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Pied Piper Day 是一个什么节日?什么时候?由来是什么?

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Pied Piper Day 是一个什么节日?什么时候?由来是什么?
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
The Pied Piper of Hamelin is a folk tale,among others written down by the Brothers Grimm.It tells about a disaster in the town of Hamelin,Germany,that supposedly occurred on June 26,1284.In that year a man came to Hamelin claiming to be a rat-catcher.The people of Hamelin promised him a schilling a head for killing the rats.So the man took a pipe,attracted the rats by his music and made them follow him to the Weser river,where all 999,999 drowned.Despite this success the people reneged on their promise and did not pay the rat-catcher,beacuse he failed to produce the heads.