Christmas THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN - Pied Piper of Hamlin tells the tale of the ultimate pest control operative.This is a children's tale of a young man who agrees to rid a town of a plague of rats for an agreed fee, and when the task is completed the Mayor and the Council refuse to pay the full amount.In retaliation the Pied Piper gets out his flute again and lures all the children of the town away with its haunting tones. Lavishly illustrated by Kate Greenaway.