The Pied Piper of Hamelin: A German Folktale That Teaches Lessons on Broken Promises and Consequences
In the year 1284, the small German town of Hamelin lay nestled in the valley of the Weser River. It was a prosperous place, famed for its weavers, millers, and traders who sent their goods downriver to Bremen and beyond. Yet, one summer, a dreadful misfortune befell the town, a plague of rats that no cat, trap, or poison could
