The Pied Piper of Hamelin
by Miki De Goodaboom
Title
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Artist
Miki De Goodaboom
Medium
Painting - Mixed Technique
Description
Wikipadia:
"In 1284, while the town of Hamelin was suffering from a rat infestation, a man dressed in pied clothing appeared, claiming to be a rat-catcher. He promised the townsmen a solution for their problem with the rats. The townsmen in turn promised to pay him for the removal of the rats. The man accepted, and played a musical pipe to lure the rats with a song into the Weser River, where all of them drowned. Despite his success, the people reneged on their promise and refused to pay the rat-catcher the full amount of money. The man left the town angrily, but vowed to return some time later, seeking revenge. On Saint John and Paul's day while the inhabitants were in church, he played his pipe yet again, dressed green, like a hunter, this time attracting the children of Hamelin. One hundred thirty boys and girls followed him out of the town, where they were lured into a cave and never seen again. Depending on the version, at most three children remained behind (one of whom was lame and could not follow quickly enough, the other one was deaf and followed the other children out of curiosity and the last was blind and unable to see where they were going) who informed the villagers of what had happened when they came out of the church."
In the town of Hamelin there is a big clock tower and on the outside wall there is a series of bells playing beautiful tunes. There are 2 doors, the first one opens and the characters come out and enact the story...
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May 25th, 2010
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