Scene one: Rats infest Hamelin
Narrator: A small town named Hamelin has become infested with rats. They are eating all the food and making the town unlivable.
Rat1 : I love Hamelin so much!
Girl Rat : Me too, it's awesome!
Rat2: Yea! The sausage is great!
Girl Rat: There's so much food here!
Rat1: My favorite thing is the cheese, but the ham is good too.
Rat2: I like the fish heads the best.
Rats: Let's Eat! There's so much food, we love this town, and we love food!
Mayor: Those rats are so gross!
Tailor: Yes, they are disgusting, they are bigger than my feet!
Baker: And they eat all our cheese and sausage!
Rats: (Jumping out) Boo!
Mayor, Tailor, Baker : Aaahhh!
Rat: I love scaring these people. It's so much fin.
Girl Rat: Did you see the looks on their faces?
Rat2: Hamelin is great. I'm never going to leave.
Scene two: Finding a solution to the rats
Narrator: The mayor and some residents discuss a slotion to the rat problem.
Two strangers appears to offer a strange service.
Baker: Yes! The vermin are everywhere!
Mayor: Oh, well....do you have any ideas?
Baker: We can make bad-tasting food.
Tailor: Or a toy cat.
Mayor: How can we stop these rats?
Pied Piper: Did you here right?
Pied Guitarist: We can help if we might.
Pied Piper: You have a problem with rats.
Pied Guitarist: Why not squash them with bats?
Pied Piper: Or skin them for hats?
Mayor: Who are you?
Pied Piper: I'm the Pied Piper.
Pied Guitarist: And i 'm the Pied Guitalist.
Pied Piper: We can play a magic song.
Pied Guitarist: And all the rats will be gone.
Tailor: Really, you can control them?
Baker: That's amazing!
Mayor: Wonderful! So, will you help us?
Pied Piper: We will do as you say.
Pied Guitarist: But of course you must pay.
Pied Piper: 50 pieces of gold.
Mayor: Uh, first make the rats leave.
Tailor: Yes, we will pay you after they are gone.
Pied Piper: Then it is a deal.
Pied Guitarist: But don't try to steal!
Pied Piper: Yes! When we're done you must pay!
Pied Guitalist: Okay?
Mayor, Tailor, Baker: OK! (Crossing their fingers behind their back)
Scene Three: Leading the rats away
Narrator: The pied guitalist and the pied piper have agreed to get rid of the rats. They go to the rats to lad them away.
Rat (January): We should bite some children.
Rat 2 (Sherlock): Then they will get sick.
Girl Rat (Jouju): And we can steal their food.
(The Pied musicians start playing music, the rats become entranced and start following the music)
Baker (Tree): The rats are following the music.
Tailor (Bella): They're leaving the town!
Pied Guitarist (B.B): Now jump into the river please.
Pied Piper (Julia): Out of the town and through the trees.
Rats (Sherlock, January, Jouju): Out of the town and through the trees.
Pied Guitarist (B.B): Now jump into the river please.
Rats (Sherlock, January, Jouju): Yes, jump into the river.
(Rats jump into the river)
Rat (January): Oh no!
Girl Rat (Jouju): I can't swim!
Rat 2 (Sherlock): The pipers tricked us!
Rats (Sherlock, January, Jouju): (drowning) AHHHHH!
Tailor (Bella): Wow! You are the best piper ever!
Baker (Tree): And you are the best guitarist ever!
Pied Guitarist (B.B): What you say is true.
Pied Piper (Julia): We're good at what we do.
Pied Guitarist (B.B): Now where's our gold?
Mayor (Speed): Oh, right, your gold. Well... we can't pay you.
Pied Piper (Julia): But you promised!
Baker (Tree): You can have our thanks instead.
Tailor (Bella): Yes, thank you, piper.
Pied Guitarist (B.B): You broke your word, you lying thieves!
Pied Piper (Julia): We'll make you pay, just wait and see!
Scene 4: The pipers steal the children of Hamelin and lead them away
Narrator: The pied musicians are furious that they have not been paid, they will
soon have their revenge on the lying town.
Boy (Sherlock): It's so good that we can play outside again.
Girl 1 (January): Yes, it's great; those pipers are so nice.
Girl 2 (Jouju): Let's play hide and seek!
Pied Piper (Julia): Children of Hamelin, gather round.
Pied Guitarist (B.B): Listen to the pretty sound.
(Pipers play music, the children become entranced)
Girl 2 (Jouju): Pretty music.
Girl 1 (January): So beautiful.
Boy (Sherlock): We must follow the pipers.
Baker (Tree): Our children are following the pipers!
Tailor (Bella): This is terrible. Mayor, stop them!
Pied piper (Julia): Into the caves you'll go and stay.
Children (all): Into the caves we'll go and stay.
Pied Guitarist (B.B): And never again see the light of day.
Children (all) : And never again see the light of day.
Scene 5: The town bargains for the return of the children.
Narrator: The children are all gone. The pied musicians return to the town where the residents try to bargain with them.
Mayor (Speed): Piper, we're sorry! We'll pay your 50 pieces of gold. Just bring out children back.
Pied Piper (Julia): Pay us 123.
Pied Guitarist (B.B): Or your children will never again be free.
Mayor (Speed): We'll pay you 100.
Pied Guitarist (B.B): OK, 100 then.
Tailor (Bella): First bring back our children.
Pied Guitarist (B.B): If you lie again they'll stay in the caves.
Pied piper (Julia): Or we'll take them away and sell them as slaves.
Baker (Tree): We're not lying this time, we promise.
(Pipers play music, kids return)
Girl 2 (Jouju): Mom, I missed you so much.
Tailor (Bella): I was so worried.
(Bella and Jouju hug)
Girl 1 (January): It was so dark and scary in the caves.
Boy (Sherlock): We just want to go home now.
(The kids leave)
Baker (Tree): Thank you pipers. Now we will pay you.
Mayor (Speed): Everyone, let's get 100 pieces of gold.
Tailor (Bella): I have 10 here.
Baker (Tree): Here's 20...30
Mayor (Speed): And I have... oh no, we only have 90 pieces of gold.
Pied piper (Julia): That's OK, we may be needy.
Pied Guitarist (B.B): But we are not greedy. We'll take 90.
Pied Piper (Julia): Thank you for keeping your promise.
Pied Guitarist (B.B): As a reward, we have a gift for you.
Baker (Tree): Really?
Tailor (Bella): What is it?
(Three cats jump out)
Cats (Jouju, January, Sherlock): Hello!
Cat 1 (January): We're police cats who catch rats.
Cat 2 (Jouju): So don't worry about that anymore.
Cat 3 (Sherlock): We'll keep rats out of Hamelin.
Mayor (Speed): Thank you so much pipers.
Tailor (Bella): Now let's celebrate with a feast.
Baker (Tree): Come everyone. I made lots of food.
Everyone (All students): Hooray!