Peter lived in a house next to a beautiful green meadow. As the main character of the story, Peter is represented by the
of the orchestra. His
lived with him, and with a gruff voice portrayed very well by the
, he warned Peter to never go out into the meadow on his own, because a hungry wolf might come out of the forest and eat him up!
Looking over the garden wall, Peter saw that the meadow was very beautiful. With the flighty sound of the
, a little red
called to Peter from a tree, enticing him to come out into the meadow, which he did.
In the middle of the meadow, Peter came to a lovely pond, and as he approached, a
jumped in and swam away, to the sound of the
. As Peter watched, his two friends began to argue about what was better, flying or swimming. They were so involved, that neither of them noticed the orange
trying to sneak up on them, to the soft sounds of the
. But, Peter warned them quickly, and they both escaped to a safe distance.
Just then, Peter was called back to his house, and he reluctantly returned home. And just in time, too, because the foreboding sound of
- part of the orchestra's
- revealed the wolf stepping out of the dark forest. Peter watched in horror while his three friends, all represented by instruments from the
of the orchestra, tried to escape the wolf. One of them was caught and eaten!
While his flighty friend distracted the wolf, Peter climbed the tree and used a rope to catch him by the tail! Peter was trying to figure out what to do with the wolf when the sound of the
- part of the orchestra's
- heralded the arrival of
, who took the wolf away. With no more danger, Peter was now able to go out to the meadow to play with his friends whenever he wanted to!
