The True Stories Behind Classic Children’s Fairy Tales

Pied Piper The Kidnapper

Pied Piper

The Pied Piper of Hamelin is about the sudden disappearance of all the children of the town. As the story goes, the town mayor makes a deal with a piper to get rid of all the rats. The piper lures the rats away from the twon and into the river, at which point they promptly drown, but then the mayor goes back on his promise to pay the piper the agreed amount. So the piper lures all the children away and leaves the town forlorn.

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