the pied piper was hired to exterminate all of the vermin (rats) in the small town of hamelin, Brumswick.
One famous super exterminator in fairy tales is the Pied Piper. In the legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin, he uses his magical pipe to lead all the rats out of the town, saving the day.
To my disgrace I've never heard of it! The reason for the name is the tale of the Pied Piper of Hamelin (Hamelin, a town on the Weser river in Germany). The Pied Piper was not paid for relieving the city of rats & so he played his pipes & all the children followed him out of the city. How hot is that?
probably not but then again you should find out for yourself why ask
The town of Hamilton had too many rats and they needed help in order to get rid of them.
"Pied" in the dictionary means wearing or having a two-colored coat. In the Grimm's fairy tale of the Pied Piper, he was pictured as wearing a multi-colored outfit. In Robert Browning's poem, the piper is described as: "And in did come the strangest figure! His queer long coat from heel to head Was half of yellow and half of red,..."
When the Pied Piper blew his flute in the legend of Hamelin, all the rats in the town followed him out of the city and into the river where they drowned. Subsequently, when the townspeople refused to pay the Pied Piper for his service, he played his flute again and led the children out of the town, never to be seen again.
The Pied Piper of Hamelin is famous for leading away all the rats from the town of Hamelin by playing his magical flute. However, when the townspeople refused to pay him for his services, he lured away their children as well.
That's from the Pied Piper. In the tale, the Pied Piper was called in to rid rats from the town, which he did by playing his pipes and luring them to their death by drowning. When he returned to the town for payment, he was not paid, and he took it out on the townspeople by again playing his pipes, this time luring all of the children out of the town. So, to "pay the piper" means to face the inevitable consequences of one's actions.[1]
In the story of the Pied Piper, after the Pied Piper successfully lures away the rats with his music, the town of Hamelin refuses to pay him as promised. In retaliation, he leads away the town's children with his music, leaving behind only one child who is lame and unable to follow. The ultimate fate of the children varies across different versions of the tale, some suggest they were never seen again while others say they were led to a hidden land.
The Pied Piper, who rid the town of rats. Then, when the people of the town refused to pay him as agreed, he led all the children out of the town.
The summary is that there were rats attacking in Hamelin as the Pied Piper came to save Hamelin from those filthy rats so the mayor promised to give him 50 thousand gold coins! when he finished his job, he went to collect his reward but the mayor said no and then he took all the children with him in a cave and now no one knows what happened to those kids!