The Hamelin Tragedy Poem by Parameswaran Nair Damodaran Nair

My heart sunk while I was standing
On the pavements of Hamelin town
Grieving along with its mothers' souls
The disappearance of their children

Like a hungry dragon Mount Kooppenberg
Opened its mouth and swallowed them,
It was the brutal revenge of a strange piper
That made him lead the kids to the mount

It was the pied piper with a magical tune in his pipe
Led the entire rats to river Weser and drowned
When Life in Hamelin became miserable
And the exploding rat population sickening

Denial of the deal amount made him desperate
And deciding to avenge played another tune
Under the spell of which all the children gathered
And followed the pied piper to the mountain

It is confusing, who was treacherous in the tale
The strange pied piper who avoided the rats
Or the mayor who denied the deal amount
Or the people of Hamelin who lost their children?