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As a former children's librarian, I long ago saw how Maurice Sendak's WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE parallels this parable.  I've used it as the basis for a children's sermon and included it in a Sunday School lesson.  I've found that using books the children are already familiar with is a good and subtle way to emphasize the universality of Bible lessons.

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In the book, Where the Wild Things Are, Max’s room, where he had been sent without his meal for roaring at his mommy, transforms into a land where the wild things are. The Wild Things then named him King; the “most Wild Thing” of all and he ordered them to commence with rumpus—with all kinds of roaring and carrying on until he told them “Now stop!” and he sent them all to bed without their suppers. In the quiet, Max felt his loneliness and longed for a place where someone loved him the best. So he got into his boat and sailed back to his room and the household where he was loved the best…. And Max, now quiet in his wolf suit, found his supper waiting for him and it was still hot.

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