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I . A Town Full of Rats This story happens long , long ago , in a town called Hamelin . The town is in the north of Germany , not far from the big city of Hanover . A river runs past the town . Its name is the Weser . The river is deep and wide . Its water washes the town wall on the south side . Hamelin is a very pretty town . It has old houses and a market place . It has a big church and a town hall . You can look and look , but you can’t find a nicer place . But in the year of our story , the people of Hamelin are sad . They have a big problem . The problem is rats . There are rats in the houses . There are rats in the streets and in the shops . They are big and bold . They are not afraid of anything . The rats fight the dogs . They kill the cats . They even bite the babies in their cradles . A cradle is a little bed for a baby . In the kitchens , the rats eat the cheese . They lick the soup from the cook’s big spoon . They open the barrels of little salty fish . They eat all the fish . On Sundays , the men want to wear their best hats to church . But the rats make nests in the hats ! And the noise ! The rats squeak and shriek all day and all night . Their voices are high and low , loud and thin . When two women meet in the street , they want to talk . But they can’t hear each other . The rats are too loud . It is Sunday morning . A man stands in the street . He has his hat in his hand . “ Look at my hat ! ” he says . “ There is a rat’s nest in it . How can I go to church in this ? ” A young mother comes out of her house . She has a baby in her arms . “ Look at my baby’s hand , ” she says . “ A rat bit him in his cradle last night . ” A cook runs up to them . “ Look at my soup ! ” she cries . “ The rats were in it again . They ate all my cheese too . What can I give people for dinner now ? ” “ Where are the cats ? ” asks the man . “ Cats catch rats . ” “ The rats killed the cats , ” says the cook . “ There are no cats in Hamelin now . ” More and more people come into the street . They all have a story about the rats . And they all say the same thing . “ Somebody must do something ! Where is the Mayor ? ” II . The Angry People The Mayor is the head of the town . He works in the Town Hall with the Corporation . The Corporation is a group of important men . They help the Mayor . They make the rules for the town . The Mayor and the men of the Corporation wear long , warm gowns . Inside the gowns there is soft white fur . This fur is called ermine . It costs a lot of money . The people of Hamelin pay for these fine gowns with their guilders . Guilders are the money of Hamelin .
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