He was a very great man, but he didn’t want to be a Hero anymore. Here is the story of a Hero I met when I was eleven years old and about to embark on one of the most dangerous Quests of my Life, the Quest to Stop the Volcano from Exploding. So I shall tell this story as if it happened to somebody else, because the boy I once was is so distant to me now, that he might as well be a stranger. Now that I am an old, old man, with white in my hair and wrinkles on my cheeks, it seems a long time ago. But Hiccup’s memoirs look back to when he was a very ordinary boy who found it hard to be a Hero.īY HICCUP HORRENDOUS HADDOCK III THE LAST OF THE GREAT VIKING HEROES Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third was an awesome swordfighter, a dragon whisperer, and the greatest Viking Hero who ever lived. IS IT ALWAYS NICE TO BUMP INTO AN OLD AQUAINTANCE?ġ8. THE-QUEST-TO-STOP-THE VOLCANO-FROM-EXPLODINGġ4. HOW DO YOU TAKE ADVICE FROM SOMEONE WHO HAS TAKEN A VOW OF SILENCE?ġ1. THE TALE OF HUMUNGOUSLY HOTSHOT THE BARDIGUARDĩ. THE HERDING-REINDEER-ON-DRAGONBACK LESSONħ. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author.ġ.

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