TrekRider
11-06-03, 05:01 PM
Quasimodo decided to retire, so the church started a search for a replacement. They let it be known that tryouts would be held the following Saturday.
The first man walked up the tower and took a might swing, and barely caused the bell to move. Many tried and many failed.
Then, a former blacksmith, with muscles rippling, rang the bell and the priests were impressed, but it wasn't quite good enough.
The final applicant was a man with no arms. The priests said, "How can you perform the assigned duties?"
With that, the armless man went to the farthest reaches of the bell tower, took off running as fast as he could, and five feet before he reached the bell, he jumped forward striking the bell with his head.
The resulting sounds were better than even the fabled Quasimodo was ever able to achieve. But, unfortunately, the momentum carried the armless man off the bell tower, and he fell to his death.
The priest hurried down to administer the last rights. When he finished he wanted to notify the man's next of kin, but didn't know his name. He asked the assembled crowd for help.
A man stepped forward and said, "I don't know his name, but his face rings a bell."
The first man walked up the tower and took a might swing, and barely caused the bell to move. Many tried and many failed.
Then, a former blacksmith, with muscles rippling, rang the bell and the priests were impressed, but it wasn't quite good enough.
The final applicant was a man with no arms. The priests said, "How can you perform the assigned duties?"
With that, the armless man went to the farthest reaches of the bell tower, took off running as fast as he could, and five feet before he reached the bell, he jumped forward striking the bell with his head.
The resulting sounds were better than even the fabled Quasimodo was ever able to achieve. But, unfortunately, the momentum carried the armless man off the bell tower, and he fell to his death.
The priest hurried down to administer the last rights. When he finished he wanted to notify the man's next of kin, but didn't know his name. He asked the assembled crowd for help.
A man stepped forward and said, "I don't know his name, but his face rings a bell."