Pied piper of Hamelin

Summary of the story

The town of Hamelin, is plagued by rats, so the Mayor promise to offer one thousand marks
to anyone who can get rid of the rats. A piper offers to do the job, and successfully he leads
the rats to the river and they drown. The citizens, disappointed that all he did was play a tune,
and the Mayor breaks his promise and refuses to pay him. The piper, angered, plays a new
tune that has all the children of the city follow him and he take them away in the mountain.
Author:
 Original story by Brothers Grimm
 Retold by Jegham Amel
 Revised by Mohamed Mani
Characters
 The pied piper
 The Mayor
 The councilors
 The Hamelin people
 The children
 The crippled boy
Spatial framework
 The town of « Hamelin » in Germany
 The river
 The mountain
Time frame
 Once upon a time
Main events
 The town of Hamelin was suffering from a rat infestation;
 The mayor promised to pay for the one who could remove of the rats;
 A stranger piper promised the mayor to find a solution to their problem with the rats;
 The piper played his pipe to lure the rats into the River, where they all drowned;
 The mayor reneged on his promise and refused to pay the piper the full sum;
 The piper stormed out of the town, vowing to return later to take revenge;
 The piper played his pipe and he attracted the town's children;
 The children followed him out of town and into a cave and were never seen again ;