A Pied Piper at the House?

The Pied Piper of Hamelin played his flute and brought rats following him to their death at the River Weser. In the Philippines, the Pied Piper of the House played his “flute” and brought the truant congressmen back to the plenary Monday where they killed the move of Navotas Rep. Tobias “Toby” Tiangco for a full accounting of the wrongly named Disbursement Acceleration Program.

Hey, did I use the wrong legend for comparison? In the world-famous German legend, the Pied Piper volunteered to rid Hamelin of rat infestation in return for 1,000 gold guilders but got paid only 40 gold guilders by the ungrateful people of Hamelin. At the House, congressmen, not rats, answered the “flute” by going to the chamber in droves and in all probability, were paid along with the “flutist.”