Welcome to the Hamelin (Dance)

NARRATOR: A long time ago in a city called

Hamelin, something strange happened one morning.
Man 1: Good morning, Erwin.
Man 2: How are you today, Erich. Where are you
going?
Man 1: I’m going to buy a mousetrap. Lately, there
are a lot of rats in my house.
Man 2: You’re right, my house is also full of them.
Something is happening, because we never had rats in
this town before. They are not only in the houses, but
you can also see them in the streets, in the town
square, in the market, everywhere!
Man 1: The government should do something.
NARRATOR: And this happened for several weeks.
During this time the rats multiplied until there were
thousands of them. Rats could be seen everywhere, in
barns, stores, warehouses, restaurants, bakeries, even
the church.
RATS DANCE
NARRATOR: One day the whole town got together in
front of the city hall to ask the mayor to do something
about it.
MAN 1: We want you to do something! We want those
rats out of this town! Even the cats run away from
them!
CROWD : Yes, yes…Do something !
WOMAN 1: My son was bitten by a terrible rat while
he was sleeping!
MAN 1: Rats have eaten all the grain in my store!
MAN 2: Those rats will bring Black Death to this
town.
WOMAN 2: If the mayor can’t deal with this problem,
let’s remove!
CROWD: Yes, remove him…
NARRATOR: When the Mayor hears all the
complains he calls for a meeting with his advisors.
MAYOR: We must do something. Give me ideas.
ADVISOR 1: Let’s buy more mousetraps, that will
solve the problem.
ADVISOR 2: No…It won’t work! There are no
mousetraps in the city.
ADVISOR 3: Those rats are smart! They know how
mousetraps work.
MAYOR: Think of something! People out there are
furious!
ADVISOR 4: Let’s offer a reward. Let’s offer gold
coins to the person who can get us rid of all the rats.
TREASURER: It’s a good idea! Let’s offer two-
hundred gold coins to the one who can make the rats
disappear.
MAYOR: That is a Good idea!
ADVISOR 3: True, it’s a great idea..
MAYOR: So. everyone agrees ?
ADVISORS 1, 2, 3, 4, TREASURER: Yes, let’s do it!
MAYOR: Let me call the citizens and let them know
our decision.
NARRATOR: The mayor calls for the people and the
crowd gather .
MAYOR: Dear citizens. I have decided to offer a
reward of two-hundred gold coins to the person who
can drive away all the rats in town.
MAYOR: We will place posters all over the town
offering a reward.
NARRATOR: Next day the city is full of posters
offering two-hundred gold coins to the person who
could get the town rid of the rats. Passing by a tall and
thin man entered the city.
OLD MAN: Young man, can you please help me. I am
very tired, help me get to that bench in the square.
PIED PIPER: Take my hand, I will take you. I am in
no hurry.
NARRATOR: And they walk together to the square.
And they sit together on the first bench they find.
OLD MAN: Thank you, young man. Are you a
traveller? I don’t remember seeing you in this town.
PIED PIPER: No, I am a musician. I play my music to
whoever wants to listen to it for just a few coins.
OLD MAN: What kind of musical instrument do you
play?
PIED PIPER: I play the flute… but what is going on?
There are a lot of rats in this town. I have never seen
so many rats together!
OLD MAN: That’s right my young friend. Do you see
that poster over there? It’s about a reward the city is
offering to the person who can get the town rid of the
rats forever.
PIED PIPER: Let me read it.
PIED PIPER: My friend, can you tell me where is the
city hall ?
OLD MAN: Go straight, there you will see a big white
building. That’s the city hall. But, why do you want
to go there?
PIED PIPER: Because I will make this town free of
the rats. The reward will be mine. Good-bye.
NARRATOR: And the Pied Piper goes to the city
hall. As soon as he arrives at the city hall. He meet the
Mayor’s Secretary there.
PIED PIPER: Good day, I would like to talk to the
mayor.
SECRETARY: The mayor is very busy right now.
PIED PIPER: It’s really urgent . I need to talk to the
mayor.
SECRETARY: What can you do for the mayor? You
are a poor musician.
PIED PIPER: I can get the town rid of all the rats.
SECRETARY: Are you sure you can drive away those
ugly rats?
PIED PIPER: Yes. All of them!
SECREATRY: Then wait for some time, let me see if
the mayor is available.
NARRATOR: The secretary informs the mayor. The
mayor hurries out to meet the Pied Piper.
MAYOR: Is it true that you can get us rid of all the
rats?
PIED PIPER: Yes, mayor. I can !
MAYOR: Are you sure they will never come back?.
PIED PIPER: Yes, they will never come back.
MAYOR: When will that be?
PIED PIPER: Right now! I just have to make sure
that you will keep your promise and pay me with the
reward.
MAYOR: It is true!
PIED PIPER: So, you give me half of the coins right
now and the rest after the job is done.
MAYOR: What? Do you think I’m crazy?
SECRETARY: Yes, do you think we are fools?
MAYOR: Even if I give you only one coin, I am sure,
you will run away. I will give you all the coins only
when the rats are out of here, and when we are sure
that they will never come back.
PIED PIPER: If those are the conditions, I agree. I’ll
start working.
NARRATOR: As soon as the pied piper is out of the
mayor’s office, he starts walking toward the square.
He stand in the middle of the square and starts playing
his flute.
(LIGHT FLUTE MUSIC) ( People and Rats come out
dancing)
WOMAN 1: Where did he come from? His music is so
lovely.
NARRATOR: People gather around the pied piper.
The mayor and his secretary are watching from the
city hall.
MAYOR: Something is happening. Look! Secretary,
do you see that? Rats are running toward the square!
SECRETARY: There are thousands of rats coming
out from every house.
MAN 1: Let’s get out of here! There are thousands of
rats! And more and more are coming this way!
NARRATOR: And people get inside their houses.
And only the pied piper remain in the square playing
his lovely music.
PIED PIPER: This is working! Rats like my music. I
will keep on playing!
NARRATOR: The pied piper starts walking to the
great Weser river that ran across the city. He keeps
on playing his music. Rats seem to be enchanted by the
music, and they followed the musician quietly. He
walked for more than half an hour until he get to the
edge of the Weser River.
NARRATOR: The pied piper swims to the middle of
the river. The water in the river is too hard and cold.
PIED PIPER: I must hurry up! The water is too cold,
and the stream too hard. I must keep playing my
music.
NARRATOR: The rats too get inside the river behind
him. They are all enchanted.
PIED PIPER: It’s working! The water stream is too
hard. It’s taking away the rats and they are
drowning! I will keep on playing until there’s none of
them alive.
NARRATOR: Some minutes went by and there are no
rats in the edge of the river. All of them are inside the
water where they drown.
PIED PIPER: I will keep on playing my music, just to
be sure that there are no more rats left alive.
NARRATOR: The pied piper gets out of the water
and make sure that all rats had drown. He came back
to the city hall.
PIED PIPER: I want to see the mayor. I have finished
my job; all the rats are dead.
SECRETARY: Let me tell him that you are here.
NARRATOR: The secretary goes to the mayor and
tells him that Pied Piper is waiting for him.
NARRATOR: The mayor comes out of his office to
talk to the Pied Piper.
MAYOR: Come inside.
PIED PIPER: I can’t come inside, I am in a hurry. I
just came to get my two-hundred gold coins.
MAYOR: I don’t have the gold coins here with me. I
must talk to the treasurer, he has them in the treasury.
PIED PIPER: When can I come for my money?
NARRATOR: While the Mayor and the Pied Piper
are talking, the people from Hamelin gather around .
WOMAN 2: Hail to the mayor!
MAN 2: Yes, he is great!
CHILD: We don’t have rats any more in the town !
CROWD: Thank you, mayor!
MAYOR: Thank you all of you, but the honour is not
mine. This young man, the pied piper was the one
who got rid of the rats.
CROWD: Hail to the pied piper!
MAYOR: I want you all to rest and be assured that
there are no more rats in this town.
NARRATOR: Then, the crowd leaves happily.
MAYOR: Secretary, tell the treasurer and my
advisors to come here.
PIED PIPER: But, mayor, what about my payment?
MAYOR: Don’t worry, tonight after the party you
will receive your reward. Meanwhile, rest and enjoy
the party tonight.
NARRATOR: The pied piper leaves, and few minutes
later the advisors and the treasurer arrive at the
mayor’s office.
MAYOR: Come, let’s talk.
TREASURER: What is wrong? What is the
emergency?
MAYOR: Did some of you notice that there are no
more rats in the town?
TREASURER: That’s right, there are none. I haven’t
seen any.
ADVISORS 1,2,3,4 : Yes, there are none.
MAYOR: The pied piper wants his reward. I told him
that tonight he will receive his gold coins.
ADVISOR 1: But he didn’t do anything.
ADVISOR 2: He got rid of all the rats in less than two
hours.
ADVISOR 3: We shouldn’t pay him two hundred gold
coins for just a two-hour job.
TREASURER: It’s true. Besides, he just walked and
played his flute. Two hundred gold coins is a lot of
money for such a little effort. We should only pay him
one gold coin.
ADVISOR 1: He doesn’t deserve a gold coin.
ADVISOR 2: He doesn’t deserve even a silver coin.
ADVISOR 3: Maybe just a steel coin.
MAYOR: But I gave him my word. We must pay him
tonight.
TREASURER: Very well, if you want to give him two-
hundred gold coins, you will have to give him your
own money. Because I have decided not to give him
any.
MAYOR: No, not from my own money.
ADVISOR 3: The town’s gratitude is enough for him.
MAYOR: Are you sure this is what you want to do?
ADVISOR 1,2,3,4: Yes, we are sure! We will do just
that.
MAYOR: Very well, then, we will tell him about our
decision.
NARRATOR: And everybody leaves the city hall.
That night the party is celebrated in honour of the
Pied Piper. There is music, food, and everybody is
happy and enjoying.
LITTLE GIRL: Thank you, Mr. pied piper, I couldn’t
sleep at night because I was afraid of being bitten by
the rats.
PIED PIPER: You are safe now.
LITTLE GIRL: How did you do it? How did you get
them out of this town?
PIED PIPER: I only played a lovely music, and they
were all gone.
LITTLE GIRL: Thank you, thank you.
NARRATOR: And the little girl leaves. All night
people gather around the Pied Piper. They all thank
him for what he did.
MAYOR: Dear Hamelin citizens! Tonight, we have
celebrated our hero, the pied piper who got us rid of
the rats. Pied piper, come here with me.
PIED PIPER: Here I am, mayor.
MAYOR: Let’s give our hero an applause!
MAYOR: Dear people, the party is over. Go home
now, rest, and don’t worry anymore.
PIED PIPER: Mayor, I appreciate the honour You
have given me tonight but I must go now, I only want
my reward.
TREASURER: There will not be any reward. You
didn’t do anything! You just walked and played your
music.
PIED PIER: Mayor, you promised me you would give
me my reward when the party is over.
MAYOR: Yes, but we all think that what you did was
nothing, it was very easy for you.
TREASURER: I advise you to leave without causing
any problem. Get out of this town now!
PIED PIPER: But I can’t leave without my money. I
got this town rid of the rats, you can’t do this to me!
MAYOR: Sure, we can!
PIED PIPER: Are you sure that you will not pay me?
Something terrible will happen to you if you don’t pay
me!
MAYOR: Quiet! What can you do? You are just a
worthless musician!
PIED PIPER: My revenge will be terrible!
NARRATOR: The Pied Piper leaves the Town Hall
and when the whole town is in total silence, the pied
piper comes back to the square.
PIED PIPER: I will play the most wonderful music.
NARRATOR: And he plays and plays. Suddenly, the
square is full of children of all ages even babies being
carried by their older brothers and sisters. Then he
stops playing.
PIED PIPER: Dear children. We will continue our
party, only you and me. Do you like my music?
CHILDREN: Yes! Keep playing your beautiful music.
PIED PIPER: Then I will keep playing my music, and
you will follow me.
NARRATOR: The Pied Piper plays his music and
walks outside Hamelin. All the children follow him
and reach the entrance of a cave. The Pied Piper goes
in the children follow him into the cave. Some hours
later, in the morning, people notice that their children
are not at [Link] overnight all the children of the
town have disappeared. Everyone rushed to the town
hall.
WOMAN 3: Mayor, mayor, all our kids have
disappeared! They can’t be seen anywhere in town!
MAYOR: What is happening? Why all this noise?
WOMAN 4: All our kids have disappeared! My baby
has disappeared!
MAYOR: That is not possible, go get my children!
Advisor 1: Mayor, your kids are not at home, and
mine too either!
MAYOR: The pied piper did this! He took revenge on
us, because we didn’t pay him!
NARRATOR: Oh, poor Hamelin! And for many
hours, children are lost. To their surprise a deaf child
who was unable to listen to the music comes forward
seeing the chaos. He takes the crowd to the cave where
Pied Piper has taken all the children.
MAYOR: Dear Pied Piper, we are very sorry for what
we did with you. Please return our children. We will
pay you your reward.
TREASURER: Yes! Yes! We will reward you. Please
return our children back. Here it is.
NARRATOR: Pied Piper smiles and takes his reward.
He gets off all the children out of the cave. Children
run towards their parents. All the people are happy.
The Pied Piper plays his flute again and all dance but
to a happy ending.
(HAPPY FLUTE MUSIC)
NARRATOR: Moral of this story is…
WHAT YOU SEND OUT—COMES BACK ….
WHAT YOU SOW—YOU REAP…
WHAT YOU GIVE—YOU GET…
WHAT YOU SEE IN OTHERS—EXISTS IN YOU..
DON’T DO UNTO OTHERS WHAT YOU DON’T
WANT OTHERS TO DO UNTO YOU…