Fluteman

John Jarratt John Ewart Emil Minty Aileen Britton Michael Caton

At that moment, Fluteman stands before the people and tells them that he will put a curse upon the town, a curse that the people would never forget for as long as they live and as the sun sets Fluteman plays an eerie melody upon a hilltop, and the next morning towns people wake up to find that all the children are missing... except one. A deaf boy called Toby Emil Minty. But in spite of his affliction Toby tells his school teacher, Sally Cooper Debra Lawrence, through sign language, that he heard Fluteman and the children and followed the sound to the hills where he saw coloured lights in a cave. Though many men go in search of the cave but no lights or children could be seen.Until one night Toby and Sally see lights in Flutemans house and so they go see who it is and it is Fluteman himself, finding that his home and belongings have been wrecked and trashed. Sally begs him to give the children back, but Fluteman tells her it is too late the town had their chance to do the right thing, but it is only now that the children are gone that their parents miss them he then asks Toby if he would like to join Fluteman and the other children. Toby knows he would be happy with the children but he also knows it would devastate his mother if she lost him. Sally tries to reason with Fluteman saying that people make mistakes and the townspeople have learned their lesson. Fluteman agrees to free the children, so long as he gets the 5,000 he was promised. ........

Source: Wikipedia