Peter (Peter and the Wolf)

Peter appears in Make Mine Music as the protagonist of the segment,  Peter and the Wolf. He is represented by the string quartet; the Violins, Violas, Cellos and String Basses.

Personality
Peter is an adventurous boy who wants to go wolf hunting, but his grandfather forbids him to go. 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 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 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 bird immediately flew up into the tree, while the duck quacked angrily at the cat. 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 paid no attention to his grandfather's words; little boys like him are simply 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, following the wolf's trail and shooting as they led. Just as they were about the attack the wolf, "Don't shoot!" said Peter. He told the hunters that he and his friends have caught the wolf, and he asked them to help him 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.
 * "(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." - to the Hunters.