But rats (seen only as shadows), fleeing the flood, invade Hamelin in droves; a magical piper, whose music only children (and rats) can hear, strikes a bargain...which, once the rats are gone ...

A traveler comes into a town overrun with rats and vermin He promises to free the place of the pests and names his price When the townspeople refuse to pay him after he has done what he promised ...

Each group takes it in turns to move around the space. The Pied Piper plays his pipe. The children skip on their own around the space, as though they are the Pied Piper playing his pipe.