Main Characters

Pied Piper-A Mysterious man that

plays a magical pipe which has
strange magical powers

Mayor of Hamelin- the person who

cheated the Pied Piper; the leader of
the people of Hamelin

The children of Hamelin the ones

that had been lured by the music of
the Pied Piper out of their town

Setting
Hamelin is a fictional place which is full of old fashioned brick houses as well as
quite old fashioned people. The girls wear skirts and the guys still wear bloomers
and fancy hats. It has a severe rat infestation problem that made the goods spoil
and the people sick.

Key words
Prosperous successful and flourishing; especially earning or producing great
wealth
Plague a disease that spreads rapidly through a population
Deceit the act or practice of deceiving or misleading somebody
Mesmerised absorbed all the bodys attention
Plunged to put somebody suddenly in an unpleasant situation

Procession group of people moving forward as in celebration

Plot
Hamlin is a prosperous town until they had an infestation of
rats. All the people became very sick and all their goods had
spoiled. In the middle of this, the Pied Piper came and offered
to remove all the rats at a certain fee.
The Pied piper came through with his promise and removed
all the rats from the town. The people of Hamlin rejoiced.
However, the mayor has different plans that may lead to the
devastation of the city.

Summary
In the wealthy town of Hamelin, life was easy until for some
reason many rats came. The elders of the town had a meeting
but all the things they had proposed was already been tried
and was unsuccessful. In the midst of hopelessness, a circusman came and introduced himself as the Pied piper.
This man said that he could be able to remove all the rats
in the town in condition that the townsfolk would give him a
fee of 1000 guilders. The council, on the verge of
hopelessness, agreed to the fee. He then played a hunting
tune near the river. All of the rats came and went to the river.
The people of Hamlin rejoiced.
Sadly, the mayor of the town didnt plan to come through
with the promised fee. He offered the Pied Piper a few coins
instead. Since the Pied Piper thought that the town is very rich

and could afford the fee, he became angry at the way the
town cheated him.
He then started playing a jolly tone on his pipe that made
every child in the town, lame or not, dance and rejoice.
Afterwards, he led the children to the cliff, used his magical
pipe to break open the cliff and they entered there. The town
of Hamlin then became sad and miserable.

Book Review
I would rate this book as 3 out of 5 since the plot is quite
simple. However, I would still recommend this to a friend
because the book is still enjoying and the plot involves some
magic. I think it would be very helpful to help my friends love
reading.

About the Author

Robert Browning (May 7 1812-December 12 1889)

is a famous English poet in the Victorian Era. He was
born in Camberwell (now part of London). He does not
have any formal education after age 14 but this did
not hamper his ability to write. He married Elizabeth
Barett, also a poet and they had a son.
He has authored many poems like Pauline,
Paracelsus, The Pied Piper of Hamelin, My Last
Duchess among others. He is famous for his perfecting
the dramatic monologue, his dislike of creating passive
characters, and his colloquial poetic style.

The Pied
Piper

By Robert Browning

A Book Report by Johnvic

Berbon on October 20 2014.