off your hand?’ ‘I fail to see why this is important. We’ve been over this, Mother,’ answered Alvin. ‘There was no body
Jewel can’t just turn up suddenly on that Reef over there for the little rat to find it at exactly the right moment!’ A sudden feeling came over the Witch. Like Hiccup, she was good at riddles. She gasped, and nearly dropped to the ground. ‘Unless… Unless… UNLESS HE HAD IT ALREADY! ‘Alvin!’ said the Witch urgently. ‘I just had this horrible vision! Tell me again, Alvin, where did you find Grimbeard’s coffin?’ ‘I’ve already told you this, Mother,’ said Alvin impatiently. ‘I heard a rumour that some girl and her dragon had discovered Grimbeard’s grave, but were keeping it a secret out of respect for the dead. I disguised myself as a poor fisherman, romanced the girl, and persuaded her to tell me where the grave was. It was on that little island over there, the little Isle of Hero’s End. And after she had shown me, I sneaked back and dug it up. Very clever of me.’ ‘And what was in Grimbeard’s coffin?’ hissed the Witch. ‘The coffin that you opened long, long ago, the one that was booby-trapped and took off your hand?’ ‘I fail to see why this is important. We’ve been over this, Mother,’ answered Alvin. ‘There was no body
第十三章快把电动棒关掉
