The term 'Peter and the Wolf' is a 1936 composition by Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev. It is a musical story about a young boy named Peter who goes out into the forest and encounters a wolf. The story is told through the use of different instruments, each representing a character in the story. Peter is represented by the strings, the bird by the flute, the duck by the oboe, the cat by the clarinet, the grandfather by the bassoon, and the wolf by the French horns. The story has been adapted into many different forms, including an animated film, a ballet, and a play.