the gingerbread man
once upon a time there was a little old
man and a little old woman they lived
together on a little old farm one day
the little old woman decided to make a
gingerbread man for the little old man
to eat for dessert she mixed together
flour sugar butter eggs cinnamon and
ginger she stirred the mixture into a
ball of gingerbread dough then the
little woman rolled the dough and cut it
in the shape of a little man she placed
a little man on a cookie sheet the
little old woman used candies to make
his eyes nose and mouth
she even added candy buttons the little
ol woman popped the cookie sheet into
the oven to bake after a while she
started to smell a most delicious aroma
so she opened the oven door to see if
the gingerbread man was ready to eat
much to her surprise the gingerbread man
jumped out of the oven and ran out of
the house the gingerbread man ran and
ran the little old man and the little
old woman chased after the gingerbread
man stop they shouted but the
gingerbread man ran even faster as he
ran he yelled run run as fast as you can
you can't catch me I'm the gingerbread
man the little old man and the little
old woman could not catch him the
gingerbread man ran past a cow in the
field stop shouted the cow gingerbread
men are quite tasty but the gingerbread
man just yelled run run as fast as you
can you can't catch me I'm the
gingerbread man I ran from the old man I
ran from the little old woman and now
I'll run away from you the cow could not
catch him either
and still the gingerbread man ran and
ran he came to a yard where a cat lay
sleeping the cat jumped up and cried
stop you smell delicious but the
gingerbread man just yelled run run as
fast as you can you can't catch me I'm
the gingerbread man I ran from the old
man and the little old woman I ran from
the cow and now I'll run from you and
try as he might the cat could not catch
him
still the gingerbread man ran and ran
soon he came upon a red fox sitting on a
riverbank this time the gingerbread man
spoke first he yelled run run as fast as
you can you can't catch me I'm the
gingerbread man I ran from the little
old man and the little old woman I ran
from the cow I ran from the cat and I'll
run away from you now the red fox was a
rather clever fellow he replied in a
casual voice why would I want to run
after you
this made the gingerbread man stop and
think he said because I taste delicious
even so said the Fox I've had my lunch
I'm not hungry
the gingerbread man was speechless
before he could think of a reply the Fox
asked where are you going that way said
the gingerbread man pointing across the
river oh you will get wet if you try to
cross the river by yourself said the Fox
why don't you sit on the tip of my tail
while I swim across thank you said the
gingerbread man as he hopped on before
long the Fox called out the waters
getting deeper you should ride on my
head certainly said the gingerbread man
and he did just that as the Fox
approached the bank on the other side he
called to the gingerbread man again the
water is getting even deeper you should
ride on the tip of my nose
okay said the gingerbread man and he did
just that thank you
the gingerbread man started to say but
before he could finish the Fox tossed
the gingerbread man into the air and
opened his mouth wide Chomp smack the
clever Fox licked his lips as he crossed
to the other side of the river
the end
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