I stayed up too late tonight. Tomorrow I'll have to pay the piper.

我今晚熬夜过长，明天就得承当熬夜的成果了。

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The villagers agree to pay a vast sum of money if the piper can do it – and he does.

村民同意，如果真的实现，则愿付出巨大的代价。

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But when the people of Hamelin refused to pay the Pied Piper what they had promised, he turned his 4 entrancing music on their children, leading them away to never be seen again.

但当哈默尔恩的人们拒绝兑现承诺——向魔笛手支付报酬时，魔笛手转而向他们的孩子们奏起迷乐，引孩子们出走，不再出现。

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Presumably in year five when they have to pay the piper, they are a little more settled.

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We've created great wealth, but we are looking at it at a time when you have to pay the piper.

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Artists in litigation with companies that felt they could lift songs and not have to pay the piper is not really new.

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