The Pied Piper of Hamelin: A Deal Gone Wrong
By
Simon Rich
Summary
A humorous retelling of the Pied Piper of Hamelin legend, framed as a Shouts & Murmurs piece. The Pied Piper successfully rids the town of rats by luring them to the river with his fife, but when the townspeople refuse to pay his fee of a thousand guilders, he retaliates by luring away their children with a new tune.
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· 5 pulledHe offered the residents a deal: for a thousand guilders, he would rid their town of rats.
The townspeople agreed, and the piper began to play a lively tune upon his fife.
But, when the Pied Piper asked the people of Hamelin for his fee, they would not pay.
And so, to get revenge, he played a new tune on his fife.
This time, however, it wasn't the townspeople's rats who flocked to him; it was their children.
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