The Pied Piper
Rachael Fuller, Carl Stuart-MacRae
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(, March 2, 2012)
...Once upon a time, so many years ago,A little town called Hamelin succumbed to grief and woe.Such silence filled the empty streets, sorrow in the air,A suffocating cloak of grief this town was forced to wear.Its people never laughed nor smiled, no music could be heard,They went about their daily lives and hardly spoke a word.Already strange this quiet town, so dismal, dark and bleak.Stranger still, a greater loss, of which they did not speak...The Pied Piper is a classic tale now hauntingly retold in narrative rhyme from the author of "Faerytale" (previously published through Safkhet Publishing). With the darkness of the original Brothers Grimm version, The Pied Piper tells the tale of Hamelin Town and the devestation caused when they choose to cross a stranger, Thomas Bard. After mysteriously ridding the town of a plague of rats, Thomas Bard returns to request the payment promised. However, after refusing to pay in full, the people of Hamelin end up paying the ultimate price when the piper returns the following night......That very night as lights went out and people went to sleep,Their heavy cares now put to rest, their dreams were light and deep.Thomas Bard returned to Hamelin, pipe raised to his lips,With roses carved along its length and a silver plated tip.Walking through the empty streets, lit by soft moonlight,The cobbles shone a silver blue, the houses fringed with white.And as he walked he played a tune, an eerie, haunting sound,A ghostly mist with bony fingers crept along the ground...About the Author:Rachael Fuller, author of "Faerytale", has always loved the darker side to fairytales. Favouring the Brothers Grimm over Disney, the "Fairytales in Rhyme" series revisits classic fairytales told in rhythmic narrative rhyme, keeping the original darkness and even adding a few new twists along the way. "The Pied Piper" is the second in the series with more to follow. Also available now on Kindle: The Frog Prince"To find out more visit www.rachaelfuller.co.uk