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An old lady and an
old man lived in a little house by
themselves they had no children and they
felt very lonely and sad at times. It
gets so boring with just the two of us
you are always out in the garden and I
have nothing to do after i finish my
cooking and cleaning.
Well I'm sure you can find some other
ways to keep yourself occupied.
Hmm i think i will bake something today,
I haven't done that in a long time.
That's a good idea go ahead and do that.
Make something interesting for dinner
tonight,
now i have to head out to the garden
again is there are still some more weeds
to be pulled out. The old lady decided
she would make some gingerbread, she got
out all of the ingredients she needed
and kneaded the dough for the
gingerbread softly humming to herself.
Suddenly she had an idea, let me do
something fun i will make the
gingerbread in the shape of a man a
gingerbread man, my husband will be very
amused I'm sure.
So the old lady rolled out the dough and
cut it out in the shape of a man let me
see now,
one little ball to be shaped into a
mouth, two little chocolate chips for
eyes and these pretty red cherries for
buttons.
Oh that's one handsome gingerbread man.
I'm sure he'll taste as good as he looks,
now into the oven.
The old lady went sat on her
rocking-chair knitting away while
waiting for the gingerbread man to bake.
Hmm I'm starting to get the lovely smell
of gingerbread, must be done by now, let
me go and check. The old lady put on your
oven gloves and went to open the oven
door. But as she did the gingerbread man
got up from the baking tray and jumped
out of the oven.
Good heavens what was that? Before she
realized what was happening the
gingerbread man ran to the open window
jumped out and in a second was
running down the garden and out into the
stream.
Hey where do you think you're going,
come right back here, we are supposed to
be having you for dinner.
Oh no no I am not your dinner, for you can't
let your hands on me run ran as fast as
you can
can't catch me, am a gingerbread man
The old lady's husband looked in
surprise and his wife running after a
gingerbread man, what's happening? Stop
staring and run and catch that rogue, i
had baked him for our dinner, but how did he
run out? I will tell you all that later.
Quick catch him before he vanishes. The
old man starts running after the
gingerbread man shouting at him to stop.
Your lady cannot catch me, nor can you.
Run run as fast as you can, you can't
catch me, I'm a gingerbread man.
Down the road ran the gingerbread man with
the old man and the lady running behind
him, a cow sitting beside the road saw
the gingerbread man and said, you look so
tasty I want to eat you.
The old lady and old man cannot catch me see if you can
catch me, you fat thing. Fat thing, you
cheeky fellow, just you wait till I catch
you.
The cow started running after the
gingerbread man along with the old man
and the old lady.
Run,run as fast as you can you can't
catch me I'm the gingerbread man
Along the road they ran, with all the
passer byes looking at them in surprise.
A little way ahead a horse that was
trotting along the road stopped to see
what was happening. That looks like a
a tasty meal everyone out of my way I'm
going to catch that fellow and have him for
dinner instead of hay. Ho Ho
so you also want to eat me come on you
can also try but you'll have to start
galloping instead of trying he leave me
you will be having your hey only for
dinner after all
so the horse also join the old lady old
band and the cow to try and catch the
gingerbread man
the gingerbread man was having a lot of
fun seeing all of them trying to catch
him a little way ahead he stood by the
roadside don't you think you should give
up
let me tell you again run run as fast
as you can you can't catch me I'm the
gingerbread man once again the
gingerbread man started running looking
back at all those chasing him with a big
grin on his face a little way ahead was
a big fat pig walking along with its
piglets when it saw the gingerbread man
it said nice or smells good
should be a good treat for my little
piggies wait wait I want to have a word
with you no you don't you want to make
a meal of me that is not going to happen
you stinking thing what how dare you
rude fellow i will show you come on piggies
let's catch him and eat him
and so the pig and piglets also joined the
rest to try and catch the gingerbread
man up ahead there was a farm and near
the fence was a big clown hen when she
saw the gingerbread man she said you
look so yummy May I have a nibble?
May I have a nibble? no you may not but you
can always try
Come, join the merry procession.
Run, run, as fast as you can. You can’t catch me, I’m the
gingerbread man
oh what a sight it was there was the old
man and the old lady trundling along the
cow and the pig waddling along the horse
galloping along and the hen running and
flapping her wings with a loud sound
I think I’ve had enough fun. No way are those slow
coaches going to catch up with me just
look around for some place to rest
running has really tired me out a little
farther away there was a river flowing
gently the gingerbread man wanted to go
across to the other side but if you fell
in the water he would become all soggy
as he was thinking of what to do he
heard a voice want me to take you across
the gingerbread man looked around and
saw a fox sitting against a rock you
think I'm a fool you also want to eat me
like the rest of them
Eat you? A measly looking fellow like you?
you are not even enough as a starter forget
a whole meal
the Fox was a very very wily fellow he
knew the gingerbread man could run very
fast and he was too lazy to run after
him and why would you want to be so good
to me i am not being good to you I was
going across the river anyway so I
thought you could hop on my back and I
would take you across
decide fast i don't have the whole day
okay what would you want in exchange
I'll tell you that when we cross over
come on on my back
when they were half way across the fox told the gingerbread
man I'm feeling a bit uncomfortable i
think it would be better if you put
yourself on my neck
the gingerbread man crawled onto the
Fox's neck
ah that's better
after a while the Fox started moving its neck and told him oh
my neck has started painting and I think
it would be better if you sit on my
snout the gingerbread man thought he was
very smart but he couldn't guess what
was going on in the cunning Fox's mind
as before it did what the Fox told him
There! Are you okay now?
this was the chance the Fox had been
waiting for
as soon as the gingerbread man sat on
its snout the Fox quickly tossed him up
and caught him in his mouth as he fell
and their ended the tale of the
gingerbread man
no body was smarter than me