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Chapter 1-3
The story begins with a fateful accident, which leaves the little protagonist, 4 years old James Henry Trotter, parent-less. After his parents are devoured by rhinoceros, sad and lonely James is sent away to live a wretched life with his despicable aunts, Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker. James is now compelled to do household chores, unreasonably bashed, mocked, deprived of food, and is not allowed to venture out of the run-down house. -
Chapters 4-7
James meets a mysterious old man. The old man promises to prepare a magical potion using the contents in the sack. The old man hands over the sack to James in which lie glowing green crocodile tongues. On his way back home, James and the sack take a spill, and the crocodile tongues enchant an old peach tree. This causes one of the peach to grow big, so big that it becomes the size of a house and a tourist attraction on which the cruel aunts cash on by selling tickets. -
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James And The Giant Peach
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Chapters 8-11
Things don’t change for good as James had expected until he discovers a fleshy passage way that leads him to the heart of the fruit. There he meets a colorful posse of insects who too are transmogrified with the magic of the tongues and find James’ aunts equally repulsive. Together they plan a mutiny and roll away into the Atlantic ocean and mash the notorious aunts in the process.
