In the Pied Piper of
Hamlin, written by Robert Browning in 1888, a town infested with rats promised
to pay a piper to whisk the rats away magically. He did so, drowning the rats
and returned for his fee. Being denied, the piper used his magic once more and
led away all the children of Hamlin to be locked in a magic cave. He was never
seen again. Nor were the children. These are Mr. Browning's final lines…
“So, Willy, let me and you be wipers
Of scores out with all men -- especially pipers!
And, whether they pipe us free from rats or from mice,
If we've promised them aught, let us keep our promise!”
The Pied Piper is a Wee Whimsie and is
available as a workshop.
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