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PROLOGUE
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This little boy is reluctant to go to sleep as he said he would. Poet Robert Browning will show him the importance of keeping one's word... |
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THE PIPER
ARRIVES
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As a stranger in
town, he asks "a civil question" and is a bit disappointed
to be sent about his business. A child explains him that everybody is
out of his mind with the rats swarming all over the place. Aha ! The
piper might have an idea...
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AT THE TOWN HALL
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A waggish, slightly
mysterious Piper offers the amazed town councillors to get them rid
of the rat curse for 1, 000 guineas. Skeptical, but out of better ideas,
they accept the deal.
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THE PIPER CALLS
THE RATS
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...And they respond
to the sound of the haunting, enticing tune he plays marble-faced on
his magic flute. He leads them to drown in the river. Soon, there is
nothing left but a bad memory... and 1, 000 guineas to pay to the piper.
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THE BETRAYAL
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The Mayor has arrogantly
denied the money he was due to pay. A confused, then increasingly angry
Piper threatens the uneasy councillors with a new, disastrous curse...
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THE PIPER CALLS
THE CHILDREN...
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...And they respond
to the sound of the haunting, enticing tune he plays marble-faced on
his magic flute. He leads them into the mountain... never to be seen
again.
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EPILOGUE
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This little boy will go to sleep now - as he said he would. He has understood the importance of keeping one's word... |
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