A long time ago, the town of Hamelin in Germany was faced with a great problem. It became full of rats. The rats were so big and fierce that they fought the dogs, killed the cat and bit the babies in the cradles. They ate the corn in the granaries. They ran about shrinking and squealing all the time.
At last the people came to the Town Hall and said to the Mayor, "Do something about the rats or we will send you packing." The Mayor trembled. He called a meeting of his councilors and talked about the problem for hours. But they could not find a way out. They were in despair. At that moment a pied piper came and went up to the council table and said, "People call me pied piper. If you pay me a thousand guilders, I will rid your town of rats." "All right," said the Mayor. "We'll pay you a thousand guilders. When will you set to work?" "Now," replied the pied piper.
The pied piper went to the street, drew out a pipe from his pocket and began to play on pipe. Soon from every house in Hamelin came out the rats tumbling. There were hundreds and thousands of them that followed him. He went down to the bank of the river Weser and waded into the river. And every single rat, which followed him, was drowned. But the Mayor refused to pay the contracted amount of money. At this the pied piper got angry and played on his pipe a different tune. Hearing the strange tune the children came out of their houses dancing and followed him. The pied piper disappeared behind a hill with all the children and did never come back.
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