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mountain, a great hole

opened up on one side

of the mountain and in
walked the Pied Piper with

all the children. The hole
closed and the people

of the city never

saw their children
again. That was

how the Pied

Piper punished the
Mayor and his people for

not keeping their promise.

Word Power

Mayor: head of the district council rid: to free from something

solution: the answer to a problem strange: odd, uncommon

knock: make a noise (at a door) drown: to die under water

stranger: an unknown person dead: without life

fair: according to rules alive: having life

Listening Skills

Listen to the text carefully as your teacher reads it out. Then say whether the

statements given below are true or false.

1. This story took place about 500 years ago. ____________

2. The Mayor agreed to give the Pied Piper more than thousand
pieces of gold. ____________

3. The Mayor kept his promise. ____________

4. All the rats in the town drowned in the river. ____________

5. All the children were saved by the Mayor. ____________

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