hiː mˈeɪ biː pɚtˈɪkjʊlɚli klˈɛvɚ, æz ɪn hˈɑːp ˈoʊ maɪ θˈʌm, ɔːɹ fˈɪɹləs, æz ɪnðə stˈoːɹi ʌvðə jˈuːθ hˌuː wɛnt fˈɔːɹθ tə lˈɜːn wʌt fˈɪɹ wʌz, bˌʌt mˈoːɹ kˈɑːmənli hɪz tɹˈeɪts ɪŋklˈuːd ɹᵻfjˈuːzəl tʊ ɐbˈændən ðə kwˈɛst, æz ɪn tsˈɛɹvɪtʃ ˈaɪvən, ðə fˈaɪɚ bˈɜːd ænd ðə ɡɹˈeɪ wˈʊlf ɔːɹ ðə bɹˈaʊn bˈɛɹ ʌvðə ɡɹˈiːn ɡlˈɛn, ænd kˈɜːɾəsi tə stɹˈeɪndʒɚz, ɪspˈɛʃəli ðoʊz hˌuː ɐpˈɪɹ wˈiːk, æz ɪnðə wˈɔːɾɚɹ ʌv lˈaɪf ɔːɹ ðə fˈuːl ʌvðə wˈɜːld ænd ðə flˈaɪɪŋ ʃˈɪp.
He may be particularly clever, as in Hop o' My Thumb, or fearless, as in The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was, but more commonly his traits include refusal to abandon the quest, as in Tsarevitch Ivan, the Fire Bird and the Gray Wolf or The Brown Bear of the Green Glen, and courtesy to strangers, especially those who appear weak, as in The Water of Life or The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship.