3-第二十一章:沼泽飞贼是关不住的(7)
21. YOU CAN'T KEEP A BOG-BURGLAR UNDER LOCK AND KEY
The spell that Hiccup had cast on the audience was instantly broken.
It was as if they had been sleeping, and had suddenly woken up to the reality that they were about to be swept away by the flood.
Furthermore, everyone had forgotten about the Sharkworms. The metal netting that should have protected the audience had been broken by Hiccup. The Sharkworms were back in the water again, and they were already nearly able to reach the wooden seating.
The audience screamed in terror as one of the Sharkworms leaped upward and was almost among them ... It lost its grip on the slippery edge and fell back into the water -- but the water was rising so quickly it was clearly only a matter of time before it succeeded in getting up to their level.
Suddenly the afternoon's entertainment of "SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST" had taken an interesting twist. The audience who had laughed so heartily at the tables being turned on the greedy Sidewinders didn't seem so amused to find they themselves had become the prey...