"They could see land, they could see trees and plants but not much else. What would they find there? Finn suddently remembered a favourite old picture book where a boy sailed to the place where the wild things are. Would there be wild things here he wondered?"
On and on they went, but nothing seemed to interest them. Everything was like an image and it seemed that time had stopped. But it hadn't. Time was always passing and soon the children realized that they hadn't eaten for hours.
"I'm starving!" complained Marie.
"I am too, but we cannot give up. We came all the way here just to see the wild things and we cannot give up just now," Finn said.
The two children were very good friends. One day they were playing as usual when they heard of the wild things from the gossip of their neighbours. They found the wild things very interesting and so decided to seek them. The two children were very determined to know who these wild things were.
Setting this goal into their mind, the children tried to find out where these things lived, but with failure.
One day Finn's family and Marie's family were going to a holiday place which was miles away, so on a break stop the children ran away with all the things they needed. The holiday place was in a forest so the break was on a forest path and the children ran into the forest.
As soon as the family realized that the children were missing they tried to find them everywhere on the forest path. When the children were nowhere to be found they thought that the children must be lost in the forest. The thought of the children being eaten by wild things terrified them and so they decided to go into the forest and seek Finn and Marie themselves.
The children went deeper and deeper into the forest when they reached a place where a faint line was drawn. Beneath it was written "Beware - Enter at your own risk". The children couldn't read such big words, but in any means would not understand it. They stepped across the line and carried on. When they could go no more they stopped for a break.
"What do we have to eat?" Finn asked. Finn opened the bag. There were only 2 cheese sandwiches and 2 small tarts. Finn was glad that Marie wasn't there to see him open it. "What will I do now?" he asked himself.
"Lunch is ready" Finn shouted and within a trice Marie came rushing from the tree she was climbing. He handed Marie a sandwich and started nibbling his sandwich. 'What will happen when we have no food left?' he thought. Marie gulped hers down in seconds but Finn just nibbled every now and then. She gestured as if she wanted some more but Fin firmly said "We are saving."
Back on the forest road Finn's and Marie's mums were anxiously waiting in case the children found their way back. The dads had gone into the forest in search of Finn and Marie. They had all that they could need - extra lunch, lots of drink bottles and nice thick sticks in case any wild things tried to attack them.
They came to the line where it was written "Beware - Enter at your own risk". Surely the children shouldn't be beyond this line because the wild things were roaming anywhere beyond. They searched everywhere and thought for a while. After some time they decided that they would bring everyone to this line, refresh themselves and then go in search of the missing children again.
Finn and Marie had had their lunch and were now heading deeper into the forest. Of course they didn't know where they were going. They just carried on when Marie said "Come here, look at this pretty stick." Finn came and saw the 'pretty stick'. Then his eyes widened in horror and surprise.
"Back off! It's a wild thing and it's asleep. We do not wish to wake it up otherwise it will bite us and we will die!!" whispered Finn. Marie was puzzled. When they were quite a distance away from the wild thing, Marie asked Finn "How did you know it was a wild thing?" as she struggled to keep up with him. "I saw it in a picture of my favourite picture book" Finn replied.
"But how did you know if that wild thing bit us we would die?" stammered Marie. "I heard it and I know that the creature was a 'python' and it was 'poisonous' which means that we will die if it bites us," Finn said matter-of-factly. 'Good thing it was asleep' thought Marie.
From now on Finn and Marie were very cautious because they knew this was the place where the wild things were. They were excited too. As they went they saw many smaller pythons which Finn referred to as 'snakes'. 'How does Finn know everything?' thought Marie.
Back on the line their parents were ready to go inside. They first thought of splitting up and then going in search of the children, but they changed their mind and decided to go together in case anything happened.
As last they went with a navigator to help them come back. There was a sort of path on which they could walk. After a while they reached a point where many paths adjoined the path they were on. They didn't know where the children went so they thought logically. They thought on which path the children would most likely go and they decided it would be better to go straight as the children would most likely go straight.
Finn and Marie were lost from the path and didn't know where to go. They were lost from the path because of the snakes. They didn't know they were lost until Marie shouted "Where has the path gone?!" Finn turned in surprise and saw what Marie meant.
There wasn't any path! Then Finn said "Don't get distracted by the snakes, just try to find the path." With difficulty the children found the path again and they decided to rest. Finn handed Marie a tart and he himself ate one and soon the two children were fast asleep...
The two fathers were walking quite slowly as if a wild thing would attack them. Then they saw a snake slithering along the forest floor. They shivered. Now they regretted they chose this path. They went far enough that they decided to rest a little but they went to sleep...
The children were having nice dreams when they heard something growling. They were still half asleep when they saw something big, black, scary with big, sharp teeth, growling like a...
"Wild thing!" exclaimed Finn. He was so terrified that his mouth went dry. Then the wild thing growled again, this time much more loudly. Marie screamed. She screamed so loudly that all the birds in that area flew away. The children didn't know what to do. They were slowly backing away...
Marie's dad suddenly woke up. He thought he heard a growling sound. He stood still for a minute thinking about the noise but then he heard another growl and then someone screaming. He woke his companion up and told him what he heard. They agreed that it was Marie's voice and they should get to them as soon as possible.
Back to the children... they were having a bit of trouble. Finn didn't know what to do. Suddenly he spotted some stones on the ground. He had an idea. 'Of course I couldn't rely on Marie, I have to do it myself,' thought Finn. He made a quick dart to the stones and threw them at the wild thing. Marie, following his example, did the same thing. They kept on throwing the stones until the wild thing couldn't bear it anymore and fled away.
"I think we've learnt enough about the wild things for one day, let's go back home', said Marie after a while.
"I think that's true, let's go home" said Finn as he turned to go back. But what did he see? He saw their dads coming. The children ran to their fathers with joy and told them everything. They also ate something as they were very hungry. Together, hand in hand, the children started to go back home with their dads.
They went back with the help of the navigator and told their mums about the adventures they had had. They all had a hearty meal and a good laugh before they continued for the holiday place while the children wrote down their adventures in simple words...
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