text: The French Rev ? ­ o ? ­ lu ? ­ tion ? ­ aries threatened to tear the steeple down because it offended their principle of equality , but were reassured when one of the townsmen coiffed the spire with a patriotic red-white-and-blue bonnet .
  
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  The French Revolutionaries were on their way to tear the steeple down when the townsman changed their minds .