The "Gingerbread Man" is a classic folk tale about a gingerbread cookie that unexpectedly comes to life and escapes from the kitchen of the old woman who baked him. As he races through the countryside, he encounters various characters, including animals and a farmer, all of whom try to catch him. The Gingerbread Man boasts of his speed and continues to evade capture, repeatedly chanting, "Run, run as fast as you can! You can’t catch me; I’m the Gingerbread Man!" However, his luck eventually runs out when he meets a cunning fox who tricks him. The story is a lively tale of adventure and the consequences of overconfidence. [Generated by language model - please report any problems].
There are 84 pages in this book. This book was published in 2010 by Alphascript Publishing .
This book contains the following story:
The Gingerbread Man
A childess woman bakes herself a gingerbread boy but when she opens the oven he escapes out of the house and down the street. The old woman runs after him as he cries, ‘Run, run as fast as you can, you’ll never catch me I’m the Gingerbread Man’. Several animals join the chase as the Gingerbread man looks good enough to eat, but none can catch him. Soon the Gingerbread Man comes to river which he cannot cross alone. A sly old fox offers to take him across and the Gingerbread Man climbs onto his tail, but as they cross the river the fox persuades him to jump onto his nose to avoid getting wet. Then the fox eats the Gingerbread Man all up. Yum!
