James and the Giant Peach

Cause: The worm will not wiggle to get the attention of the bird so James tickles his belly.
Effect: It makes the worm wiggle which gets the attention of the birds flying in the sky. James catches one of the birds with string to help the peach move.

James and the Giant Peach

English Standard 4.3.3

James life is changed when his parents are killed by a rhinoceros and then has to go live with his mean relatives; Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker. After a few years his life is changed once again literally and figuratively. A weird little man comes to visit James in his Aunt's garden and the man tells him that and tells him of a magical seed. After the man leaves James thinks that he lost the magical seed and he gets very discouraged. But magical things start to happen in the garden and James gets the chance to be a part of it. James befriends bugs that have human like qualities and they all set out on a journey in a giant peach.


Cause: The grasshopper starts to saw the stem of the peach and then breaks it.

Effect: The stem of the peach broke off which made the peach start to roll and helped them to escape Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker.