Pied Piper of Hamelin

Good morning to our honourable judges, teachers and my fellow friends. Today, I;m
going to tell you a story entitled “The Pied Piper of Hamelin”.

Hamelin was a small town in Germany. The town was full of rats. They were everywhere in
houses, inns, shops, schools and in streets. At first, they thought that cats would drive the rats
away. However, the rats were too many. It was really very difficult to find a lot of cats. They
were in a real trouble. Someone needs to do something.

One day, a stranger came to the town of Hamelin. He carried a flute with him. He went to see
the mayor and said,

"I’m a pied piper. I heard that Hamelin has a big problem with rats. I will help you to get
rid of all the rats in one day, but what would you give as my reward?"

The mayor was thinking. It was difficult to get rid of the rats, and to do it in a day? It was
impossible!

"I promise you 10 000 gold coins from us if you can do as you say," said the mayor
proudly. 

He was sure the man could not do it. The pied piper nodded his head and left. Then he walked
out in the street, take out his flute and started playing it. A weird music floated in the air.
People of Hamelin could hear the beautiful music from every corner of Hamelin.

Suddenly, there was a 'whirring' noise. Thousands of rats came out from everywhere. The rats
were enchanted and followed the music that came from the flute. The pied piper walked
towards the sea, and all the rats of Hamelin followed behind him. It was such a view!

He continuously playing the flute and walked right into the sea. The rats followed him and all of
them were drowned. The pied piper got rid of all the rats. He kept his promise.

The mayor and the town's people were happy. But the mayor had changed his mind. When the
pied piper went to him for his reward, he said,

"It is a wonderful job you have done but 10 000 gold coins is too much for a one
day's work. I will only pay you 100 hundred gold coins." 
The Pied Piper was angry. He left the mayor.

In the street he took out his flute and started playing. The weird music came out again.
Suddenly, all the children of Hamelin came out and followed him.

The Pied Piper played the flute and walked out of the town. They walked, and walked, and
walked and disappeared into the mountains. 

The parents of the children cried, "Where did our children go? We want our children
back!"

They went to see the mayor and complained about it. The mayor was helpless. He
knew that he did not keep his promise and was dishonest with the pied piper. But it was too
late. The pied piper had never returned.

The moral value of this story is we should keep our promise that we have made. Failing to do
so is an act of dishonesty. That’s all from me, thank you.
Good morning to our honourable judges, teachers and my fellow friends. Today, I;m
going to tell you a story entitled “ The Poor Woodcutter”

Once upon a time there was a poor woodcutter. He was very poor but he was always honest.
One hot day, he took his axe and went inside the nearby forest in search of wood.
After searching for a long time, he found one good tree near a river inside the forest.

“ Hmm.. this tree is good. I can get lots of firewood”

So, the woodcutter started to work.
‘Swish, swoosh, swish swoosh..”
‘Plop..”

Oh no! As the woodcutter was cutting the woods, his axe slipped from his hands and fell inside
the river. The river was very deep. So he couldn't get into the water to take his axe out. He
started crying.
“ Oh..oh..what am I going to do?”
“ I have lost my precious axe. Oh dear, oh dear..”

Suddenly, a beautiful angel appeared from inside the river water.

“ Why are crying my dear woodcutter?” She asked.
“ Oh, I have lost my axe…now I won’t be able to cut woods anymore.”
The woodcutter told her how his axe fell inside the water. The angel went inside the water and
after sometime came out with a golden axe in her hands. The woodcutter refused to accept
that golden axe. 

The angel again went inside the water. This time she came out with a silver axe and gave it to
the woodcutter. Again the woodcutter refused saying that his was not a silver axe. The angel
dived into the water. This time she came out with the woodcutter's iron axe. 

The woodcutter happily accepted his axe and thanked the angel. The angel was pleased with
his honesty. The angel rewarded the gold and the silver axes to that woodcutter.

MORAL: Honesy always gets rewarded.