The Piper began to play again but this time he played differently. When they heard the wonderful sound, all the children came out of the houses and ran after the Piper. At first he took them towards the river.
ALL the people were very frightened .They thought the children would fall into the river, like the rats. The governor and the people stood still.
But the Piper turned towards a mountain. The Governor said, “When he climbed that mountain, he will stop playing his pipe. Then our children will return to us.