four women in white gowns embroidered with moons and stars , powdered faces and the same long blood-red hair , stride in mysterious , four cornered unison ; lots of teenagers wearing wool caps with little ears on them , sometimes cat or fox or donkey ; a tall and courtly papageno and papagena who fit bottles of local brew into their beaks ; otherwise ordinary-dressed folks , with ken , shooting rifles in the air out beyond the alidade ; a snowman playing a pan flute ; a little girl serenely nibbling a cookie whose crumbs flake down onto her penguin costume .