Modernised Pied Piper

Once,
In a quiet town where children ran along the streets. Rushing to see
the new Spiderman video that their spoilt friend had just got,
privately.
There lived a young boy. His name was James. James couldn't run along
the streets to see the new video. James had no friends. And James was
disabled. His mam made a lovely steak pie and she would cut into a
violin. The violin was the only thing James loved, apart from his mam.
He could play beautifully. But no-one let him perform on stage, because
he was disabled. One day a load of vandals ran into the city. James was
hidden in his house. Just these wild people ran along the streets
graffiting on the walls and ripping down posters. Everyone was
terrified. One day the Mayor offered ?1 million to who ever could get
rid of the awful vandalisers. James was sitting whatching CLASSICAL
OPERA on Tv when a news flash came on
"We interrupt this show to bring you a news flash. The mayor has
offered one million quid to who ever will get rid of the blinking
vandals. The mayor is now interviewed by Jack Cartly."
James wheeled into the kitchen, and screamed at his mother. "Mam!! How
did you hear that? A million quid! I want to buy that new Classical
Bach CD!" His mother looked up. "If only your dad was here. He'd know
what to do." She sighed and turned the Arches back on. "la le la le
la!" she hummed as James just sat there in his wheelchair. how can she
be so calm. A million quid. God!

That Saturday night James sat in his room playing on his game boy until
he heard a great smash from outside. The vandals had went wild. Well,
wilder still! Then silence. Then a great screech and an electric guitar
started playing. Blocking his ears James wheeled over to the window to
see the vandals following this... man out of the city. The man vanished
with the vandals nodding their heads and jumping up and down to the
beat. About quarter of an hour later James saw the man come back. And
he banged on the Mayor's door. Talking went on, lots, until the Mayor
banged the door in the mans face. The man looked angry. Very angry! His
face went bright red, like it does on Looney Tunes. The man looked up,
saw James smiled then ran away. What was the man going to do?

Well, James couldn't even imagine.

That Saturday when all the parents were out and baby sitters booked.
The man appeared. Dressed in a torn yellow t shirt and a pair of red
jeans. Then he starts to play his electric guitar. This time a
different tune. But this time the little children stood up and followed
the tune. The younger babysitters followed to. Every living child under
18 left. James threw his nose up. The music was interesting. But not of
his taste at all. HE couldn't be bothered to go down stairs change his
wheelchair and fiddle on for a bit of music.
So he sat and whatched the children go. One by one they vanished.
Eventually he frowned. Where had they gone. Then he noticed a big white
van drive away. Inside came the thundering noise of feet and the
banging noise of the guitar. All was silent. James then decided to go
out. See whether anyone was still there. But when he got out. Not a
single child ran up the street. Died on their computer. Nothing.
Eventually the parents came out and finding empty homes the gasped.
Where had their precious baby gone?

They rushed out in their thousands to find James sitting there telling
the parents where their children had gone. The only one that spoke was
James, well, excluding the one man who screamed "OW!" When someone
stood on his toe, When James had finished everything was silent. Then
the parents drifted home.

A few years later the town was begining to grow. More and more children
where born. And James, well, he got the Million pounds and spent his
time....
Spreading the story of the Pied Guitarist To a rather nice Gavotte In F
By Jan Dussek.