Into the street the Piper stept,
Smiling first a little smile,
As if he knew what magic slept
In his quiet pipe the while;
Then, like a musical adept,
To blow the pipe his lips he wrinkled,
And green and blue his sharp eyes twinkled,
Like a candle-flame where salt is sprinkled;

-- The Pied Piper of Hamelin, Robert Browning

Faerie Tale Theatre's version can be found on Youtube, something I've been quite obsessed with from childhood.


"Legende" is the German way of stating legend, for that is what the tale is - something based off of truth, somehow, on the 24th of June.