Passage: Four-year-old James Henry Trotter lives with his loving parents in a beautiful cottage by the sea in the south of England, until his parents are killed by an escaped rhinoceros during a shopping trip in London.\n\nQuestion: Based on this passage, what killed james parents in james and the giant peach?
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an escaped rhinoceros
To answer the above question, the relevant sentence is: Four-year-old James Henry Trotter lives with his loving parents in a beautiful cottage by the sea in the south of England, until his parents are killed by an escaped rhinoceros during a shopping trip in London.

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The answer: an escaped rhinoceros