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| GLOW
KIT #481 |
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| ABOUT
THE HUNCHBACK |
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| "A wooden bed was walled into the porch of the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris. During the 1400's it was customary to place foundlings in this bed so that any charitable person could apply for it. Otherwise, the child would be sent to the foundling hospital. On Quasimodo Sunday, the parishioners saw something tied in a sack on the foundling bed. Drawing closer, they saw a creature which was so horrible that they immediately condemned it as some sort of devil's creation. All agreed that it should be burned or drowned, the usual ways to dispose of witches. A young priest, out of the pity of his heart, took monsterous child rather than see it tortured. |
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| "As the years passed, tales were told of an evil spell cast over the cathedral. It seemed that the gargoyles and other stone images decorating the exterior of the church came to life at evening time. A figure was seen darting about the towers and scaling the walls like a human fly. The figure was that of the grotesque hunchback foundling, named Quasimodo after the Sunday on which he was found. He was now the bell-ringer and keeper of the bells at the cathedral. Now, in the middle of the night when decent people were in bed, the bells could be heard pealing out as if for some evil celebration. Demonic laughter could be heard over the sound of the bells. |
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| "Finally, Quasimodo was sentenced to be whipped on the pillory for mischievous and inhuman pranks. He never uttered a word or cry during the unmerciful beating. Blood from the whip splattered on the crowd but it seemed that Quasimodo never felt the lashes. |
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| "Not long after, a gypsy was denounced as a witch and sentencd to the gallows. The gallows were in a square in front of the cathedral. As the crowds stood in anticipation of the hanging a hideous creature swooped down from the cathedral tower and carried off the witch. The astounded crowd looked up and saw Quasimodo climbing up the bell ropes with the witch. The stone gargoyles seemed to be laughing at the crowds below. |
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| "The witch was recaptured and finally hung. It was a horrible sight. terror filled the hearts of the people. The body began to convulse, as if the evil spirit was leaving to search for a living body to inhabit. Finally the body was still. It was then cut down and taken to a tomb. Evil seemed to follow the cart carrying the body. And, Quasimodo was never again seen. Notre Dame seemed purged of its evil spell. |
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| "Years later the tomb was opened. Beside the skeleton of the witch was another, one which was so horribly misshapen that it seemed only half human. Was it Quasimodo's skeleton? How did he enter the tomb? What became of the evil spirits which once lived in the two bodies? |
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| xxPromotional
Copy from Glow Kit Instruction Sheet ©1969 Aurora Model Corp |
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