Many things are too good to be true. When someone makes an offer that seems unreasonable, people accept it and make promises they can't keep, thinking they'll have a good laugh. However, once what seems too good to be true occurs, people who didn't believe it would happen are at a loss. They have no choice to go back on their word and cannot keep their end of the bargain. This results in the person who did the thing that was too good to be true, angry and wanting revenge. In The Brothers Grimm's Children of Hameln, the Pied Piper is the character who did what seemed too good to be true and as a result didn't get paid because people didn't have money. This led him to take revenge on the city by making the children disappear, just as he did with the mice, and this led to a representation of the citizens' missed mourning. The children disappeared because of the Piper in a mysterious way. The Pied Piper was first introduced to the reader as a mystery, but he seemed to be happy thanks to his brightly colored clothes. He came to town proposing a solution to the rat problem, which was a problem that many people had but to which no one could find a solution. When the Pied Piper proposed the solution, many were skeptical, but they wanted the problem solved, so they agreed to reimburse him after he got rid of all the mice. The Pied Piper at the beginning of this story seemed like an innovator who took pride in his abilities. He knew he could get rid of the mice, so he dressed in his best and tried to get paid for what he was good at. He was optimistic and believed that people were reliable and trustworthy. After he managed to discover all the mice, they...... middle of paper... stop at the gates. Also, it was mentioned that the date of this event alternates between the 22nd and the 26th, which is strange if it affected so many people. Moreover, memorials for children began to appear 272 years after the accident. If there had been a true sense of mourning, memorials would have started appearing weeks after the accident. The Pied Piper began the story wanting to use his skills to make money. He trusted the citizens and got rid of all the mice with the promise of getting paid, but the citizens broke their promise and this triggered a change in the piper. The children disappeared when the bagpiper decided to take revenge on the villagers, so he used his skills to get rid of the children just as he got rid of the mice. The result was that the inhabitants of the city were shocked, but did not cry as expected.