JC: The story of The Pied Piper is based on an old myth, and although it may exist in various forms, the version I am familiar with is Browning???s poem, ???The Pied Piper of Hamelin???, which has various elements that do not appear in your film, such as children, including a little lame boy who doesn???t make it into the mountainside into which the Pied Piper ultimately leads the other children.