But rats (seen only as shadows), fleeing the flood, invade Hamelin in droves; a magical piper, whose music only children (and rats) can hear, strikes a bargain...which, once the rats are gone ...
Each group takes it in turns to move around the space. The Pied Piper plays his pipe. The children skip on their own around the space, as though they are the Pied Piper playing his pipe.
In the third part of the story the Pied Piper returns for his fee. So what will happen when the Mayor goes back on his word…? Warm up with a partner. One child is the Pied Piper and the other is ...