Editing Pooh's Adventures of James and the Giant Peach/Transcript (section)

==Sponge and Spiker arrive in New York/James stands up to his aunts==

(Sponge and Spiker emerge from their car and are covered in seaweed and salt water)

'''Aunt Sponge''': Hello, little angel.

'''Aunt Spiker''': So kind of you to look after our little lost lamb.

'''Cop''': Who are you?

'''Aunt Spiker''': We are the boy's legal guardians.

'''Aunt Sponge''': We've missed him so much.

'''Aunt Spiker''': So, we'll be taking him home now.

'''Aunt Sponge''': And the peach, of course. We're taking that as well.

'''Cop''': Well, wait a minute. Back up. You mean to tell me that this thing is a peach?

'''Aunt Spiker''': It's not a peach. It's ''our'' peach.

'''Aunt Sponge''': Our peach.

'''Aunt Spiker''': Show him, Spongy.

'''Aunt Sponge''': Yes. (shows the cop the picture of her and Spiker with the giant peach)

'''Cop''': Looks like it's their peach all right.

'''Aunt Spiker''': Yes! Yes, and we're very proud of it.

'''Aunt Sponge''': We're going to be in the record book.

'''James''': It's not their peach. The old man gave the green things to me. That's what made it grow.

'''Aunt Sponge''': How dare you disagree with us!

'''Aunt Spiker''': Patience, sister. Remember his... condition.

'''Cop''': His condition?

'''Aunt Sponge''': He's a chronic liar.

'''Aunt Spiker''': Sad, really. He needs his treatment.

'''Aunt Sponge''': Well, that's why we're here; to bring him home. So, you come here with us. Hey, Lovey!

(Spiker and Sponge maliciously try to get to James but he climbs up to the truck to get away)

'''James''': I'm not the one who's lying. They are!

'''Aunt Spiker''': As you can see, Officer, it is urgent that you release him to us immediately.

'''Old Man''': '''LET THE BOY SPEAK!'''

(The crowd utters in agreement)

'''Cop''': All right, all right, all right! Let's get to the bottom of this! This thing is a peach. Now, all right. I'll buy that. Now, does someone wanna tell me how it got here?

'''James''': We attached it to a hundred seagulls.

'''Aunt Spiker''': Seagulls? (laughs with the crowd)

'''James''': That's what happened! Me and Miss Spider and the Centipede and the Old Green Grasshopper.

'''Aunt Sponge''': (laughs with the crowd) I think he's gone mad.

'''Aunt Spiker''': This is all something he dreamed up.

'''James''': Well, maybe it started that way, as a dream, but didn't everything? Those buildings, these lights, this whole city! Somebody had to dream about it first, and maybe that's what I did. I dreamed about coming here, but then I did it!

'''Aunt Spiker''': The poor boy needs his medicine.

'''Aunt Sponge:''' Yes.

'''Aunt Spiker''': So, we'll just take him.

'''Aunt Sponge''': And the peach.

'''Aunt Spiker''': Back to our cozy little house on the hill. Come along. You're going home with us.

'''James''': No, I'm not.

'''Aunt Spiker''': (tilts her head back in a creepy way and her smile disappears) What did you say?

'''James''': I said, "No, I'm not!" I hate that house and that cold room and how I was always hungry.

'''Aunt Spiker''': All right, that's enough!

'''James''': And how you beat me!

(The crowd gasps)

'''Aunt Sponge''': He's lying!

'''Woman''': They beat him up?!

'''Boy''': They beat him?

'''James''': And told me I was nothing!

'''Aunt Sponge''': Shut up!

'''Aunt Spiker''': Shut up! Shut up!

'''James''': No! Not this time! I flew the giant peach across the ocean. I landed on top of the tallest building in the world. I MADE IT! I'M NOT THE ONE WHO'S NOTHING, YOU ARE! AND I'M NEVER GOING BACK WITH YOU! NOT ME AND NOT THE PEACH!

'''Aunt Spiker''': How dare you speak to us this way!

(Spiker and Sponge pick up some axes from the truck and attack James in insane anger. James climbs up to the top of the truck and finds himself trapped. The cops blow their whistles and several adults try to protect some of the children)