Once upon a time, there were
a little old woman and a little old man who lived in a
little cottage near the river. The little old woman and
the little old man were hungry,
so the little old woman decided to bake a gingerbread man
.
She made a big batch of gingerbread
dough, then rolled it flat and cut it in the shape of a
gingerbread man . She
gave him raisins for eyes , a cinnamon drop for a mouth
, and chocolate chips for buttons . Then she put the
gingerbread man in the oven to bake.
When
the gingerbread man was done, the little old woman opened
the oven door, but before she could take him out, the
gingerbread man jumped up and ran through the kitchen and
out of the
cottage shouting, "Don't eat me !"
The
little old woman ran after the gingerbread man . "Stop
!" she
yelled. But the gingerbread man ran even faster, chanting, "Run,
run as fast as you can. You can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread
man."
The gingerbread
man ran into the garden and passed the little old man
. "Stop !" the little old man called
out."I
want to eat you." But the gingerbread man ran
even faster, chanting, "I've run away from a
little old woman , and I can run away from you, I can.
Run,
run
as fast as you can. You can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread
man."
The little
old man chased the gingerbread man, followed by the
little old woman. But the gingerbread man ran too
fast for them.
The
gingerbread man ran through the yard and passed a
pig. "Stop !" the pig snorted, "I
want to eat you." But the gingerbread man ran
even faster, chanting, "I've
run from a little old woman and a little old man,
and I can run away from you, I can. Run, run as fast as
you
can. You can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread man."
The
pig chased the gingerbread man, followed by the little
old woman and the little old man. But the gingerbread
man ran too fast for them.
The
gingerbread man passed a cow by the barn. "Stop
!" the
cow mooed, "I want to eat you." But
the gingerbread man ran even faster, chanting, "I've
run from a little old woman and a little old man and a
pig, and
I can run
away from you, I can. Run, run as fast as you can. You
can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread man."
The
cow chased the gingerbread man, followed by the pig and
the little old woman and the little old man. But the
gingerbread man ran too fast for them.
The
gingerbread man passed a horse in the field. "Stop
!" the
horse neighed, "I want to eat you." But
the gingerbread man ran even faster, chanting, "I've
run from a little old woman and a little old man and a
pig and a
cow, and
I can run away from you, I can. Run, run as fast as you
can. You can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread man."
The
horse chased the gingerbread man, followed by the cow,
the pig, and the little old woman and the little old man.
But the gingerbread man ran too fast for them.
Then
the gingerbread man reached a wide river, but he didn't
know how to swim. A sly and hungry fox saw the gingerbread
man and said, "Jump on my tail, and I'll take
you across the river !"
The
gingerbread man thought to himself, "I'll be safe
on his tail." So he jumped on the fox's tail and they
started across the river.
Halfway
across the river, the fox barked, "You're too
heavy for my tail, jump on my back." So the gingerbread
man jumped on the fox's back.
Soon,
the fox said, "You're too heavy for my back, jump
onto my nose." So the gingerbread man jumped
on the fox's nose. But as soon as they reached the riverbank,
the fox
flipped the gingerbread man into the air, snapped his
mouth shut, and ate the gingerbread man.
And
that was the end of the gingerbread man.