James and the giant peach fish heads full#

The ends were resting upon a huge flat cloud that was as big as a desert. It was a kind of arch, a colossal curvy-shaped thing that reached high up into the sky and came down again at both ends. In the distance and directly ahead of them, they now saw a most extraordinary sight. 'Look, look, look! Over there!' Everybody swung round to look. 'We're not in the water now!' 'Oh, look!' shouted the Ladybug. 'If the peach is leaking then we shall surely sink!' 'Don't be an ass!' the Centipede told him.

James and the giant peach fish heads full#

'It's full of holes and the juice is dripping out everywhere!' 'That does it!' cried the Earthworm. 'The peach is leaking!' shouted the Old-Green-Grasshopper, peering over the side. But there were no Cloud-Men in sight now. The moon was still shining as brightly as ever, and there were still plenty of huge shimmering cloud-mountains on all sides. 'I can't see them anywhere!' One by one, the travelers came out again onto the top of the peach and gazed carefully around.

James poked his head out and looked around. 'We've left them behind!' 'The seagulls must have pulled us away out of danger!' 'Hooray! Let's go up and see!' Cautiously, with James going first, they all climbed back up the tunnel. Yes - the noise had ceased! The hailstones were no longer smashing against the peach. 'Listen! I do believe they're not hitting us any more!' They all stopped talking and listened. 'They've broken my bulb!' 'Then put in another one!' the Centipede said. 'Give us some light!' shouted the Old-Green-Grasshopper. 'Would somebody kindly look and see if my shell is cracked?' the Ladybug said. 'I am wounded all over!' 'It serves you right,' said the Earthworm.

There was a rush for the tunnel entrance, and half a minute later everybody was safely downstairs inside the stone of the peach, trembling with fright and listening to the noise of the hailstones as they came crashing against the side of the peach.