![]() ![]() He tries to intervene but gets knocked out. Gringoire decides to follow Esmeralda and inadvertently witnesses her attempted kidnapping by Quasimodo and another man. Just then, the procession of the Pope of Fools enters the Place de Grève with Quasimodo as its centerpiece, and the bald priest from earlier, whom Gringoire recognizes as the Archdeacon Claude Frollo, puts a stop to it all by scolding Quasimodo. ![]() Esmeralda has two hecklers: a bald priest and a crazy old woman. ![]() Gringoire, intent on escaping the festivities, finds himself in the very heart of it at the Place de Grève, where a beautiful gypsy named Esmeralda is dancing and performing tricks with her pet goat, Djali. The honor is given to Quasimodo, the bell-ringer of Notre-Dame. But a series of distractions ensue, and instead of watching the play, the crowd ends up holding a contest for the ugliest Pope of Fools. It's been written by the obliviously untalented Pierre Gringoire. Okay, it's not once upon a time: it's specifically January 6th, 1482, and a crowd of Parisians are celebrating the Festival of Fools by waiting for a play to begin. ![]() Once upon a time, in a little-known kingdom called France. ![]()
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