Name __________________________________________________________________________ Date ___________________________

_______ 1. The two women and the small boy stood absolutely still on the grass underneath the tree, gazing up at this extraordinary fruit.

_______ 2. The tunnel was damp and murky.

_______ 3. The money came rolling into the pockets of the two greedy aunts.

_______ 4. The peach looks ripe to me.

_______ 5. I think you must be mistaken, my dear Spiker.

_______ 6. In another minute, this mammoth fruit was as large and round and fat as Aunt Sponge herself, and probably just as heavy.

_______ 7. As for James, he was so spellbound by the whole thing that he could only stand and stare and murmur quietly to himself.

_______ 8. Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker began walking slowly around the peach, inspecting it very cautiously from all sides.

_______ 9. The floor was soggy under his knees.

_______ 10. He was crawling uphill now, as though the tunnel were leading straight toward the very center of the gigantic fruit.

_______ 11. His face white with horror.

_______ 12. He glanced behind him, thinking he could

_______ 13. bolt back into the tunnel the way he had come.

_______ 14. Hungry and trembling, James stood alone out in the open, wondering what to do.