Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are is a charming metaphor about runaway children in which we learn that if you flee your parents' home, chances are you will find yourself surrounded by savage beasts and you will probably miss your mommy's home cooked meals.
Still, he maintained a particular affinity toward jaguars, which he often described as "an indomitable beast" — the title of a 2014 book about his conservation efforts surrounding the animal — and which had fascinated him since childhood.
I silently started to question the wisdom of having taken the walk and scanned the surrounding trees for lurking beasts.
The Beltway consists of Washington, D.C., and surrounding counties, and the Beast includes defense contractors, lobbyists, Wall Street, think tanks, advocacy groups, journalists, foreign agents, and everyone else who wants something from our government.
"We like to imagine that we are eating surrounded by the beasts of the forest.
Called kereta, they are hired by families celebrating a ritual, a wedding or, more often, a circumcision ceremony: the child and his friends ride on the bizarre beasts, surrounded by puppet coachmen, pulled through the village by horses.
And these snakes, though deadly, are not aggressive, so the friends end up living out the ideal represented by a famous panel from a Marvel comic depicting the Silver Surfer surrounded by the beasts of the jungle, including a snake sliding harmlessly by: the surfer is at peace with all of creation.
Among the most evocative images are those believed to represent shamans deep in trance: a reclining, antelope-headed man surrounded by imaginary beasts, for example, or an insect-like humanoid covered with wild decorations".
"Then," replied the Emperor, "let it be your servant, I pray". The entire city was given up to the beasts of the surrounding jungle.
A teenager uncovers the mysteries of a village surrounded by a beast-filled forest.
