Pied Piper of Hamelin

Once upon a time in Hamelin, people who live there were very
unhappy. Their town was being ruined by rats. Rats lived everywhere
in Hamelin. The people and children could hardly eat or sleep. The
rats eat the food in the house and chewed up the children toys and
made holes in everyones clothes. The rats were too smart and the
rat-catchers had no luck either with their traps.
One day, a very strange man had just arrived in town. His suit
was made from every colour of the rainbow and so was his hat. He
was tall and thin and had bright piercing eyes. Im called the Pied
Piper, said the stranger. Tell me gentleman, what would you pay me
if I could get rid of every single rat in Hamelin? They agreed to pay
him 50 pounds as soon as there was no rat left to squeak in Hamelin.
As soon as the Pied Piper left the town hall, he began to play his
pipe. Then, a loud shrill tune could be heard through every street and
in every house. All the rats of the town came running to the Piper.
The rats followed him everywhere he went. Finally, he reached the
harbour at the end of Gold Street and at the waters edge was a
boat. He stepped into it and pushed off until the boat had floated
away into deep water. All the rats tried to follow him onto the boat
but they all fell into the water and drowned.

Then the Piper sail his boat back to the shore. The people were
nervous because they did not know how they would pay the Piper 50
pounds. Finally, the Mayor said to the Piper, Listen, my good man, we
are very poor and cannot afford to pay you 50 pounds. Can you take
20 instead? That song you played was not too difficult for you, was
it? Twenty should be enough. But we agreed on 50 pounds, said the
Piper shortly, and if I were you Id pay it quickly. Because I can play
many kinds of tunes and you may not like what you hear next. Dont
you dare threaten us! shrieked the Mayor, and then he winked at the
town council members and whispered, all the rats are dead and
drowned, so what can he do now?
Then, he turned back to the Piper and said, You may do your
worst, my good man and with that he walked away. Very well, said
the Piper who was smiling. Then he began to play his pipe again..