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STALL, A GIANT RAT RUSHED OVER
THE FALLEN WILLY/

HELP/ 'save the-!*'

FOOD/ I "

'stop bellowing/]
they're eating
ALL OUR
WINTERS FOOD,
mother
 THEY FOUGHT THE DOGS AND KILLED THE CAtS.

AND BIT THE BABIES IN THEIR CRADLES,

AND ATE THE CHEESES OUT Of THE VATS,

AND LICKED THE SOUP FROM THE COOKS’ OWN LADLES,

SALTED SPRATS,

AND EVEN SPOILED THE WOMEN'S CHATS

 WHAT'S THAT? WHAT'S THAT? 1
ANYTHING LIKE THE SOUND OFj
A RAT MAKES ME JUMP. I-
-y C-C-COME IN/ J-

Into the room

CAME THE
STRANGEST FIGURE
THAT ANYONE
HAD EVER SEEN/

PLEASE, YOUR HONORS, I HAVE COME

FROM AFAR TO HELP YOU. I AM ABLE,
BY MEANS OF A MAGIC CHARM, TO ,—
MAKE ALL LIVING CREATURES l__
THAT CREEP, SWIM, CRAWL OR .—
RUN FOLLOW ME WHEREVER J ,

) ] f I SPECIALIZE IN
’ J PESTS. I HAVE
RID MANY ATOWN
AND PALACE OF TOADS,
SNAKES.. AND RATS/

TARTARY, I FREED
THE CHAM FROM
HUGE SWARMS OFJ
—I gnats/ J-
 « . AND IN ASIA,I FREED
THE NIZAM PROM A THERE’S A WONDERFUL
MONSTROUS BROOD OF
'<AMP1RE BATS.* STRANGER WHO SPEAKS
OF MAGIC. HE SAYS HE
CAN HELP US/J-"
HOORAY/

BUT DOES HE
HAVE ATRAP?

HOW CAN YOU PROVI

HE’S JUST A POOR BEGGAR THESE DEEDS YOU
COME IN TO GET WARM. LOOK BOAST OF? I-
AT HIS CLOTHES. THEY MUST
BE A HUNDRED YEARS OLD
DON’T LISTEN TO HIM/
 A thousand guilders
TO BLOW ON A PIPE /
NONSENSE/

GET OUT OF AND DON'T COME BACK UNLESS

THIS TOWN/ YOU/CAN BRING ME A TRAP. DO
“1 tOU HEAR? A TRAP/ l-
 [after him./)
[beggar/"
THIEF/

f BUT WHY WERE

THE COUNCILMEN
I CHASING HIM? THE MAYOR'S
?WELL,I | GONE HOME, HIM
DON'T KNOW SELF. HE STILL
EXACTLY.... I CAN'T THINK OF
DIDN'T HE DO
SOMETHING
WRONG ? J
M.S THE PIPER STEPPED FORTH, A HUSH/^
^FELL OVER THE TOWN SQUARE V /

sf}\ f HE CAN/) |[hE CAN'T/)

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ThriEE SWEET, / J {/
BB&Ul \ \ 1 cleaiR NOTES

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And in every cellar,- attic 4nd pantry,

Tir ' iiJW

THE RATS STOPPED NIBBLING AND

PRICKED UP THEIR EARS
=^5^5SfeS"
CffflTf/ ( OH, WHAT DO I |
SMELL? THE /
^Jycheesiest CHEESES,/^
- M"HE SWEETEST APPLES,

£y~Fp k*®6' (THE SALTIEST BUTTER

lyL-KT
A THOUSAND/ I GIVE YOU ONE MORE CHANCE TO PAY/
NO LESS. OR QUICKLY/1 MUST GO TO RID THE CALIPH'S
YOU WILL BE SAW THEM DROWN KITCHENS OF SCORPIONS. I HAVEN'T
SORRY. WITH MY OWN EYES. --1 MUCH TIME.
YOU CAN'T BRING
THEM BACK TO WELL, GO THEN,
‘—| LIFE. I-- BEGGAR/ HOW
DARE YOU SPEAK
TO YOUR
BETTERS LIKE
THAT?

NO. BUT THEYWILL PEOPLE OF HAMELIN TOWN / THE PIED

PAY JUST THE SAME. PIPER HAS SAVED US FROM THE DREADFUL
YOU WILL SEE. RATS. ARE WE SO I .- —LL
UNGRATEFUL (7=-' THAT'S WHAT
THAT WE WILL FOR THE CAN WE
NOT PAY HIM? I MAYOR TO DO
SMALL FEET CAME PATTERING,
WOODEN SHOES CLATTERING,
LITTLE HANDS CLAPPING, AND
LITTLE TONGUES CHATTERING,
AND, LIKE FOWLS IN A FARM-YARD
WHEN BARLEY IS SCATTERING,
OUT CAME THE CHILDREN RUNNING.
ALL THE LITTLE BOYS AND GIRLS,
WITH ROSY CHEEKS AND FLAXEN
CURLS,
AND SPARKLING EYES AND TEETH
LIKE PEARLS,
TRIPPING AND SKIPPING, RAN
MERRILY AFTER
THE WONDERFUL MUSIC WITH
SHOUTING AND LAUGHTER.
wm
The mayor and -he councilmen watched
IN SILENCE AS THE CHILDREN DANCED A WHERE IS HE
MERRILY AFTER THE PIED PIPER. LEADING THEM?

HURRY, HURRY
TO THE RIVER/ BEFORE IT’S TOO
THEY WILL DROWN LATE/ r"-'
LIKE THE RATS/
But the children were not afraid, tjcy
HAD NEVER BEEN SO HAPPY. EVEN FRANZ
AND WILLY BECAME GOOD FRIENDS.:
 [good./ he'll never Meanwhile,
GET ACROSS THAT POOS WILLY FOUND
HIGH MOUNTAIN. WE IT HARD TO KEEP
CAN STOP THEM UP WITH THE
THERE. I-' OTHERS.THE
STEEP SIDES OF
THE MOUNTAIN
WERE TOO MUCH
FOR HIS LAME
LEO,

Up, up, toward the clouds climbed the

MERRY PIPER AND HIS HAPPY FOLLOWERS.

THEY'LL HAVE TO STOP/1

THEY CAN'T GO UP THE
FACE OF THAT CLIFF/I
... ALL BUT WILLY WHO ARRIVED AT THE
CAVERNJUSTASTHE STONE SWUNG SHUT
BEHIND HIS PLAYMATES.
I THEY HAVE GONE TO THE
MOST BEAUTIFUL LAND IN
THE WORLD WHERE THEY
WILL BE HAPPY AS LONG
; AS THEY LIVE, WHILE 1
| MUST STAY BEHIND JUST
| BECAUSE I'M LAME. ,

OH,WILLY, DON'T BE
SAD BECAUSE YOU
DIDN'T GO WITH THEM
I COULDN'T HAVE
LIVED WITHOUT YOU.
OUR CHILDREN/
; OUR CHILDREN/^
MWILLY/
[WILLY/
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