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THE GINGERBREAD MAN
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 .
Sniff.