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The Gingerbread Man Story

The little boy's mother bakes a gingerbread man that comes to life. It runs away laughing from the little boy, and also escapes from his pursuing parents, a cow, and a horse by taunting them with a rhyme. Exhausted, the gingerbread man stops at a river where he meets a fox who offers to help him cross in exchange for moving further onto its body. The fox ultimately tricks and eats the gingerbread man.

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The Gingerbread Man Story

The little boy's mother bakes a gingerbread man that comes to life. It runs away laughing from the little boy, and also escapes from his pursuing parents, a cow, and a horse by taunting them with a rhyme. Exhausted, the gingerbread man stops at a river where he meets a fox who offers to help him cross in exchange for moving further onto its body. The fox ultimately tricks and eats the gingerbread man.

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  • Introduction
  • The Chase
  • River Encounter
  • Fox Encounter

The Gingerbread Man

There was once a little boy whose very favourite food


wasgingerbread. One day, his mun popped a
gingerbread man into theoven and said to her son,
Tm just taking your dad some sandwiches and a drink.
He'llbe hungry and thirsty after working in the fields
all morning. Will youkeep an eye on your gingerbread
man and make sure that he doesn't burn?"
No sooner had his mum gone out, than the oven door
burst openand out jumped the gingerbread man.
He looked at the little boy and ran away laughing:

"Ruin, run, as fast as you can,


you cai:'t cat.l: 1c,
I'm thegie nan.
The little boy ran after him
when he ran past the field shouting and yelling and
his mum and dad both where his dad was working,
joined the
chase.
Next the gingerbread man
passed a black and white cow.
"Mmmm," mooed the cow. Please
and Iwant to eat you!" stop. You look tasty
But the gingerbread man ran
even faster, shouting:
Tve run away from the little boy, I've run
away from his
mumand dad. IIlrun away from you
too!
Run, run, as fast as you can, you can't catch me,
I'm the
gingerbread man."
The coW ran as fast as she could, but that wasn't VERY
fast, because she needed milking.
Nex e gingerbread man passed a big dappled horse.
neighed the horse. Please stop. You look tasty
and eat you.
BL gerbread man ran even faster, shouting:

"Tve riu11 away fromthe little boy, I've run away fromhis
mum and dad, I've run away from the black and white cow
and I'll run away from you too!
Run, run, as fast aS you can, you can't catch me, I'm the
gingerbread man."

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The horse
galloped as
fast as he
could but the
gingerbread
man went faster.
He raced on and
on until he came to
a river and had
tostop.

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By the river sat
a fox.
"Hello, little
gingerbread man,"
smiled the fox.

Do you want to
Cross the river?"
"Ooh yes I do!"
said the gingerbread
man.

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carry youacross."
"Jump ontomy tail then, and Il
and the fox
The gingerbread man jumped onto the fox's tail
began to swim across the river.

"You're a little heavy on my tail," sighed the fox. "Could you


climb onto my back?" So the gingerbread man wriggled
along onto the fox's back.

"The water is getting deeper" said thesly


climb onto my head." So the fox. "Perhaps you had better
back and climbed onto his gingerbread man wriggled along the fox'S
head.
"Ithink,' said the
fox,"that youd be most
So the
gingerbread man wriggled onto thecomfortable sitting on mny nose.
fox's nose and with a toss of his
head and a snip! snap! snip!
the fox ate him all up.
And very tasty he was too!

The Gingerbread Man There was once a little boy whose very favourite food was gingerbread. One day, his mun popped a ginge
The little boy ran after him shouting and yelling and when he ran past the field where his dad was working, his mum and dad
90 The horse galloped as fast as he could but the gingerbread man went faster. He raced on and on until he came to a
By the river sat a fox. "Hello, little gingerbread man," smiled the fox. Do you want to Cross the river?" "Ooh yes I d
"Jump onto my tail then, and Il carry you across." The gingerbread man jumped onto the fox's tail and the fox began to swim

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