Prologue: James' Life turned Miserable

Narrator/Old Man: This is James Henry Trotter. He lived with his mother and father in a cozy little house by the sea.

James' father: Hey, I've got ya! [laughs as he plays with James]

James' mother: Happy birthday, darling. Now quickly, blow them out before the wind does.

James' father: Make a wish first.

(James blows out the candles)

Narrator/Old Man: It was a wonderful life. They had each other, and they had their dreams.

James: Look! That cloud looks like a camel. And that one over there looks like a train engine.

James' father: Can you see the tallest building in the world?

(James looks in the cloud but doesn't see anything)

James: I can't find it.

James' mother: Try looking at it another way.

(James sits up, tilts his head, and sees the cloud shaped like the Empire State Building)

James: I see it!

James' father: (shows James the travel book of New York City) That's where we're going. On a great ship that will take us across the ocean, and we'll go right to the top of that building. The three of us... on top of the world.

James: Are there any kids there like me?

James' father: Hundreds of them. It's a wonderful place, James. A city where dreams come true.

Narrator/Old Man: Then one day, a terrible thing happened. (thunder claps) An angry rhinoceros appeared out of nowhere and gobbled up his poor mother and father. Their troubles-- if they had any at all--were over in 35 seconds flat. (The rhino roars in the clouds as James woke up from his nightmare) But James' troubles were just beginning, for now he lives here with Aunt Sponge...

Aunt Sponge: (bursts in James' room) Get up, you lazy little bug!

Narrator/Old Man: and Aunt Spiker.

Aunt Spiker: You've already wasted four minutes of daylight.

Aunt Sponge: Look at him.

Aunt Spiker: Lolly gagging in dreamland when there's so much work to do.

Aunt Sponge: Weeds to pull, wood to chop.

Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker: Work, work, work, work, work!

(James works really hard to do their chores as the title Pooh's Adventures of James and the Giant Peach was shown)