12-第二十七章(终章):鬼魂已被释放(19)
‘Do not be sad,’ said the Dragon Furious, opening his eyes once more. ‘Listen to how happy everyone is. We have peace at last… and so do I. ‘Do not mourn me, Hiccup, or any of you. This is not a time for grief, but a time for celebration. You see, I have been dead for many years. I had not realised until this moment, how much I had become like Grimbeard the Ghastly. ‘I have been Grimbeard in dragon form. The less hope I had, the more I destroyed. I have killed and killed and killed again, and the more I killed, the more dead I became. ‘Like Grimbeard, I have done some terrible, terrible things…
‘But here, right when I am about to die, Hiccup – you have given me back my life.
‘Although my Rebellion failed, and I failed, perhaps there is, after all, a sort of nobility in my failure… Perhaps you were right, Wodensfang, and history really is a succession of noble failures.’ ‘It is true,’ said Wodensfang, ‘that in this failure you have justified everything that I have lived for, everything I have fought for, my entire life.’ The little old dragon’s face was lit up with ecstatic joy. ‘Dragons are just as capable of nobility as humans. We, too, can be merciful. We, too, can turn the other cheek…
‘But here, right when I am about to die, Hiccup – you have given me back my life.
‘Although my Rebellion failed, and I failed, perhaps there is, after all, a sort of nobility in my failure… Perhaps you were right, Wodensfang, and history really is a succession of noble failures.’ ‘It is true,’ said Wodensfang, ‘that in this failure you have justified everything that I have lived for, everything I have fought for, my entire life.’ The little old dragon’s face was lit up with ecstatic joy. ‘Dragons are just as capable of nobility as humans. We, too, can be merciful. We, too, can turn the other cheek…