The Normans, the most fearless of the people, due to their scientific bend of mind, wants to understand fear, the emotion that quite sadly were devoid of them. Thus they set sail for a land where they can find an expert in fear and guess what, their random selection lands them in the little village of the Gauls, where too fear is an emotion quite remote with the people. 
But fortune seems to be in the way with Justforkix (just watch out the pun in the name), the nephew of VItalstatistix who was sent by his father on a holiday trip to Asterix’s village with an instruction to his cousin to make a man out of him. The modern youth Justforkix never knew the strength of the Gaul and their magic potion and so when he saw the Norman ship, was visibly frightened. The Norman spy also spotted him as the only one who knew the meaning of fear and thus he was carried off by them to their chief to make them frightened. 
So Asterix and Obelix were automatically chosen to rescue him and Asterix tried to bargain him out with a clever suggestion. He sent Obelix to get the bard Cacofonix, whose singing, he was sure to cause panic among the Norman ranks and thus Justforkix can be rescued peacefully. But problem was that Cacofonix was off to Lutetia to try his talent there and thus Obelix had to use some intelligence, something not his cup of tea, to find the bard before the Normans execute Justforkix in their obsessive urge of knowing the meaning of fear. Again the comic is full of witty puns in the name and the Romans in this case seems to get beating from both the Gauls and the Normans and like the adventure of Asterix the Gladiator, Cacofonix seemed to take the centre stage in the showdown. And those who are thinking 
that in the ultimate celebration of the adventure, Cacofonix is to be found bound and gagged, think once more as it is Fulliautomatix who is on the receiving end this time.
But fortune seems to be in the way with Justforkix (just watch out the pun in the name), the nephew of VItalstatistix who was sent by his father on a holiday trip to Asterix’s village with an instruction to his cousin to make a man out of him. The modern youth Justforkix never knew the strength of the Gaul and their magic potion and so when he saw the Norman ship, was visibly frightened. The Norman spy also spotted him as the only one who knew the meaning of fear and thus he was carried off by them to their chief to make them frightened. 
So Asterix and Obelix were automatically chosen to rescue him and Asterix tried to bargain him out with a clever suggestion. He sent Obelix to get the bard Cacofonix, whose singing, he was sure to cause panic among the Norman ranks and thus Justforkix can be rescued peacefully. But problem was that Cacofonix was off to Lutetia to try his talent there and thus Obelix had to use some intelligence, something not his cup of tea, to find the bard before the Normans execute Justforkix in their obsessive urge of knowing the meaning of fear. Again the comic is full of witty puns in the name and the Romans in this case seems to get beating from both the Gauls and the Normans and like the adventure of Asterix the Gladiator, Cacofonix seemed to take the centre stage in the showdown. And those who are thinking 
that in the ultimate celebration of the adventure, Cacofonix is to be found bound and gagged, think once more as it is Fulliautomatix who is on the receiving end this time.
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