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The Piper’s Spell


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The rats appeared as if by magic,
Out of every house and shop.

Out of every door and window,
Looked as if they’d never stop.


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Big rats, small rats, thin rats, fat rats,
Rats of every shape and size.

Brown rats, grey rats, black rats, white rats,
Rats with different coloured eyes.


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Fathers, mothers, sons and daughters,
Aunts and uncles by the score.

Nephews, nieces, great grand fathers,
Everywhere they seemed to pour.


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On they went behind the piper,
Followed him to every place.

Up and down each street they hurried,
Might have been the first rat race!


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Then at last they left the city,
Through the gate and past the mill.

Till they came to Hamelin’s river,
In they went against their will.


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All except for one old grey rat,
He was deaf and didn’t hear.

The magic music of the pipe,
Or see the end of Hamelin’s fear.