Wednesday, February 02, 2005
Daily Grin February 2
Years later, Juan sent a picture of himself to his birth mother. Upon receiving the picture, she told her husband that she wished she also had a picture of Amal.
Her husband responded, "But they are twins. If you've seen Juan, you've seen Amal."
The following day, despite the sadness that weighed heavily on his heart due to the unfortunate death of the armless campanologist (now theres a word-of-the-day...), Quasimodo continued his interviews for a new bell ringer of Notre Dame.
The first man to approach him said, "Sir, I am the brother of the poor armless wretch who fell to his death from this very belfry yesterday. I pray that you honor his life by allowing me to replace him in this duty."
Quasimodo agreed to give the man an audition, and, as the armless mans brother stooped to pick up a mallet to strike the first bell, he groaned, clutched at his chest, and died on the spot.
Two monks, hearing Quasimodo's cries of grief at this second tragedy, rushed up the stairs to his side.
"What has happened? Who is this man?" the first monk asked breathlessly.
"I dont know his name," sighed the distraught Quasimodo ...
".... But hes a dead ringer for his brother." !"
