Japanese crossword «Pied Piper»

Only recently I was reading up on the origins of this story, which is based on the wording on a stained glass window from the 1300s, to note the 100-year anniversary of the date 130 children were taken or stolen from the village. No one knows exactly what happened to the children, but theories abound. It might have been a reference to a disease epidemic like the plague which may have taken the "children" (AKA the citizens of the village) away, where the piper represented Death. Or it might have been as simple as a mass emigration. Some think it may have been some sort of pagan cult leader who kidnapped the children into the mountains for nefarious purposes. I find the entire topic fascinating.