Текст песни: Peter and the Wolf + перевод

Each character in the tale is going to be represented by a

Different instrument of the orchestra. For instance, the bird will

Be played by the flute. (Like this.) Here’s the duck, played by

The oboe. The cat by the clarinet. The bassoon will represent

Grandfather. The wolf by the French horns. And Peter by the

Strings. The blast of the hunters' shotguns played by the kettle

Drums

Are you sitting comfortably? Then I shall begin

Early one morning, Peter opened the gate and went out into the big

Green meadow

On a branch of a big tree sat a little bird, Peter’s friend. «All

Is quiet, all is quiet» chirped the bird gaily. Yes. all is quiet

Just then, a duck came waddling round. She was glad that Peter

Hadn’t closed the gate and decided to take a nice swim in the deep

Pond in the meadow

Seeing the duck, the little bird flew down upon on the grass

Settled next to her, and shrugged his shoulders. «What kind of bird

Are you if you can’t fly?» said he. To this, the duck replied «What

Kind of bird are you if you can’t swim?» and dived into the pond

They argued and argued, the duck swimming in the pond and the

Little bird hopping along the shore

Suddenly, something caught Peter’s attention. It was a cat

Crawling through the grass

The cat thought: «The bird is busy arguing, I’ll just grab him.»

Stealthily she crept towards him on his velvet paws

«Look out!» shouted Peter and the bird immediately flew up into

The tree, while the duck quacked at the cat, from the middle of

The pond. The cat walked around the tree and thought, «Is it worth

Climbing up so high? By the time I get there the bird will have

Flown away.»

Just then, Grandfather came out. He was angry because Peter had

Gone in the meadow. «It is the dangerous place. If a wolf should

Come out of the forest, then what would you do?»

But Peter paid no attention to his grandfather’s words. Boys like

Peter aren’t afraid of wolves

But Grandfather took Peter by the hand, locked the gate, and led

Him home

No sooner had Peter gone than a big gray wolf came out of the

Forest

In a twinkling, the cat climbed up into the tree. The duck quacked

And in her excitement jumped out of the pond. But no matter how

Hard the duck tried to run, she couldn’t escape the wolf

He was getting nearer, nearer, catching up with her. Then he got

Her and with one gulp swallowed her

And now, this is how things stood: the cat was sitting on one

Branch, the bird on another, not too close to the cat

And the wolf walked round and round the tree, looking at them with

Hungry eyes

In the meantime, Peter, without the slightest fear, stood behind

The gate watching all that was going on. He ran home, got a strong rope.

and climbed up the high stone wall. One of the branches of the tree around

which the wolf was walking stretched out over the wall

Grabbing hold of the branch, Peter lightly climbed over on to the

Tree. Peter said to the bird: «Fly down and circle over the

Wolf’s head. Only take care that he doesn’t catch you.»

The bird almost touched the wolf’s head with his wings while the

Wolf snapped angrily at him, this side and that

How that bird teased the wolf! And how the wolf wanted to catch

Him! But the bird was clever, and the wolf simply couldn’t do

Anything about it

Meanwhile, Peter made a lasso and carefully letting it down and

Down and down, caught the wolf by the tail, and pulled with all his

Might

Feeling himself caught, the wolf began to jump wildly trying to

Get loose

But Peter tied the other end of rope to the tree, and the wolf’s

Jumping only made the rope round his tail tighter

Just then, the hunters came out of the woods, following the wolf’s

Trail and shooting as they went

But Peter, sitting in the tree, said: «Don't shoot! Birdie and I

Have already caught the wolf. Now help us take him to the zoo.»

Now just imagine, just imagine the triumphant procession. Peter at

The head. After him, the hunters leading the wolf. And winding up

The whole procession, Grandfather and the cat

Grandfather shook his head discontentedly. «Well, if Peter hadn’t

Caught the wolf? What then?»

Above them flew Birdie chirping merrily. «My, what brave fellows

We are, Peter and I! Look what we have caught!»

And if one would listen very carefully, he would hear the duck

Quacking inside the wolf, because the wolf, in his hurry, had

Swallowed her alive

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