Once upon a timethere was a

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rats

The cats ate the mice for a while...

...but the rats began to take over thetown.

The people were scared and sad.

What can we do?!

The Pied Piper

pipes

I can get rid ofthe rats.

We willpay you!

The Piper blew his pipesand the rats followed.

The rats drowned in the river.

The people wouldn’t pay.

Only the children could hear his pipes.They followed the piper.

They went into the mountain.

One boy escaped before the caveentrance closed forever.