El Flautista de Hameln

The piper of Hameln

En un pueblito de nombre Hameln, In a little town named Hameln,

Todo el mundo haba los ratones,
Everybody had mice ravaging all the
arrasando con la comida de todos sus inhabitants' food.
habitantes.
Esto se deba a que Hameln estaba
dirigido por una Reina muy tacaa,
que no quera hacer ningn gasto para
poner remedio a la invasin de
ratones.

This was caused by a very stingy

Queen that guided Hameln, that did
not want any expense to remedy the
mice's invasion.

Esto es terrible, se llevan mi propia

comida!

This is terrible, they take my own

food!

La Reina, cuando vio que los ratones

haban llegado a su palacio, mand
llamar a un jovencito que tena fama
de hacer desaparecer los roedores con
ayuda de su flauta.

The queen, when she saw that mice

had gotten to her palace, sent for a
young fellow that had the reputation
of making the rodents disappear with
help of his flute.

Yo, Reina de Hameln, te prometo una I, Queen of Hameln, I promise you a

bolsa de oro si consigues librarme de bag of gold if you manage to free me
esos come quesos!
of those that eat cheese!
As lo har! contest el muchachito,
haciendo sonar su flauta.

I will do it! the small boy answered,

sounding his flute.

Los ratones, hechizados por el mgico The mice, bewitched by the magic
sonido, lo siguieron hasta el ro
sound, followed him to the river
cercano, donde todos subieron a una nearby, where they all got on a raft
balsa y se perdieron en la distancia. and they receded into the distance .
El flautista, despus de haber dejado a The piper, after having left Hameln
Hameln sin ningn ratn, fue con la without any mice, went to the queen
Reina para recibir su recompensa.
to receive his reward. But the queen,
Pero la Reina, que era muy codiciosa, who was very greedy, did not want to
no quiso cumplir con su promesa.
live up to her promise.

No creo deberte nada, fuera de mi

reino!

I do not believe I owe you anything,

get out of my kingdom!

Eres muy injusta y por eso me

vengar! dijo el caballero muy
enojado.

You are very unjust and for that

reason I will get revenge ! the very
angry gentleman said .

Entonces hizo sonar la flauta y todos Then he sounded the flute and all
los nios del pueblo lo siguieron,
children of the town followed him,
escuchando su sonido.
listening to his sound.
Se los llev a una montaa y los
encerr en una gran cueva,
desconocida por todo el mundo. As
se veng de aquella reina tan
mentirosa y malvado.

He took them to a mountain and he

locked them in a great cave, hidden to
all the world. That way he had
revenge on that deceptive and evil
queen.

Pasaron varios meses y Hameln se

transform en un pueblo triste, sin las
risas y la alegra de los nios; hasta
las flores tenan el color plido de
tanta tristeza.

Several months went by and Hameln

turned into a sad town, without laughs
and the joy of the children; until the
flowers had the pale color of so much
sadness.

Todos los padres de los nios

marcharon juntos al castillo para
reclamarle a la Reina, pidindole que
pagara al flautista la deuda, porque no
queran quedarse sin sus amados
hijos.

All the parents of the children went

together to the castle to complain to
the Queen, requesting that she pay the
piper the debt, because they didn't
want to be left without their dear
children.

La Reina no tuvo ms remedio que

pagar al flautista, y entonces todos los
nios regresaron a sus hogares,
trayendo con ellos nuevamente la
felicidad al reino.

The queen did not have more remedy

than to pay the piper, and then all the
children returned to their homes,
bringing with them the happiness
again to the kingdom.

Desde ese momento, aquella Reina

cumpli siempre sus promesas.

From that moment, that queen always

fulfilled her promises.
For more on the pied piper, click here

[ed] Hay evidencia circunstancial que

el Piper De Varios Colores fue un
asesino de gran nmero de personas
que secuestr y mat 130 nios de
Hamelin

[ed] There is circumstantial evidence

that the Pied Piper was a mass
murderer who abducted and killed
130 children from Hamelin..

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