Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak

Characters: 
NARRATOR     MAX     CHILD 1      CHILD 2      CHILD 3      CHILD 4 

NARRATOR: 	THE NIGHT MAX WORE HIS WOLF SUIT 

CHILD 1: 	          AND MADE MISCHIEF 

CHILD 2: 	          OF ONE KIND 

CHILD 3:               AND ANOTHER. 

NARRATOR:        HIS MOTHER CALLED HIM 

CHILD 4:              "WILD THING!" 

NARRATOR:        AND MAX SAID: 

MAX:                    I'LL EAT YOU UP!

CHILD 1:              SO HE WAS SENT TO BED 

CHILD 2:              WITHOUT EATING ANYTHING. 

NARRATOR:        THAT VERY NIGHT IN MAX'S ROOM 

MAX:                    A FOREST GREW, AND GREW, AND GREW UNTIL                                        		          THE CEILING HUNG WITH VINES 

CHILD 3:              AND THE WALLS BECAME THE WORLD ALL                              		         AROUND 

CHILD 4:             AND AN OCEAN TUMBLED BY 

MAX:                  'WITH A PRIVATE BOAT!' 

NARRATOR:       FOR MAX. AND HE SAILED OFF THROUGH NIGHT 	 		         AND DAY 

CHILD 1:             AND IN AND OUT OF WEEKS 

CHILD 2:             AND ALMOST OVER A YEAR 

MAX:                   TO WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE! 

NARRATOR:       AND WHEN HE CAME TO THE PLACE WHERE THE 			         WILD THINGS ARE THEY 

CHILD 3:              ROARED THEIR TERRIBLE ROARS (ALL ROAR) 

CHILD 4:              AND GNASHED THEIR TERRIBLE TEETH
                              (ALL GRIND TEETH) 

CHILD 1:              AND ROLLED THEIR TERRIBLE EYES 
                              (ALL ROLL  EYES) 

CHILD 2:              AND SHOWED THEIR TERRIBLE CLAWS
                              (ALL SHOW CLAWS) 

NARRATOR:        TILL MAX SAID:  

MAX:                    BE STILL!

CHILD 3:              AND TAMED THEM 

CHILD 4:              WITH THE MAGIC TRICK 

MAX:                    OF STARING INTO ALL THEIR YELLOW EYES 

CHILD 1:              WITHOUT BLINKING ONCE 

NARRATOR:       AND THEY WERE FRIGHTENED AND CALLED HIM  

ALL:                     THE MOST WILD THING OF ALL!

NARRATOR:       AND MADE HIM KING OF ALL WILD THINGS. 

MAX:                   AND NOW, LET THE WILD RUMPUS START! NOW,  			         STOP!

CHILD 3:             AND SENT THE WILD THINGS OFF TO BED 

CHILD 4:             WITHOUT THEIR SUPPER AND MAX 

CHILD 1:             THE KING OF ALL WILD THINGS, SAID: 

MAX:                   I'M LONELY

NARRATOR:      AND WANTED TO BE WHERE SOMEONE LOVED HIM 		        BEST OF ALL 

CHILD 2:            THEN, ALL AROUND, FROM FAR AWAY, ACROSS THE 		       WORLD 

NARRATOR:      HE SMELLED GOOD THINGS TO EAT! SO HE SAID: 

MAX:                  I'LL GIVE UP BEING KING OF WHERE THE WILD  			       THINGS ARE.

CHILD 3:            BUT THE WILD THINGS CRIED 

CHILD 4:            OH, PLEASE DON'T GO 

CHILD 1:            WE'LL EAT YOU UP 

CHILD 2:            WE LOVE YOU SO 

NARRATOR:      AND MAX SAID: 

MAX:                   NO!

CHILD 1:             THE WILD THINGS ROARED THEIR TERRIBLE 			         ROARS (ALL ROAR) 

CHILD 2:             AND GNASHED THEIR TERRIBLE TEETH 
                             (ALL SHOW TEETH) 

CHILD 3:             AND ROLLED THEIR TERRIBLE EYES 
                             (ALL ROLL EYES) 

CHILD 4:             AND SHOWED THEIR TERRIBLE CLAWS 
                             (ALL SHOW CLAWS) 

NARRATOR:       BUT MAX STEPPED INTO HIS PRIVATE BOAT 

CHILD 1:             AND WAVED GOOD-BYE 

CHILD 2:             AND SAILED BACK

 CHILD 3:            ALMOST OVER A YEAR AND IN AND OUT OF WEEKS 		         AND THROUGH A DAY 

MAX:                   AND INTO THE NIGHT OF MY OWN ROOM 

CHILD 4:             WHERE HE FOUND HIS SUPPER WAITING FOR HIM 

MAX:                   AND IT WAS STILL HOT!