Peter (Peter and the Wolf)

Peter is a young pioneer, and the protagonist of the musical story,  Peter and the Wolf. He is represented by the string quartet; the Violins, Violas, Cellos and Double Basses.

Personality
Peter is an adventurous boy who wants to live his life outside sometimes. Like Cinderella, he's gentle and Kind to the Duck when they first met. He gets irritated when the bird chirps so loud, when reading, because he covers his ears. He's slightly frustrated when the duck dived into the pond with a big splash that got Peter wet. His attention of noticing a cat crawling thru the grass shows that he's a little distinctive. He's mischievous when he reveals a puppet wolf by defying his grandfather. But he isn't scared when he stood behind the locked gate, and saw the Wolf staring at the cat and bird. He later shows bravery by lowering down a rope while the bird distracts the Wolf.

In Make Mine Music, his grandfather forbids him to go out to hunt the wolf. However, Peter manages to sneak outside with his popgun when he finds his grandfather asleep. He shows great fear when he first comes face-to-face with the wolf and mourns with the rest of the gang when the wolf supposedly eats Sonia. He later shows bravery by lowering down Ivan with a rope to save Sasha from getting eaten by the wolf.

History
Early, one morning, Peter opened the gate and went out into the big green meadow. There, on a branch of a big tree, he met his bird friend, who chirped, "All is quiet". A duck came waddling around. She was glad that Peter had not closed the gate, and decided to take a swim in the deep pond in the meadow. Watching the bird, upon the grass, and the duck argue made Peter notice a cat crawling thru the grass. He thinks the Cat is gonna eat the bird and shouted, "Look out!" As the cat pounced at the bird bird immediately flew up into the tree, while the duck quacked angrily at the cat, from the safety in the middle of the pond. The cat wondered if she would climb up the tree, in order to catch the bird. But his grandfather came out and said to Peter angrily, "It is a dangerous place. If a wolf should come out of the forest, what would you do then?" Peter defied him that boys like him are not afraid of wolves. But his grandfather took Peter by the hand, locked the gate, and led him home. Soon, he stood behind the gate witnessing a Wolf staring at the cat and the bird who's up on the tree. But the Duck wasn't around. He grabbed a rope and climbed up a high stone wall, and onto the tree. He commanded the bird to distract the wolf. But the bird had to take care so that the wolf doesn't catch him. While the bird distracted the wolf Peter mad a lasso with his rope and lowered it down to where the wolf was, and caught him by the tail, before he can pull. The Wolf began to jump wildly trying to get loose, but Peter tied the other end of the rope to the tree, and the Wolf's jumping mad the rope tied to his tail even tighter. The hunters came out of the woods. Peter asked them to help him take the wolf to the zoo. As they took the wolf to the zoo, Grandfather said to Peter, "If you hadn't caught the wolf, what would've happened?" Suddenly, everyone could hear the duck quacking inside the wolf, because the wolf in his hurry, had swallowed her alive. Again.

Quotes

 * "Look out!" - just as the cat was about to eat the bird.
 * "Really? Because Boys like me aren't afraid of Wolves." - defying his Grandfather.
 * "(whispers) Fly down, and circle around the wolf's head. Only take care so that he doesn't catch you." - commanding the bird to distract the wolf.
 * "Don't shoot! Birdie, and I have caught the wolf. Now you should help us take him to the zoo." - encountering the Hunters.

Make Mine Music Quotes

 * "This is very embarrassing for a great hunter." - first words
 * "Hello, Sonia." - stumbling upon another animal friend
 * "Hey! look out, Sasha!" - Just before Ivan pounced at Sasha
 * "Stop it!" - catching Ivan from chasing Sasha.
 * "How can we ever get anyplace if they're gonna fight among themselves?"
 * "You big bully!" - punishing Ivan
 * "That wolf is everywhere!" - stumbling upon his main target with his friends.