Finally, let us think about the meaning of children's stories _______________. Children's stories are action oriented, but they almost always have moral commentary. Remember that most children's stories are written by adults whose _______________ is to instruct children about the _______________. While the stories are action oriented, children's writers almost always want both their characters and their readers to focus on the _______________ of _______________. To do this, writers must find ways of expressing the deeper implications in their apparently _______________. Sometimes, the implications are obvious: characters merely state what they have learned from their adventures. But in books such as Peter Rabbit or Where the Wild Things Are, the complex ideas beneath the _______________ aren't explicitly stated. Instead they are implied. By choosing a series of actions that are superficially straightforward but actually complex, Potter and Sendak can both focus on action and imply complex _______________.