"The Rats of Hamelin The Rats of Hamelin: A Piper's Tale (Moody Publishers, 2005) is a historical fantasy/fairy tale fantasy novel by Adam McCune and Keith McCune. Gachi-Changjo Publishing Company published a Korean translation entitled ""6월 26일, 하멜른"" (""June 26, Hamelin"") in 2007. Set in medieval Germany, the story is based on the legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin. In this version, however, the Pied Piper is not an expert in magic piping, but an eighteen-year-old apprentice named Hannes (Johannes) who is supposed to kill the rats as his final exam before becoming a Master Piper. Everything seems to"
"offers his services. By playing a tune on his pipe, he hypnotizes the rodents to follow him out of Hamelin. Then he creates a wheel of cheese with his pipe, tempting the mice to go in and eat it, and once all of the mice were in the holes of the cheese, he makes it vanish. When he returns to the town, the mayor refuses to pay him the bag of gold because he just played a pipe, and gives him one coin, while the other adults laugh at him. Furious, the Pied Piper decides to get revenge and save"
"reburied in individual graves in consecrated ground in Am Wehl Cemetery. The coat of arms (German: ""Wappen"") of Hamelin depicts the St. Boniface Minster, the oldest church in the city. 2018 { 72, 655' The town is famous for the folk tale of the Pied Piper of Hamelin (), a medieval story that tells of a tragedy that befell the town in the 13th century. The version written by the Brothers Grimm made it popular throughout the world; it is also the subject of well-known poems by Goethe and Robert Browning. In the summer every Sunday, the tale is performed"
"Hamelin Hamelin (; ) is a town on the river Weser in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Hamelin-Pyrmont and has a population of roughly 56,000. Hamelin is best known for the tale of the Pied Piper of Hamelin. Hamelin started with a monastery, which was founded as early as 851 AD. A village grew in the neighbourhood and had become a town by the 12th century. The incident with the ""Pied Piper"" (see below) is said to have happened in 1284 and may be based on a true event, although somewhat different from the"
"Pied Piper himself seems to have some historical basis, and is thus a figure of history as well as legend. The Lueneberg Manuscript of 1450, which serves as an epigraph for the novel, sums up the little we know historically about him: ""In the year 1284, on the days of John and Paul, the 26th of June, a piper clothed in various colors came and led away 130 children born in Hamelin to Calvary on the Koppen."" Hannes is trained in magical piping by the Piper's Guild. Like other medieval guilds, the Piper's Guild allows workers of one trade to"
"decided it was her Christian duty to make her marriage work. After the First World War, a recurring character in Montgomery's journal that was to obsess her for the rest of her life was ""the Piper"", who at first appeared as a heroic Highlander piper from Scotland, leading men into battle while playing traditional Highland tunes, but who turned out to be the Pied Piper of Hamelin, a trickster taking children away from their parents forever. The figure of ""the Piper"" reflected Montgomery's own disillusionment with World War One and her guilt at her ardent support for the war. To"
"but express disgust for the first man after reading the sign that identifies his crime. Still ignorant of his crime, the man is shot by a highwayman. Told in I.i, and reenacted in the second murder. A young boy, mistreated by his parents, offers a strange dark rider a piece of his meal. Touched, the rider presents him a gift: he chops off the child's toes. The conclusion of the story relates that the rider was the Pied Piper on his way to Hamelin to take away the children. Since he crippled the boy, the latter could not keep up"
"Hamelin"", retold in many versions since the 14th century, including one by the Brothers Grimm, a rat-catcher lures the town's rats into the river, but the mayor refuses to pay him. In revenge, the rat-catcher lures away all the children of the town, never to return. Mice feature in some of Beatrix Potter's small books, including ""The Tale of Two Bad Mice"" (1904), ""The Tale of Mrs Tittlemouse"" (1910), ""The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse"" (1918), and ""The Tailor of Gloucester"" (1903), which last was described by J. R. R. Tolkien as perhaps the nearest to his idea of a fairy"
"their human inhabitants. ""The Stainless Steel Rat"" is nickname of the (human) protagonist of a series of humorous science fiction novels written by Harry Harrison. One of the oldest and most historic stories about rats is ""The Pied Piper of Hamelin"", in which a rat-catcher leads away an infestation with enchanted music. The piper is later refused payment, so he in turn leads away the town's children. This tale, traced to Germany around the late 13th century, has inspired adaptations in film, theatre, literature, and even opera. The subject of much research, some theories have intertwined the tale with events"
"the empire's troops have attacked. The announcement causes the families to flee in panic. Peter, Max and Bo Peep are separated. Peter winds up in Hamelin where he becomes a member of a thieves guild. Bo Peep becomes a member of an assassin's guild. Max meets Frau Totenkinder who gives him a magical pipe of his own which he learns to use for evil purposes. He goes to Hamelin where he becomes the Pied Piper of Hamelin. Eventually Peter and Bo Peep are reunited and marry. They are heading to Sanctuary when they meet Max who is still angry over"
"Hamelen (TV series) Kunt u mij de weg naar Hamelen vertellen, mijnheer? (Do you know the way to Hamelin, Sir ?; lit. ""Can you tell me the way to Hamelin, sir?"") is a Dutch children's television series from the 1970s. It was broadcast by KRO and became an instant success. Based on the fairy tale ""The Pied Piper of Hamelin"", it tells what happened with the children after they disappeared from this German town. When The Piedpiper solves the rat problem in the town of Hamelin The Mayor refuses to pay him his gold so out of revenge he disappears"
"the children were sold to a recruiter from the Baltic region of Eastern Europe, a practice that was not uncommon at the time. In her essay ""Pied Piper Revisited"", Sheila Harty states that surnames from the region settled are similar to those from Hamelin and that selling off illegitimate children, orphans or other children the town could not support is the more likely explanation. She states further that this may account for the lack of records of the event in the town chronicles. In his book ""The Pied Piper: A Handbook"", Wolfgang Mieder states that historical documents exist showing that"
"a large group of children travelled from Erfurt to Arnstadt (about 20 km), jumping and dancing all the way, in marked similarity to the legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin, which originated at around the same time. Others have suggested that the children left Hamelin to be part of a pilgrimage, a military campaign, or even a new Children's crusade (which is said to have occurred in 1212) but never returned to their parents. These theories see the unnamed Piper as their leader or a recruiting agent. The townspeople made up this story (instead of recording the facts) to"
"phrase ""pay the piper"", although the phrase is actually a contraction of the English proverb ""he who pays the piper calls the tune"" which simply means that the person paying for something is the one who gets to say how it should be done. The present-day City of Hamelin continues to maintain information about the Pied Piper legend and possible origins of the story on its website. Interest in the city's connection to the story remains so strong that in 2009, Hamelin held a tourist festival to mark the 725th anniversary of the disappearance of the town's earlier children. The"
"for them in his backyard, which Nick doesn't even bother to investigate. That night, the family stays at a hotel where they try to come up with a plan and Jules shows Sandspur to his girlfriend, Cindy. Based on the story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin, Nick thinks about the possibility of asking the merfolk to lure the giants to the sea, since they seem to be hypnotized by a nixie's singing. The kids sneak out to the beach, where they find that the mermaids hate land-dwellers and kidnap Jules, promising to let him go and sing the giants"
"Iron John's pond hideout, Prince Connor's massive castle abode, Iron John's ""Midas pool"", a kingdom that neighbors Prince Connor's, the old king's tournament, and Prince Connor's wedding. Side with Iron John if you want to live! Episode 15. ""The Pied Piper"" (Released December 11) When the town of Hamelin is saved by a mysterious Piper, but the townspeople don't thank him and he doesn't do much as revenge towards them, Grimm decides to crank the plague up a notch or two! Join the Pied Piper as he wanders through the outskirts of Hamelin, Hamelin's town square, the local docks, the"
"several other children, disappeared from the small English hamlet they all live in, called Flaxdown. It turns out that all the children of the village as well as all other children who have ever disappeared (see ""The Children's Crusade"" & ""The Pied Piper of Hamelin"") were taken to a place called ""Free Country"". Free Country is a place where children never grow old and are free from the abuse and tyranny of adults (child abuse is a recurring theme). Free Country is run by a council of various children who have existed there hundreds of years. The council is attempting"
"also being pursued by the police for any information on Saul's whereabouts. After spending several days with King Rat, Saul hears whispers of the return of the Ratcatcher. This prompts King Rat to gather allies, Anansi, the spider king, and Loplop, the bird king; they are prompted to join him for their own reasons—the Ratcatcher is also after the Spidercatcher and Birdcatcher, their enemy as well. So, King Rat relates the story of living in Hamelin, the last time he really was king. But he was displaced, of course, by the Pied Piper of Hamelin and his flute. It is"
"build the Goodomu Engines. The are two pipes made of gold and silver. One of the pipes can lure children to its player and transform them into orbs that in exchange of the child's life can produce a huge amount of energy. The second reverts the effects of the first. It is still unknown the effects of the energy produced, because the process has never been completed. The tale of the Pied Piper of Hamelin is directly based on these pipes and what happened with them in Hamelin, Germany in 1284. The (the and the ) are the gifts that"
"Hamelin (""Hameln"" in German). Udolph entered all the known family names in the village at that time and then started searching for matches elsewhere. He found that the same surnames occur with amazing frequency in the regions of Prignitz and Uckermark, both north of Berlin. He also found the same surnames in the former Pomeranian region, which is now a part of Poland. Udolph surmises that the children were actually unemployed youths who had been sucked into the German drive to colonize its new settlements in Eastern Europe. The Pied Piper may never have existed as such, but, says the"
"""Peter the Wild Man"" is preserved at Berkhamsted School. Peter the Wild Boy Peter the Wild Boy (born ""c."" 1713; died 22 February 1785) was a boy from Hanover in northern Germany who was found in 1725 living wild in the woods near Hamelin (Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg), the town of Pied Piper legend. The boy, of unknown parentage, had been living an entirely feral existence for an unknown length of time, surviving by eating forest flora; he walked on all fours, exhibited uncivilized behaviour and could not be taught to speak a language. He is now believed to have suffered"
"stay, and help celebrate in all the happiness he has given to that town but Fluteman declines her invitation. And tells her that he must go wherever he is needed; where ever children need him most. Fluteman The Fluteman is a 1982 Australian film which retells the Pied Piper of Hamelin. The small town of Minyaka (aboriginal word for 'tomorrow') is run by greedy councillors who ignore the needs of the children; having promised them a swimming pool, children’s library and playground but for months the town has been suffering from a great drought. The heat and dust become almost"
"""The Minstrel"" on the 1966 TV series ""Batman"". The Pied Piper (Van Johnson) is first spotted working magic in Hamelin by a disabled boy, Paul, and playing his signature tune ""In the Hall of the Mountain King"". Paul tells his best friend, the schoolteacher Truson (=""true son""), also played by Johnson, but Truson is skeptical. The town of Hamelin has entered a competition in order to win a banner from the King. To this end, the Mayor (Claude Rains) exhorts the people to work incessantly, even the children, to the extent that they are denied school and play. Truson protests,"
"growing only in power and cunning. She assisted those who were kind to her, creating the three Billy Goats Gruff to eliminate a bridge troll that was causing problems for a village that won her favor, and blessing those who she felt worthy. She took her revenge on the town of Hamelin by giving away an enchanted flute that was used to lure away their children. Prompted by her experience with Aurac, she waged her own private war against handsome princes and men of wealth and privilege, during which she was responsible for the curses on Beast, Flycatcher, and Rapunzel."
"the children from growing up to be as bad as the adults by taking them away. The mayor and adults dismiss him, since they locked the town gate after the rats left and no one can get out. To the Mayor's shock, the Piper not only charms the children into following him but enchants the town gate into ripping itself open and allowing the children to leave, and he is left to face the wrath of the adults for the loss of their children. The Piper leads the children to the mountains and an enchanted land with fun and games,"
"walking on the ""Führerweg"". In 1938, most of the preparations for the festival were finalised when the plans were abruptly cancelled due to logistical problems caused by the pending invasion of Czechoslovakia by Germany which necessitated the use of trains to move military materiel to the border rather than transporting peasants to Bückeberg to attend the celebrations. Since the celebrations were close to the nearby town of Hamelin, known for the fairy tale of the Pied Piper of Hamelin, images were distributed during the Harvest Festival showing the children of Hamelin carrying Nazi flags and following the piper. The displayed"
"avoid the wrath of the church or the king. William Manchester's ""A World Lit Only by Fire"" places the events in 1484, 100 years after the written mention in the town chronicles that ""It is 100 years since our children left"", and further proposes that the Pied Piper was a psychopathic paedophile, although for the time period it is highly improbable that one man could abduct so many children undetected. Furthermore, nowhere in the book does Manchester offer proof of his description of the facts as he presents them. He makes similar assertions regarding other legends, also without supporting evidence."
"Pied Piper (novel) Pied Piper is a novel by Nevil Shute, first published in 1942. The title is a reference to the traditional German folk tale, ""The Pied Piper of Hamelin"". The story concerns a 70-year-old Englishman, John Sidney Howard, who goes on a fishing holiday in Jura, France partly to recover from grief at the loss of his son during the Battle of the Heligoland Bight. Although the Second World War has begun, he does not expect the speed with which the Nazi German forces invade France. His urgent desire to return home is delayed by a request made"
"1941 film version. He also appeared in several Shakespeare plays on Broadway, and in the original production of Eugene O'Neill's ""The Iceman Cometh"", as Harry Slade. His stern, cold demeanor quickly stereotyped him in villainous, and/or unpleasant characters, although he could play a sympathetic role, as he did occasionally in such films as the 1957 TV-movie version of ""The Pied Piper of Hamelin"". Here he played the Mayor of Middelburg, who unsuccessfully requests help from the Mayor of Hamelin (Claude Rains), when Hamelin is the victim of a flood. The flood leads to the famous plague of rats which invade"
"of town and into a cave and were never seen again. Depending on the version, at most three children remained behind: one was lame and could not follow quickly enough, the second was deaf and therefore could not hear the music, and the last was blind and unable to see where he was going. These three informed the villagers of what had happened when they came out from church. Other versions relate that the Pied Piper led the children to the top of Koppelberg Hill, where he took them to a beautiful land, or a place called Koppenberg Mountain, or"
"the Hamelin citizens their privileges. He was concerned about the extension of his sphere of influence to the Weser and made Hamelin a Welf ""state town"" (""Landstadt"") with about 2,000 inhabitants. Thus Hamelin became one of the four major towns of the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg. A memorial stone erected by the Springe Local History Society (""Heimatbund Springe"") on the site of the village of Sedemünder, which was probably abandoned in the 15th century, recalls the battle. Battle of Sedemünder The Battle of Sedemünder () was a military conflict between the episcopal army of the Bishop of Minden, Wedekind, and an"
"night to keep people awake. The kobold Hödekin of Hildesheim roamed the walls of the castle at night, forcing the watch to be constantly vigilant. A kobold in a fishermen's house in Köpenick on the Wendish Spree reportedly moved sleeping fishermen so that their heads and toes lined up. King Goldemar enjoyed strumming the harp and playing dice. One of Heinzelmann's pranks was to pinch drunken men to make them start fights with their companions. Heinzelmann liked his lord's two daughters and scared away their suitors so that the women never married. Folktales tell of people trying to rid themselves"
"Peter the Wild Boy Peter the Wild Boy (born ""c."" 1713; died 22 February 1785) was a boy from Hanover in northern Germany who was found in 1725 living wild in the woods near Hamelin (Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg), the town of Pied Piper legend. The boy, of unknown parentage, had been living an entirely feral existence for an unknown length of time, surviving by eating forest flora; he walked on all fours, exhibited uncivilized behaviour and could not be taught to speak a language. He is now believed to have suffered from the very rare genetic disorder Pitt-Hopkins Syndrome. Peter"