BR10: The Pied Piper of Hamelin

Main character is a pied piper. This story is in Hamelin, Germany. There are a lot of people in this town but there are also a lot of rats. Rats are not bad animal but the rats in Hamelin are very big and fat so people were afraid of them. This is one problem in the town. They are in the streets, in the house and there are especially many rats in the kitchen. They ate all the people’s food. People in Hamelin protested to a mayor. The mayor was in trouble. One day, a strange man came to the town. He was tall, his hair was gold and his cloth was red and yellow. Moreover he had a long pipe. His name is Pied Piper. He said I’ll kill all the rats if you give me one thousand pieces of gold. The mayor approved. Next day, he began to play a tune in the street. The sound is very strange but rats heard this sounds and followed him. The rats followed him more and more. He rode a boat in river and continued to play. The rats also did not stop and entered in river. All rats disappeared in the town. People of Hamelin and the mayor were happy for him. He promised to kill rats but the mayor did not promise to give money. So the Pied Piper was very angry. He walked off down the street as he also played his pipe. Then the children followed him fast and fast. Their parents stopped them but they did not stop. He took them to top of the mountain. There were a big door and they entered in magic country. All children disappeared in Hamelin expect for a little boy with the bad leg. The mayor was sorry because he did not give the money so the piper has taken their children. Nobody saw their children from then on.

This story was little scared. I wondered how the piper has sounded the music. I want to listen to this music but I was little scared. I thought I try to protect a promise. It does not happen a good thing if cheat the people.


Nicole Taylor, (2000), The Pied Piper of Hamelin, Pearson Education
Level 2.2

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