# Inspector task sheet

Hamelin: tracing the missing children behind the Pied Piper

## 1. Audit the source record

Retrieve the named records for Hamelin: tracing the missing children behind the Pied Piper. Record author, edition, page or section and access date. Treat a catalogue, mirror or translation of one document as the same evidence, not independent corroboration.

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## 2. Build the dated evidence ledger

List the earliest surviving text or inscription cited for each element: departure, number of children, piper, rats and retaliation. Give the date of the surviving object separately from the date it describes. Compare differences before attempting a single reconstruction.

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## 3. Test the interpretation

Find the earliest independently dated testimony. Compare versions without backdating later elements. Record what would favour or weaken each explanation; leave unperformed work marked as proposed.

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