No.65 The Gingerbread Man

Once upon a time there was an old woman, an old man and an old cat, and they were all very happy. One day the old woman said, I will make something to eat, I will make a gingerbread man. So the old woman made a gingerbread man. She gave him currant eyes, a cherry nose and a big big smile. Let's give him some buttons, said the old man. So they gave the gingerbread man cherry buttons. The old woman put the gingerbread man in the oven. Then she went to sleep in the chair. Let me out! Let me out! The old woman jumped up. Who said that? She asked. It is our gingerbread man, said the old man. The old woman opened the oven door and the gingerbread man jumped out. Yum yum, said the old man, you look good to eat. You can't eat me, said the gingerbread man, and he ran out of the house. Stop! Called the old man. But the gingerbread man just laughed and said, run run as fast as you can. You can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread man. The gingerbread man ran into the garden. Yum yum, said the dog, you look good to eat. But the gingerbread man just laughed and said, run run as fast as you can. You can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread man. The gingerbread man ran into a field. Yum yum, said the horse, you look good to eat. But the gingerbread man just laughed and said, run run as fast as you can. You can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread man. The gingerbread man came to a river but he could not swim. Just then a fox came up to the gingerbread man. I can swim, said the fox, come here, let me help you cross the river. Climb up on my back, said the fox. So the gingerbread man jumped up on the fox's back and the fox swam off. The fox swam and swam. Now climb up on my head, he said. So the gingerbread man jumped up on the fox's head. The fox swam and swam. Now climb up on my nose, he said. So the gingerbread man jumped up on the fox's nose. Just then the fox opened his big mouth. Snap snap snap went the fox. The gingerbread man was good to eat. Yum yum.