The opera based on this Maurice Sendak book features a wild thing with beard & a wild thing with horns
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TITLE WAGNER HERO BLOWS A MIGHTY HORN CALL AND THEN KILLS ... 
MAURICE SENDAK BOOK FEATURES A WILD THING WITH BEARD AND A 
WILD... [DOC] [TLE] Opera Today : Where the Wild Things Are, LA Philharmonic [PAR] Oct 20, 2012 ...