The story is that of the boy Peter, who one day opens
the gate, against his grandfather's wishes,
and walks into the big, green meadow.
He's joined by a little
bird and by a duck
who wants to swim in the little pond there.
The bird and the duck argue
about who is a bird or not, while a stealthy
cat creeps up on the bird. "Look out!",
cries Peter and the bird flutters up into
a big tree. Grandfather
comes out and brings Peter back inside the
gate, warning of wolves coming out of the
forest.
No sooner do they leave
the meadow however than an enormous wolf
DOES come out into the meadow. Everyone
but Grandpa sees him. The cat climbs the
tree OK but the duck gets so excited, she
jumps OUT of the pond! The duck runs faster
and faster but can't escape the wolf! Catching
her and swallowing her whole, the wolf turns
his greedy eyes on both the bird AND the
cat!
Meanwhile Peter hatches
a plan. He gets some rope
and climbs out onto the same tree since
it happened to reach over the wall. He enlists
the bird to distract the wolf long enough
to lower a rope around his tail. The other
end being tied to the tree, the wolf is trapped!
Hunters
tracking the wolf are amazed and Peter talks
them into taking him to the zoo. Finally
we learn that the duck is STILL alive in
the wolf's stomach and that we can enjoy
her beautiful song once more. |
