Calling the Tune : A Fairytale Drabble

“Why’s the music stopped?” asked a small boy with curly blonde hair.

“This place is cool!” said another, running off down a passage, followed by a noisy gang of his freinds.

“Come back here!” the man shouted, but then a chubby, red-faced girl grabbed his shirt sleeve.

“Why are your clothes all funny?” she said lifting his arm up with a disdainful look.

“I’m hungry!” shouted another girl.

“I want the toilet!”

The man leaned back against the cave wall, resting his head on the cold stone.

“Surely the people of Hamelin would come to their senses soon,” he thought.