Exhibit made as part of Exhibit Design, representing the Pied Piper of the Grimm's Fairytale through an exhibit.

Dimension: 2m x 2m x 3m

The Pied Piper legend originated in Hamelin, Germany during the middle ages. As the story goes, the town was struggling with a rat infestation problem and was desperate for relief. A mysterious man in “pied clothing” approached the mayor and promised he could rid the city of its problem in return for payment of 1000 guilders. They mayor agreed, and the man played a magical pipe to lure all the city’s rats to a nearby body of water, where they drowned. When the Piper returned for his reward, the mayor refused.Furious that he had been cheated, the piper soon returned to the town of Hamelin on St. John and Paul’s day. As the grown members of the town attend church, the Piper once again played his magical pipe through the streets, this time luring the town’s 130 children from their homes. Depending on the version of the story, he either led them into a cave, and none were ever seen again.

The mysterious flute sound playing from inside the cave draws the visitor inside and the light coming from the flute attracts their attention. The visitor, on peeping into the flute sees the children who are trapped forever by the pied pipers music in the infinity flute and realize that the children were not laughing but infact crying for help.

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