Page 12 - Green Butterfly Book 1
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He came up to the Mayor and said, “I hear you are troubled with rats in this town.”
“I should say we are,” groaned the Mayor.
“Would you like to get rid of them? I can do it for you.”
“You can?” cried the Mayor. “How? Who are you?”
“Men call me the Pied Piper,” said the man, “and I know a way to draw after me everything that walks, or flies, or swims. What will you give me if I rid your town of rats?”
“Anything, anything,” said the Mayor. “I don’t believe you can do it, but if you can, I’ll give you a thousand guineas.”
“All right,” said the Piper, “it is a bargain.”
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