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00:30I love you
00:59Alligators all around
01:01B. Bursting balloons
01:04C. Catching coals
01:07D. Doing dishes
01:10E. Entertaining elephants
01:13F. Forever fooling
01:17G. Getting giggles
01:19H. Having headaches
01:23R. Imitating Indians
01:26J. Juggling jelly beans
01:29K. Keeping kangaroos
01:32L. Looking like lions
01:35M. Making macaroni
01:38N. Never napping
01:41O. Ordering oatmeal
01:44P. Pushing people
01:47Q. White coral sun
01:50R. Riding reindeer
01:53S. Shockingly spoiled
01:56T. Throwing red drums
02:00U. Usually upside down
02:04B. Very vain
02:06W. Wearing wigs
02:10X. X. X-ing X-ing X-ing
02:13Y. Yakety-yacking
02:15C. Zippity-yack
02:19A. Alligators all around
02:25Alligators all around
02:27Alligators all around
02:31Alligators all around
02:33Alligators all around
02:50There once was a boy named Pierre
02:54Who only would say
02:56I don't care
02:58Read his story, my friend
03:01For you'll find at the end
03:03That a suitable moral lies there
03:11One day his mother said
03:15When Pierre climbed out of bed
03:19Good morning, darling boy
03:23You are my only joy
03:26Pierre said
03:28I don't care
03:32What would you like to eat
03:35I don't care
03:37Some lovely cream of wheat
03:39I don't care
03:41Don't sit backwards on your chair
03:44I don't care
03:46Or pour syrup on your hair
03:48I don't care
03:50You are acting like a clown
03:52I don't care
03:53I don't care
03:54And we have to go to town
03:56I don't care
03:58Don't you want to come, my dear
04:01I don't care
04:02Would you rather stay right here
04:05I don't care
04:06I don't care
04:07I don't care
04:09So his mother
04:10I don't care
04:11And then his father said, get off your head or I will march you up to bed.
04:24He said, I don't care.
04:32I would think that you could see.
04:35I don't care.
04:37Your head is where your feet should be.
04:40I don't care.
04:41If you keep standing upside down.
04:44I don't care.
04:45You'll never ever get to town.
04:48I don't care.
04:50If only you would say, I care.
04:52I don't care.
04:54I'd let you fold the folding chair.
04:57I don't care.
04:58So his parents left him there.
05:04They didn't take him anywhere.
05:10Now as the night began to fall, a hungry lion paid a call.
05:23He looked Pierre right in the eye and asked him if he'd like to die.
05:31And Pierre said, I don't care.
05:37I can meet you, don't you see?
05:43I don't care.
05:44And you will be inside of me.
05:47I don't care.
05:48Then you'll never have to bother.
05:52I don't care.
05:53With a mother and a father.
05:56I don't care.
05:57Is that all you have to say?
06:00I don't care.
06:02Then I'll eat you if I may.
06:04I don't care.
06:05So the lion ate Pierre.
06:14Arriving home at six o'clock, his parents had a dreadful shock.
06:22They found the lion sick in bed and cried, Pierre is surely dead.
06:31They pulled the lion by the hair.
06:35They hit him with a folding chair.
06:39His mother asked, where is Pierre?
06:43And the lion answered, I don't care.
06:49His father said, the air's in bed.
06:59They rushed the lion into town.
07:05The doctor shook him up and down.
07:09And when the lion gave a roar, the air fell out upon the floor.
07:19He rubbed his eyes and scratched his head and laughed because he wasn't dead.
07:29His mother cried and held him tight.
07:34His father asked, are you all right?
07:38Pierre said, I am feeling fine.
07:42Please take me home.
07:44It's half past nine.
07:46The lion said, if you would care to climb on me, I'll take you there.
07:54Then everyone looked at Pierre, who shouted, yes, indeed I care.
08:03The lion took them home to rest and stayed on as a weekend guest.
08:11The moral of Pierre, his care.
08:26One was Johnny.
08:28One was Johnny who lived by himself.
08:38Two was a rat who jumped on his shelf.
08:41Three was a cat who chased the rat.
08:44Four was a dog who came in and sat.
08:46Five was a turtle who bit the dog's tail.
08:49Six was a monkey who brought in the mail.
08:51Seven, a blackbird pecked poor Johnny's nose.
08:55Eight was a tiger out selling old clothes.
09:02Nine was a robber who took an old shoe.
09:04Ten was a puzzle.
09:06What should Johnny do?
09:09One was Johnny.
09:11He stood on a chair and said,
09:16Here's what I'll do.
09:22I'll start to count backward and when I am through.
09:27If this house isn't empty, I'll eat all of you.
09:35Nine was the robber who left looking pale.
09:38Eight was the tiger who chased him to jail.
09:40Seven, the blackbird flew off to Havana.
09:43Six was the monkey who stole a banana.
09:45Five was the turtle who crawled off to bed.
09:48Four was the dog who slid home on his sled.
09:53One was Johnny.
09:55Three was the cat who bounced on the rat.
09:58Two was the rat who left with the cat.
10:00And one was Johnny.
10:03One was Johnny.
10:05One was Johnny.
10:08One was Johnny.
10:08One was Johnny.
10:10One was Johnny.
10:13Who lived by himself.
10:17And liked it like that.
10:22One was Johnny.
10:24In January, it's so nice.
10:43One was Johnny.
10:44While slipping on the sliding ice.
10:48Just sip hot chicken soup with rice.
10:51Sipping once.
10:53Sipping twice.
10:55Sipping chicken soup with rice.
10:58In February, it will be.
11:02My snowman's anniversary.
11:04With cake for him and soup for me
11:09Happy once, happy twice
11:13Happy chicken soup with rice
11:15In March the wind blows down the door
11:20And spills my soup upon the floor
11:23It laps it up and roars for more
11:27Blowing once, blowing twice
11:30A blowing chicken soup with rice
11:33In April I will go away
11:37To fall off Spain on Old Bombay
11:40And dream about hot soup all day
11:45Oh my once, oh my twice
11:48Oh my chicken soup with rice
11:51In May I truly think it best
12:00To be a robin lightly dressed
12:04The cotton soup inside my nest
12:09Mix it once, mix it twice
12:12Mix that chicken soup with rice
12:15In June I saw a charming group
12:18Of roses all begin to droop
12:22I pep them up with chicken soup
12:27Sprinkle once, sprinkle twice
12:30Sprinkle chicken soup with rice
12:33In July I'll take a week
12:37Into the pool and fishy deep
12:41Where chicken soup is sellin' cheap
12:44Sellin' once, oh sellin' twice
12:48Sellin' chicken soup with rice
12:51In August it will be so hot
12:54I will become a cookin' pot
12:58Cookin' soup of course, why not?
13:02Cookin' once, cookin' twice
13:06Cookin' chicken soup with rice
13:09In September for a while
13:19I will ride a crocodile
13:21Down the chicken soup
13:25And I'll paddle once, paddle twice
13:30Paddle chicken soup with rice
13:33In October I'll be host
13:36To witches, goblins and the ghost
13:40I'll serve in chicken soup on toast
13:45Whoop it once, oh whoop it twice
13:48Whoop it chicken soup with rice
13:51In November's gusty gale
13:56I will flop my fippy tail
13:59And spout hot soup
14:01I'll be a whale
14:03Spoutin' once
14:05Spoutin' twice
14:06Spoutin' chicken soup with rice
14:09In December I will be
14:13Up above the angle
14:16Christmas tree
14:18With soup bowls draped all over me
14:22Marry once, marry twice
14:25Marry chicken soup with
14:27Marry chicken soup with
14:29Marry chicken soup with
14:31Marry chicken soup
14:32I told you once
14:34I told you twice
14:36All seasons of the year are nice
14:41For eatin' chicken soup
14:43Eatin' chicken soup with rice
14:46Chicken soup, chicken soup with rice
14:49Marry chicken soup with rice
14:58Marry chicken soup with rice
14:59Panatanza
15:01Eatin' chicken soup with rice
15:03Time in Chinese
15:07Lee
15:09ili
15:12Baratanza
15:15Where the wild things are.
15:45The night Max wore his wolf suit and made mischief of one
16:14kind and another his mother called him wild thing and Max said I'll eat you up so he
16:28was sent to bed without eating anything.
16:33That very night in Max's room a forest grew and grew and grew until his ceiling hung
16:55with vines and the walls became the world all around.
17:06And an ocean tumbled by with a private boat for Max and he sailed off through night and
17:14in and out of weeks and almost over a year to where the wild things are.
17:35And when he came to the place where the wild things are they roared their terrible roars.
17:47And gnashed their terrible teeth.
17:52And rolled their terrible eyes.
17:56And showed their terrible claws.
18:01Till Max said be still.
18:06And tamed them with the magic trick of staring into all their yellow eyes without blinking once.
18:20And they were frightened and called him the most wild thing of all.
18:27and made him king of all wild things.
18:32And now cried Max.
18:36Let the wild rumpus start.
18:39Now stop, Max.
19:07Now stop, Max said.
19:19And sent the wild things off to bed without their summer.
19:27And Max, the king of all wild things, was lonely and wanted to be where someone loved him best of all.
19:36Then all around, from far away across the world, he smelled good things to eat.
19:45So he gave up being king of where the wild things are.
19:49But the wild things cried.
19:53Oh, please don't go.
19:56We'll eat you up.
19:57We love you so.
19:59No.
20:00And Max said no.
20:02The wild things roared their terrible roars.
20:08And gnashed their terrible teeth.
20:19And rolled their terrible eyes.
20:23And showed their terrible claws.
20:30But Max stepped into his private boat and waved goodbye.
20:36And sailed back over a year.
20:39And in and out of weeks.
20:43And through a day.
20:45And into the night of his very own room.
20:51Where he found his supper waiting for him.
20:55And it was still hot.
20:56And it was still hot.
20:57It was still hot.
20:58And it was still hot.
20:59It was still hot.
21:00It was still hot.
21:01It was still hot.
21:02It was still hot.
21:03But he valued that my favourite painted together.
21:04The fun.
21:05But I knew it was hot.
21:06And in and out of weeks.
21:08And at him the night of his home.
21:10And it was still hot.
21:11And he knew no more.
21:12There he was.
21:13He knew no more.
21:14And he knew no more.
21:15Look at the earth.
21:16At his, he knew he knew no one thing.
21:48In the night kitchen.
22:18Did you ever hear of Mickey?
22:29How he heard a racket in the night?
22:34And shouted...
22:42Quiet down there!
22:46And fell through the dark...
22:56Out of his clothes...
23:04Past the moon...
23:12And his mama...
23:15Mama...
23:18And Papa sleeping tight...
23:23Papa...
23:26Into the light of the night kitchen...
23:32Where the bakers who bake...
23:34Till the dawn...
23:35So we can have cake...
23:36In the morn mixed...
23:38Mickey in batter...
23:40Chanting...
23:42Milk in the batter!
23:43Milk in the batter!
23:44Stir it!
23:45Scrape it!
23:46Bake it!
23:47Bake it!
23:48Bake it!
23:49Bake it!
23:56And they put that batter up to bake...
23:59A delicious Mickey cake!
24:01But right...
24:11In the middle...
24:13Of the steaming...
24:15And the making...
24:17And the smelling...
24:19And the baking...
24:21Mickey poked through and said...
24:24I'm not the milk...
24:27And the milk's not me...
24:29I'm Mickey!
24:31So he skipped from the oven...
24:33And into bread dough...
24:36All ready to rise...
24:38In the night kitchen...
24:40He kneaded...
24:43And punched it...
24:45And pounded...
24:46And pulled...
24:47Till it looked okay...
24:50Milk!
24:51Milk!
24:52Milk!
24:53Milk!
24:54Milk!
24:55Milk!
25:03Milk for the morning cake!
25:10Then Mickey and Joe...
25:11Was just on his way...
25:12When the bakers ran up...
25:13With a measuring cup...
25:14How late...
25:16Milk!
25:17Milk!
25:19Milk, milk for the morning cake.
25:25What's all of us?
25:26I'm Mickey the pilot.
25:27I get milk the Mickey way.
25:29And he grabbed the cup as he flew up, and up, and up,
25:35and over the top of the Milky Way in the night kitchen.
25:49Mickey the milkman dived to the bottom, singing,
26:00I'm in the milk, and the milk's in me.
26:05God bless milk, and God bless me.
26:14Then he swam to the top, pouring milk from his cup.
26:19Into batter below.
26:40So the bakers, they mixed it, and beat it, and baked it.
26:49Milk in the batter, milk in the batter.
26:51We bake cake, and nothing's the matter.
26:53milk in the batter.
26:57��
27:23Now Mickey, in the night kitchen, cried cock-a-doodle-doo, and slid down the side, straight into bed.
27:53Cake-free and dried.
28:00And that's why, thanks to Mickey, we have cake every morning.
28:23Cake-free and dried.
28:30Cake-free and dried.
28:41Cake-free and dried.
28:47Cake-free and dried.
29:50I mean, I had to be a subject that was passionately close to my heart.
29:54So what was passionately close to my heart was a kid, and a kid doing something, and whatever that something was, was what the book was going to be about.
30:03It was called Where the Wild Horses Are for a very long time until I discovered, horrifyingly, that I couldn't draw horses.
30:12So I had to change the title.
30:14I changed the title various times to things that I could draw, and finally the best thing was things, because that could be anything.
30:22And so my drawing ability wouldn't be challenged by anybody.
30:25And then what do the things look like?
30:28Well, I went back into my head as to who were monsters in my life.
30:33Well, they were all my uncles and aunts.
30:35Bloodshot eyes and big, huge noses and bad teeth.
30:39And they would grab you by the cheek and pummel you and say all the conventional banal things adults say, like how cute you are and you look so good we could eat you up.
30:48And knowing them, they probably could and would.
30:51And the real problem in that book was the writing of the book and how difficult the writing of the book was.
30:58Why would a child turn a page?
31:00A child isn't polite.
31:01I mean, adults will conscientiously read a book they dislike because they feel they should.
31:09Children don't feel any such compulsion.
31:11If they hate the first two pages, it's a whammo against the wall.
31:14That's the end of the book.
31:15They don't care if it's won 18 Caldecott Awards, right?
31:18Okay.
31:19So you've got to catch them.
31:21You've got to catch them in a kind of rhythmic pattern, in a kind of syncopation that makes them turn that page.
31:27The night Max wore his wolf suit.
31:29And it builds.
31:32And you trap them.
31:34I mean, they can't get out of the book.
31:35That's the point of it.
31:36It was published to a lot of noise, which I'll skip.
31:51But I don't think that's very interesting.
31:53Criticism and rages and carryings on that this would frighten children.
31:58Well, I knew it wouldn't because it didn't frighten me.
32:00And I trusted myself and my own instinct.
32:04And it didn't frighten children.
32:05And if it did frighten some children, well, okay.
32:08Perhaps it had to.
32:10Perhaps, I mean, why would any one book be good for all children?
32:13That's silly.
32:14I mean, no grown-up book is good for all people.
32:18So we mustn't assume that even a book that wins a Caldecott is appropriate for every child reading it.
32:23Then after wild things, the next picture book in the night kitchen was 1970.
32:31The reason it took the form of a comic book was because I loved comic books when I was a child.
32:37I didn't have children's books.
32:39I didn't even know there were children's books until I went to school.
32:43And we had to sit in the auditorium and hear Pinocchio read to us and Winnie the Pooh read to us.
32:46I hated them because I didn't like my teachers.
32:49And I didn't like being told stories where I had to have my hands clasped in my lap.
32:54Anyway, Night Kitchen was going to be a comic book.
32:56And that was that.
32:57And it was going to be simple.
32:58It was going to look like Winsor McCay a little bit.
33:00It was going to look like Mickey Mouse a little bit.
33:02It was going to look like everybody I loved.
33:05And it was going to tell a story that obsessed me, which is a story about food,
33:10which is a story about why those little creatures of the 1939 World's Fair,
33:16those sunshine bakers with their advertisement that says,
33:19we cook while you sleep.
33:21Why did they do that?
33:22Why didn't they wait until I was up?
33:23I mean, why did everything good happen when children went to bed?
33:28So this was going to be a book about a kid who gets up at night,
33:31hears what's going on, and investigates.
33:35It just feels wonderful because it has all the energy and zest
33:40that a Mickey Mouse cartoon had for me.
33:42The action, the power, the movement, going down, going up,
33:48the scale of it, the logistics of it were a problem.
33:51He's in a hundred different places.
33:53He goes down, he goes up, he goes across pages.
33:55So boxes and squares and oblongs and shapes had to be removed and changed
33:59to make room for him and the three bakers.
34:02So the book became a huge, I hope, beautiful garbage pail
34:08for memories past and present.
34:11And for me, a picture book that had enormous significance
34:15and far and away at that time in my life was my favorite.
34:22It meant more to me than where the wild things are.
34:24It was much more contemporary in feeling.
34:26It was much more appropriate to my grown-up life.
34:29It was much better.
34:39Oh, my God.
35:09Oh, my God.