Calico Illustrated Classics: Hunchback of Notre Dame

Calico Illustrated Classics: Hunchback of Notre Dame — page 5
window above the door The competitors were instructed to stand on a barrel and put their heads through the empty circle The chapel fi lled up with eager competitors all anxious for the title of Pope of Fools The doors were closed and the contest began The fi rst face to emerge had reddish eyes a wide gaping mouth and a broad forehead puckered with wrinkles A roar of laughter rose up from the spectators More faces popped up one after the other And more howls resounded from the crowd But then the most hideous of all faces peeked through The man had a mouth shaped like a horseshoe a huge triangular nose and jagged teeth that stuck out in every direction A large stubbly eyebrow sheltered his left eye and his right eye was covered in a knotty wart People cheered in triumph Our winner Our new Pope It was time to celebrate They stormed into the chapel to carry him but they gasped when they saw all of him This 8