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Today’s story-The Pied Piper is an adapted story from the famous story-Pied Piper of Hamelin It teaches us to keep a promise once made.
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Transcript
Once upon a time there was a little town called Hamelin, located among the mountains and surrounded by beautiful fields.
Children, what is the name of the city you live in?
What is your favourite thing about this city?
Well, in the beautiful town, one day, a lot of rats arrived. The rats ran around everywhere and troubled each and every citizen of the town. Finally, the terrified citizens went to plead with the mayor to free them from this problem.
Children, how do you think the rats terrified the citizens of Hamelin?
That’s right! They ate all the food, troubled sleeping babies, and made a lot of noise. The people had grown tired of the rats but were unable to do anything. Even the cats were not able to kill the rats.
The Mayor was in his office trying to think of a plan, when a young man with a golden flute appeared, and offered to rid him and the town of rats in exchange for one million euros. He was called the Pied Piper.
“If you solve this problem I will pay you.” said the Mayor.
“Certainly, and if I fail, I will not charge anything and you may even punish me if I am unable to get rid of the rats,” said the Pied Piper.
That night, a sound of a flute was heard throughout the streets of Hamelin. All the people peeped out of their homes. And they couldn’t believe what they saw.
All the rats came out of every nook and corner of the homes and followed the Pied Piper as he marched down to the river and straight into the water. Behind him the swarm of rats followed him and every one of them was drowned and swept away by the current.
The citizens were delighted and cheered for the Pied Piper. Now, the town was free of the little devils and the people were relieved and thrilled.
After all the rats were dead, the Pied Piper returned and asked the Mayor for his money. The Mayor said, “ This was such an easy task. And I would give you only twenty Euros for such an easy job.”
Now that the rats were dead, the Mayor thought that there was nothing to worry about.
But the Pied Piper wanted to teach him a lesson. This time he played a different tune on his flute. Hearing his music, the children came out of their houses. They started following the piper, dancing and shouting.
The elders watched in disbelief as the Pied Piper led the children far, far away. The Mayor understood his mistake and quickly sent his men to look for the Pied Piper and bring the children back. He further told the guards to carry the rest of the amount promised and give it to the pied piper who had rightly deserved it. The mayor had learned his lesson and he never broke his promise.
