________1. For suddenly, just behind him, James heard a rustling of leaves, and he turned around and saw an old man in a crazy dark-green suit emerging from the bushes.

_______ 2. "The nasty little beast will only get into mischief of he goes out of the garden."

_______ 3. They never called him buy his real name, but referred to him as "you filthy nuisance".

_______ 4. Both of them suddenly got eaten up by an enormous angry rhinoceros, which had

_______ 5. escaped from the London Zoo.

_______ 6. You will never be miserable again in your life.

_______ 7. The chopper was a large blunt thing far too heavy for a small boy to use.

_______ 8. "What's the matter with you?" Aunt Spiker screeched, glaring at him over the top of her steel spectacles.

_______ 9. Neither Aunt Sponge nor Aunt Spiker could ever be bothered to take him out herself, not even for a small walk or a picnic, and he certainly wasn't permitted to go alone.

_______ 10. "Come closer to me, little boy, " he said, beckoning to James with a finger.

_______ 11. The paper bag burst open as it hit the ground and the thousands of tiny green things were scattered in all directions.

_______ 12. In a couple of minutes the water will begin to froth and bubble furiously, and as soon as that happens you must quickly drink it all down, the whole jugful, in one gulp.

_______ 13. For now, there came a morning when something rather peculiar happened to him.

_______ 14. And there they sat, these two ghastly hags, sipping their drinks.

_______ 15. Each time the tips of his fingers were just about to touch them, they vanished into the earth!