Hello, I'm Miranda and today we're going to be reading the Gingerbread Man retold by Mandy
Archer and illustrated by Virginia Allyn.
Once there was a little old women who lived all alone in a cosy cottage.
As she didn’t have any children of hr own, she decided to make a boy out of gingerbread
to keep her company.
The old women shaped the dough and put it in the oven to bake.
Soon a delicious aroma wafted through the old women’s kitchen.
Her little gingerbread man was ready.
“You’ve browned nicely,” said the women, taking him out of the oven.
To her surprise, the Gingerbread Man sat up and looked at her.
The old women gasped as he jumped down, ran out of the kitchen and straight down the garden
path.
The old women reached for her rolling pin.
“Stop!”
she cried, running down the path in her slippers.
“You belong to me!”
The Gingerbread Man turned back and laughed at her.
“Run, run, as fast as you can, You can’t catch me,
I’m the Gingerbread Man!”
The little Gingerbread Man scampered out of the garden.
He grinned with mischief when he saw the old women struggling up the lane behind him.
He ran on and on towards the forest at the top of the hill.
“Come back now!”
begged the old women, stopping to catch her breath.
She shouted and waved her rolling pin, but the Gingerbread Man gave the same answer.
“Run, run, as fast as you can, You can’t catch me,
I’m the Gingerbread Man!”
With that, he turned on his heel and disappeared into the leafy forest.
A few moments later, the Gingerbread Man met a vow.
“Stop!”
shouted the cow.
“I want to eat you for my tea.”
The Gingerbread Man threw back his head and laughed.
“Run, run, as fast as you can, You can’t catch me,
I’m the Gingerbread Man!”
The cow chased after the Gingerbread Man.
The old women ran along too, waving her rolling pin at the little fellow.
“Come back now!”
screeched the old women.
The Gingerbread Man kept on running.
The cow and the old owmne called and called, but they could not catch him.
The path twisted and turned, until the Gingerbread Man finally spotted a farm up ahead.
His plump currant eyes twinkled as he stopped to wave at the cow and the old women.
“Run, run, as fast as you can, You can’t catch me,
I’m the Gingerbread Man!”
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When he got to the farm, the Gingerbread Man met a horse.
“Stop!”
shouted the horse.
“I want to eat you for my tea.”
The Gingerbread Man only grinned.
“Run, run, as fast as you can, You can’t catch me,
I’m the Gingerbread Man!”
The horse cantered after the Gingerbread Man, closely followed by the cow and the old women.
“Come back now!”
puffed the old women.
But the Gingerbread Man kept on running.
Neither the horse, the cow nor the old women could catch him.
However, the Gingerbread Man had to stop running when he came to the edge of a river.
A fox stepped up to meet him.
“Jump on to my tail,” said the sneaky fox.
“I will help you get to the other side.”
The Gingerbread Man hopped on to the fox’s bushy tail and held on tightly.
The horse, the cow and old women watched as the fox began to swim over the river.
Soon though, the Gingerbread Man felt his little feet dipping in the water.
“Jump on to my back,” said the fox, “then your feet wont get wet.”
The Gingerbread Man slowly crawled on to the fox’s red back.
At first, the soft fur felt warm and dry.
When they got a little deeper, splashed of water started to soak the Gingerbread man’s
toes.
“Jump on to my head,” said the fox, “then your feet wont get wet.”
The fox licked his lips as the Gingerbread man edged closer and closer.
The water swirled below the Gingerbread Man.
The fox’s eyes darted left and right as he swam towards the bank.
SNAP!
The fox tossed the Gingerbread Man into the air and swallowed him down in one.
His sly trick had worked!
The horse, the cow ad the old women stood on the bank and stared.
That was the end of their proud little Gingerbread Man.
What a wonderful adventure
Why don't you have a go at making your own Gingerbread men with your mummy or daddy?
Mmmm they're really yummy.
I'm off to bake some more.
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