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Peter and the Wolf, op. 67: “I am going to tell you a story about Peter and the Wolf: how Peter and his animal friends the Bird, the Cat and the Duck caught the wicked Wolf. Each of the characters in this story is represented by a different instrument of the orchestra:”
Peter and the Wolf, op. 67: “The Bird by the flute...”
Peter and the Wolf, op. 67: “The Duck by the oboe...”
Peter and the Wolf, op. 67: “The Cat by the clarinet...”
Peter and the Wolf, op. 67: “The Grandfather by the bassoon...”
Peter and the Wolf, op. 67: “The Wolf by the horns...”
Peter and the Wolf, op. 67: “Peter by the strings of the orchestra...”
Peter and the Wolf, op. 67: “The gunshots by the timpani and the bass drum.”
Peter and the Wolf, op. 67: “Early one morning Peter opened the gate and went out into the big green meadow.”
Peter and the Wolf, op. 67: “On a branch of a big tree sat a little bird, Peter’s friend. ‘All is quiet, all is quiet,’ chirped the bird gaily.”
Peter and the Wolf, op. 67: “Just then a duck came waddling around. She was glad that Peter hadn’t closed the gate and decided to take a nice swim in the deep pond in the meadow.”
Peter and the Wolf, op. 67: “Seeing the duck, the little bird flew down upon the grass, settled next to her and shrugged his shoulders.”
Peter and the Wolf, op. 67: “‘What kind of a bird are you if you can’t fly?’ said he. To this the duck replied: ‘What kind of a bird are you if you can’t swim?’ and dived into the pond.”
Peter and the Wolf, op. 67: “They argued and argued, the duck swimming in the pond and the little bird hopping along the shore.”
Peter and the Wolf, op. 67: “Suddenly, something caught Peter’s attention. It was a cat crawling through the grass.”
Peter and the Wolf, op. 67: “The cat thought: ‘The bird is busy arguing; I’ll just grab him!’ Stealthily she crept towards him on her velvet paws.”
Peter and the Wolf, op. 67: “‘Look out!’ shouted Peter, and the bird immediately flew up into the tree,”
Peter and the Wolf, op. 67: “while the duck quacked angrily at the cat,”
Peter and the Wolf, op. 67: “from the middle of the pond.”
Peter and the Wolf, op. 67: “The cat walked round the tree and thought: ‘Is it worth climbing up so high? By the time I get there the bird will have flown away.’”
Peter and the Wolf, op. 67: “Just then Grandfather came out. He was angry because Peter had gone into the meadow. ‘It is a dangerous place. If a wolf should come out of the forest, then what would you do?’”
Peter and the Wolf, op. 67: “But Peter paid no attention to his grandfather’s words. Boys like Peter aren’t afraid of wolves!”
Peter and the Wolf, op. 67: “But Grandfather took Peter by the hand, locked the gate and led him home.”
Peter and the Wolf, op. 67: “No sooner had Peter gone than a big grey wolf came out of the forest.”
Peter and the Wolf, op. 67: “In a twinkling the cat climbed up the tree.”
