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One Sunday, in the Cathedral of Notre Dame, Quasimodo enters the belfry, climbs the tower & gets ready for the Sunday morning chimes. He is giving a final polish to the main bell when the clapper drops off its mount & falls to the ground.
He knows he has no time to go get it, & it is a family tradition that the Hunchback family has never been late to ring the bells. In desperation, he swings himself under the bell, hooks his feet into the mount, & starts to swing. Right on 8am, his head strikes the bell & the peals ring out.
Down below, 2 citizens are walking past the cathedral. Hearing the kind of muffled chimes, one look up & says to the other, “Do you know the name of the man up in the steeple?”
The 2nd replies, “No, but his face rings a bell?”
Needless to say, the pounding & echoing sound is too much for Quasimodo & he dies.
Next week, his brother, Semimodo, turns up at the cathedral, determined to uphold the family tradition. Being a little inexperienced, he decides not to try things from the top of the steeple, but to use the ropes. Right before 8am, he gathers in the rope to the newly repaired main bell. He gives it an almighty pull to get the heavy metal swinging, but his foot is caught in a loop of the rope & he is hoisted into the air, cracking his skull against the steeple & dying instantly.
Down below, the 2 citizens are walking by again.
One looks up & says, ’Do you know the name of the man who is ringing the bell?”
The 2nd replies, “No, but he’s a dead ringer for his brother.”
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