Teeth brushed, your jammies on
The night Max wore his wolf suit
and made mischief of one kind
and another
his mother
called him "WILD THING!"
and Max said "I'LL EAT YOU UP!"
so he was sent to bed without eating anything.
That very night in Max's room a forest grew
and grew-
and grew until his ceiling hung with vines
and the walls became the world all around
and an ocean tumbled by with
a private boat for Max
and he sailed off
through the night and day
and in and out of weeks
and almost over a year
to where the wild things are.
And when he came to the place
where the wild things are
they roared their terrible roars
and gnashed their terrible teeth
and rolled their terrible eyes
and showed their terrible claws
till Max said "BE STILL!"
and tamed them with the magic trick
of staring into their yellow eyes
without blinking once
and they were frightened
and called him
the most wild thing of all
and they made him king of all wild things.
"And now," cried Max,
"let the wild rumpus start!"
"Now stop!" Max said
and sent the wild things off to bed
without their supper.
And Max the king of all wild things
was lonely
and wanted to be where someone
loved him best of all.
Then all around
from far away across the world
he smelled good things to eat
so he gave up
being the king
of where the wild things are.
But the wild things cried,
"Oh please don't go-
we'll eat you up-
we love you so!"
And Max said,"No!"
The wild things roared their terrible roars
and gnashed their terrible teeth
and rolled their terrible eyes
and showed their terrible claws
but Max stepped into his private boat
and waved good-bye
and sailed back over a year
and in and out of weeks
and through a day
and into the night
of his very own room
where he found his supper
waiting for him
and it was still hot.
Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak
The pictures are so great one almost overlooks the words.
Shall I read you the Little Prince tomorrow night?
::kiss on your forehead::
Sweet dreams,my love.
and made mischief of one kind
and another
his mother
called him "WILD THING!"
and Max said "I'LL EAT YOU UP!"
so he was sent to bed without eating anything.
That very night in Max's room a forest grew
and grew-
and grew until his ceiling hung with vines
and the walls became the world all around
and an ocean tumbled by with
a private boat for Max
and he sailed off
through the night and day
and in and out of weeks
and almost over a year
to where the wild things are.
And when he came to the place
where the wild things are
they roared their terrible roars
and gnashed their terrible teeth
and rolled their terrible eyes
and showed their terrible claws
till Max said "BE STILL!"
and tamed them with the magic trick
of staring into their yellow eyes
without blinking once
and they were frightened
and called him
the most wild thing of all
and they made him king of all wild things.
"And now," cried Max,
"let the wild rumpus start!"
"Now stop!" Max said
and sent the wild things off to bed
without their supper.
And Max the king of all wild things
was lonely
and wanted to be where someone
loved him best of all.
Then all around
from far away across the world
he smelled good things to eat
so he gave up
being the king
of where the wild things are.
But the wild things cried,
"Oh please don't go-
we'll eat you up-
we love you so!"
And Max said,"No!"
The wild things roared their terrible roars
and gnashed their terrible teeth
and rolled their terrible eyes
and showed their terrible claws
but Max stepped into his private boat
and waved good-bye
and sailed back over a year
and in and out of weeks
and through a day
and into the night
of his very own room
where he found his supper
waiting for him
and it was still hot.
Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak
The pictures are so great one almost overlooks the words.
Shall I read you the Little Prince tomorrow night?
::kiss on your forehead::
Sweet dreams,my love.