Chapter 4

The trio of Zoran, Erika, and Stitch continued their journey through the worlds. They came upon a new world.

Erika said, "The computer says that this world is called, Notre Dame Square. Once again, no technology rule."The three got on the teleportation pad, and beamed themselves down to the world.

They got beamed next to a giant church. They saw a crowd gathered up watching something. A man was holding on to a post. Zoran figured that he was up there to get a better view. Stitch had a similar idea. He jumped up on top of Zoran's head so he could see what was happening.

A group of tall people in cloaks came walking into the street. They sang a song while walking.

"Come one. Come all.
Leave your loops and milking stools,
Coop the hens and pen the mules.
Come one. Come all!
Close the churches and the schools,
It's the day for breaking rules
Come and join the Feast of Fools!!!"

As they sang the final words, the man hanging on to the post fell off, and a court jester slid out on his knees from under the cloaked men as confetti fell from the sky.

Zoran got an exited look on his face and said, "Awesome. I love festivals!" Erika looked around and said, "Don't get exited yet Zoran. We're missing someone." Zoran realized that she was right. Stitch was no longer on his head. "He must have gone off to enjoy the festival. Let's split up and look for him," Zoran recommended. "Then we can have some fun."

Zoran and Erika went into the crowd to look for Stitch. Zoran asked around, "Has anyone seen my…. um…. dog? He's blue, has long ears and…." He stopped when he saw Erika holding Stitch in her arms. "Found him," Erika said.

Luckily enough, they were right by a stage as a show was starting. The jester called Clopin sang,

"Come one. Come all.
Hurry, hurry, here's your chance.
See the myst'ry and romance.
Come one. Come all.
See the finest girl in France,
Make an entrance to entrance.
Dance la Esmeralda
Dance!"

On the final word, Clopin threw something on the stage that made a red smoke cloud appear. When the smoke cleared, Clopin was gone. And in his place was a beautiful woman dressed in red.

She danced to the appeal of many men, including Zoran and Stitch. Erika saw the revolting look on their faces. She threw Stitch and Zoran's face hard. Stitch climbed up on top of Zoran's head and continued to watch Esmeralda dance.

When she finished, everyone threw gold coins on the stage. Clopin climbed back on the stage and sang,

"Here it is, the moment you've been waiting for
Here it is, you know exactly what's in store
Now's the time we laugh until our sides get sore
Now's the time we crown the King of Fools!
So make a face that's horrible and frightening
Make a face as gruesome as a gargoyle's wing
For the face that's ugliest will be the King of Fools!

Ugly folk, forget your shyness.

You could soon be called Your Highness!"

The crowd joined in and sang,

"Put your foulest features on display
Be the king of Topsy Turvy Day!"

As Clopin and Esmeralda pulled people onto the stage, Erika said, "Why don't you go up there Zoran? You've got the face for it." Zoran gave a sarcastic laugh and said, "Very funny."

Esmeralda pulled the masks off of the people lined up on the stage. Each one of them tried to give the ugliest face they could make. But as each man tried, the crowd just moaned in disapproval, and a little goat rammed them off the stage. When she got to the last man, she tried to pull of his mask and realized, it wasn't a mask. It was his true face. The crowd started to get frightened by the man's hideous appearance. Zoran said, "He doesn't look that bad. Sure, he could look better, but he could look worse too."

Clopin said to the crowd, "Ladies and gentlemen, don't panic. We asked for the ugliest face in Paris, and here he is. Quasimoto, the hunchback of Notre Dame." Clopin placed a jester crown on Quasimoto's head as the crowd carried him to a wheel. When he got there, Clopin placed a royal cape around Quasi's neck. He started cry from happiness. Zoran, Erika and Stitch decided to cheer for him like the rest of the crowd.

Quasimoto felt like he was having the time of his life, until someone threw a tomato at his face. Eventually, the entire crowd started to throw all kinds of vegetables at him. A man started in tying Quasi down. They started to spin the wheel and throw more veggies and other food at him. Zoran and his friends tried to get everyone to stop, but nobody would listen.

The people didn't stop throwing stuff until Esmeralda walked up to Quasi and started to cut him free. An elderly man yelled at her, "Gypsy girl! Get down from there at once!" She said, "Of course your honor. Just as soon as I free this poor creature." She finished cutting Quasimoto free and continued saying, "Why must you mistreat this poor boy?" Zoran got up and said, "She's right." Erika also got up along with Stitch and said, "He's a person, just like everyone else here." Zoran continued, "And so what if he looks a little different? If someone in your family looked like him would you treat them the same way?"

The judge told his captain of the guard to arrest Esmeralda. Before his men could arrest her, Esmeralda pulled a trick to escape.

Quasimoto walked back the church where he felt he belonged. Seeing that he was hurt, Zoran, Erika, and Stitch ran to him and helped him inside.


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