The Pied Piper of Hamelin is a legend, documented by
the Brothers Grimm (Der Rattenfänger von Hameln,
which translates to "The Ratcatcher of Hamelin"), which
tells of an unusual disaster that occurred in the town of
Hamelin (Hameln), Germany, 26 June 1284.
In 1284, the town of Hamelin was suffering from a rat
infestation. One day, a man claiming to be a
rat-catcher approached the villagers with a solution.
They promised to pay him for the removal of the rats.
The man accepted, and thus played a musical pipe to
lure the rats with a song into the Weser river, where all
of them drowned.
Despite his success, the people reneged on their
promise and refused to pay the rat-catcher. The man
left the town angrily, but returned some time later, on
June 26th, seeking revenge.
While the inhabitants were in church, he played his
pipe again, this time attracting the children of Hamelin.
One hundred and thirty boys and girls followed him out
of the town, where they were lured into a cave and
never seen again. Depending on the version, at most
two children remained behind (one of whom was lame
and could not follow quickly enough) who informed
the villagers what had happened when they came
out of the church.
Other versions (but not the traditional ones) claim that
the Piper returned the children after the villagers paid
several times the original amount of gold.
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The Pied Piper of Hamelin