12-第二十六章：誓约(20)

’ ‘It is a crazy Plan,’ admitted Hiccup. ‘And 
maybe I am a fool, but I will save the dragons, Furious, I promise you this. Whatever happens, I will save them. I will, I will, I will.’ He turned to the humans now, sitting silent in the surrounding skies on their dragons, awed by the dreadful sight of the great Dragon Furious lying with his body slumped in the water on the Reef. ‘Look! One of us humans did this!’ shouted Hiccup, this time in Norse, punching the air passionately. ‘The dragons only fight us because they think we will destroy them. This is our fault! This must never happen again! Never! Save the dragons!’ Vikings are an emotional people. Only moments before, they had been fighting the dragons with everything they had. But the sight of this dying dragon, so close, and at the end of his life, suddenly so weak, so vulnerable, stirred them all. This was no monster, but a cornered animal, and as they all knew, a cornered animal would fight desperately, bloodily, and beyond all reason. ‘Save the dragons!’ ‘Save the dragons!’ ‘Save the dragons!’ cried the humans. ‘Save the dragons,’ whispered the Dragon Furious.