Plot
In the city of Hamelin, there is a large population of rats that keeps growing and eating all the food in sight. The mayor offers to pay a bag of gold to whoever can get rid of the rats. At that moment, the Pied Piper shows up and offers his services. By playing a tune on his pipe, he hypnotizes the rodents to follow him out of Hamelin. Then he creates a wheel of cheese with his pipe, tempting the mice to go in and eat it, and once all of the mice were in the holes of the cheese, he makes it vanish. When he returns to the town, the mayor refuses to pay him the bag of gold because he just played a pipe, and gives him one coin, while the other adults laugh at him. Furious, the Pied Piper decides to get revenge and save the children from growing up to be like the adults by taking them away. The mayor and adults dismiss him, since they locked the town gate after the rats left and no one can get out. However, the Piper not only charms the children into following him but enchants the town gate into ripping itself open and allowing the children to leave, and the Mayor is left in horror to face the wrath of the adults for the loss of their children. The Piper leads the children to the mountains and an enchanted land with fun and games, where they all live happily ever after.Home media
The short was released on December 19, 2006, on '' Walt Disney Treasures: More Silly Symphonies, Volume Two''. Additional releases include: * Walt Disney Cartoon Classics Limited Gold Edition II: The Disney Dream Factory: 1933-1938 (VHS) 1985 * Walt Disney's Timeless Tales Volume 1: The Prince and the Pauper/Three Little Pigs/The Tortoise and the Hare (DVD) 2005 * Walt Disney Animation Collection: Classic Short Films Volume 3: The Prince and the Pauper (DVD) 2009References
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* * 1933 short films 1930s color films American children's animated films Films based on folklore Films directed by Wilfred Jackson Films produced by Walt Disney Films set in the Holy Roman Empire Silly Symphonies 1930s Disney animated short films 1933 animated films 1933 films Films based on Pied Piper of Hamelin Films scored by Leigh Harline {{1930s-Disney-animation-film-stub