Devastated, James feels that all of his luck has been lost. His aunts come over to him and yell at him for being lazy, threatening to punish him by making him sleep in the water bucket to the well.
If this is from James and the giant peach i can help u
Explanation:
He was treated very cruelty he was a forced to work for his aunts and got almost nothing in return. They also fed him very little. Just enough to keep him alive