Hamelin town has a plague of rats. If something is not done soon, everyone will starve. The people vow to give up all that they have to rid the town of the rats..
The Pied Piper plays a sweet tune and the rats, dancing, follow the music to the end. But the people refuse to pay the Piper. And now the Piper takes up his flute to play a sweeter tune -- and it is the children who see Paradise and will follow the song..