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A figure drops from the rafters and walks out onto a balcony to where a baby bird is nested in the mouth of a Gargoyle.
Good morning said Quasimoda.
The bird chirps.
Will today be the day? Asks Quasimoda.
Are you ready to fly? Asks Quasimoda.
The bird chirps again.
You sure said Quasimoda.
Good day to try! Why if-if I picked a day to fly oh this would be it said Quasimoda.
The festival of fools said Quasimoda.
The bird gulps.
It will be fun, the jugglers and music and dancing said Quasimoda.
Ha, ha said Quasimoda.
Go on said Quasimoda.
Nobody wants to be cooped up here forever said Quasimoda.
Then the bird flies away and the gargoyle comes to life.
Oh, man, I thought he'd never leave! I'll be spitting feathers for a week said, Hugo.
Well, that's what you get for sleeping with your mouth open said, Victor.
Go scare a nun said, Hugo.
Hey Quasi what's going on out here a fight, a flogging? Asks Hugo.
A festival said, Victor.
You mean the feast of fools said, Hugo.
Uh huh said Quasimoda.
Alright, alright pour the wine and cut the cheese said, Hugo.
It is a treat to watch the colorful pageantry of the peasant folk said, Victor.
Boy, nothing like balcony seats for watching the old fof said Hugo.
Yeah, watch it said Quasimoda.
Oh look a mime said, Hugo.
Aren't you going to watch the festival with us? Asks Victor.
I don't get it said, Hugo.
Perhaps she's sick said Victor.
Impossible if twenty years of listening to you two hasn't made her by now nothing will said Laverge.
But watching the festival had always been the highlight of the year for Quasimoda said, Victor.
What good is watching a party if you never get to go said Laverge?
She's not made of stone like us said Laverge.
Quasi, what's wrong? You wanna tell old Lavergne all about it said Lavarge.
I just don't feel like watching the festival said Quasimoda.
Well, did you think of going there instead said Laverge.
Sure, but I'd never fit in there i'm not normal said Quasimoda.
Oh, Quasi Quasi said Laverge.
Do you mind! I would like to have a moment with the girl if it's all right with you said Laverage.
Hey, quit beatin around the bell tower said Hugo.
What do we gotta do? Paint ya fresco said, Hugo.
As your friends and guardians, we insist you attend the festival said, Victor.
Me said Quasimoda.
No, the pope said Hugo.
Of course, you said Hugo.
It would be a veritable potpourri of educational experience said, Victor.
Wine, men, and sun said Hugo.
You could learn to identify various regional cheeses said, Victor.
Bobbin for snails said, Hugo.
Study indigenous folk music said, Victor.
Quasi take it from an old spectator life's not a spectator sport said Laverage.
If watching is all you're gonna do, then you're gonna watch your life pass by without ya said Laverage.
Yeah, your human with the flesh and the hair and navel lint said Hugo.
We're just part of the architecture said, Hugo.
Right, Victor? Asks Hugo.
Yes said, Victor.
Quasi Just grab a fresh tunic and a clean pair of hose and said Laverage.
Thanks for the encouragement but you're all forgetting one big thing said Quasimoda.
What said The Gargoyles.
My mistress Frollo said Quasimoda.
Oh said the gargoyles.
Well, when she says you're forbidden from ever leaving the bell tower dies she mean ever ever? Asks Victor.
Never ever and she hates the feast of fools said Quasimoda.
She'd be furious if I asked to go said Quasimoda.
Who says you gotta ask said Hugo.
Oh, no said Quasimoda.
You sneak out said Hugo.
Just one afternoon said laverage.
I couldn't say Quasimoda.
And ya sneak back in said, Hugo.
She'll never know you were gone said lavrage,
And if I got caught said Quasimoda.
Better to beg forgiveness than ask permission said, Victor.
She might see me saud Quasimoda.
You could wear a disguise said, Hugo.
Just this once said, Hugo.
What Frollo doesn't know can't hurt cha said, Hugo.
Ignorance is bliss said, Victor.
Nobody wants to stay cooped up here forever said Laverage.
You're right i'll go said Quasimoda.
I'll get cleaned up said Quasimoda.
I'll stroll down those stairs said Quasimoda.
I'll march through the doors and said Quasimoda.
Hello, Quasimoda said Frollo.
Good morning Mistress said Quasimoda.
Dear girl, whoever were you talking to? Asks Frollo.
My friends said Quasimoda.
I see and what are your friends made quasimoda? Said Frollo.
Stone said Quasimoda.
Can stone talk? asks Frollo.
No mistress said Quasimoda.
That's right your a smart girl said Frollo.
Now lunch said Frollo.
Shall we review your alphabet today? Asks Frollo.
Oh yes, mistress, I would like that very much said Quasimoda.
Very well said Frollo.
A said Frollo.
Abomination said Quasimoda.
B said Frollo.
Blasphemy said Quasimoda.
C said Frollo.
Contrition said Quasimoda.
D said Frollo.
Damnation said Quasimoda.
E said Frollo.
Eternal damnations said Quasimoda.
Good said Frollo.
F said Frollo.
Festival said Quasimoda.
Excuse me said Frollo.
Forgiveness said Quasimoda.
You said Festival said Frollo.
No said Quasimoda.
You are thinking about going to the festival said Frollo.
It's just that you go every year said Quasimoda.
I am a public official I must go said Frollo.
But I don't enjoy a moment said Frollo.
Thieves and cut versus the dregs of humankind all mixed together in a shallow drunken stupor said Frollo.
I didn't mean to upset you mistress said Quasimoda.
Quasimoda can't you understand said Frollo.
When your heartless mother abandoned you as a child, anyone else would have drowned you said Frollo.
And this is my thanks for taking you in and raising you as my daughter? Asks Frollo.
I am sorry Mistress said Quasimoda.
Oh my dear Quasimoda you don't what it's like out there said Frollo.
I do I do say Frollo.
Frollo: the world is cruel
The world is wicked
Its I alone who you can trust in this whole city
I am your only friend
Frollo: I who teach, feed you, clothe you
I who look upon without fear
Frollo: how can I protect you, girl,
unless you always stay in here
Frollo: Away in here
Remember what I've taught you, Quasimoda said Frollo.
Frollo: you are deformed
Quasimoda: I am deformed
Frollo: and you are ugly
Quasimoda: and I am ugly
Frollo: and these are crimes for which the world shows little pity
You do not comprehend
Quasimoda: you are my one defender
Frollo: out there they'll revile you as a monster
Quasimoda: I am a monster
Frollo: out there they will hate and scorn and jeer
Why invite their calumny and consternation
Stay in here
Frollo: be faithful
Quasimoda: i'm faithful
Frollo: be grateful
Quasimoda: i'm grateful
Frollo: do as I say
Obey
Both: and stay in here
You are good to me mistress said Quasimoda.
I'm sorry said Quasimoda.
You are forgiven but remember Quasimoda this your sanctuary said Frollo.
My sanctuary said Quasimoda.
Quasimoda: safe behind these windows and parapets of stone
Gazing at the people down below me
Quasimoda: all my life I watch them as I hide up here alone
Hungry for the histories they show me
Quasimoda: all my life I memorize their
Knowing them as they will know me
Quasimoda: all my life I wonder how it feels to pass a day
Not above them
But part of them
Quasimoda: and out there
Living in the sun
Give me one day out there
All I ask is one
Quasimoda: to hold forever
Out there
Where they all live unaware
What I'd give
What I'd dare
Just to live one day out there
Quasimoda: out there among the millers and the weavers and their wives
Through the roofs and gables, I can see them
Every day they shout and scold and go about their lives.
Heedless of the gift is it to be them
Quasimoda: if I was in their skin
I'd treasure every instant
Out there
Strolling by the Seine
Taste a morning out there
Quasimoda: like ordinary men
Who freely walk about there
Just one day and then I swear
I'll be content with my share
Won't resent
Won't despair
Old and bent
I won't care
I'll have spent one day out there