The Gingerbread Boy

Once upon a time,

an Little old woman
and Little old man
lived alone in a little old house.
The couple had no child, and being lonely.

One day, Little old woman baking gingerbread, she cut the cake into shape like a boy.
She added sugar icing for his hair, mouth, and clothes, and she used candy chips for buttons and eyes. What a fine looking gingerbread boy he was! The old woman put him in the oven to bake.

After he was fully done, she slowly opened the oven door.
As soon as the oven door was opened, the little gingerbread boy jumped out, and began to run away as fast as he could go.

"Run, run, as fast as you can!
You can't catch me!
I'm the Gingerbread Boy!"
The Little old woman and Little the old man ran after him, but they could not catch him.

While he running, he met a cow.
"Moo, You look very fine! Fine enough to eat!" And the cow started to chase to little man.

But the Gingerbread Boy ran faster, saying,
"I ran away from an old woman,
I ran away from an old man,
And I can run away from you! I can!"

And he laughed,
"Run, run, as fast as you can!
You can't catch me!
I'm the Gingerbread

I've run away from a little old woman,
A little old man,
And I can run away from you, I can!"
The cow ran after the Gingerbread Boy, but she could not catch him.

The Gingerbread Boy kept running, and soon he met a horse.
"Neigh, You look mighty tasty. I think that I would like to eat you."said the horse.

"But you can't!" said the Gingerbread Boy.
"I ran away from an old woman,
I ran away from an old man,
I ran away from a cow,
And I can run away from you! I can!"

And so he ran singing,
"Run, run, as fast as you can!
You can't catch me!
I'm the Gingerbread Boy!"
The horse ran after the Gingerbread Boy, but he could not catch him.

The Gingerbread Boy ran and ran, laughing and singing. While he ran, he met a chicken.
"Cackle, cackle, You look fine enough to peck for dinner. I'm going to eat you, Mr. Gingerbread Boy."said the chicken.

But the Gingerbread Boy just laughed.
"I ran away from an old woman,
I ran away from an old man,
I ran away from a cow,
I ran away from a horse,
And I can run away from you! I can!"

And so he ran singing,
"Run, run, as fast as you can!
You can't catch me!
I'm the Gingerbread Boy!"
The chicken ran after the Gingerbread Man, but she could not catch him.

The Gingerbread Boy was proud that he could run so fast.
"Nobody can catch me," he thought.

So he kept on running until he met a fox. He just had to tell the fox how he ran faster than all the others.

"Mr. Fox," he said,
"As tasty as I appear to be,
I cannot let you catch and eat me.
I ran away from an old woman,
I ran away from an old man,
I ran away from a cow,
I ran away from a horse,
I ran away from a chicken,
And I can run away from you!
I can!"
But Mr. Fox did not seem to care.

"Why would I want to bother you?" asked Mr. Fox. "You don't even look that tasty. No, young man, I don't want to eat you at all."
The Gingerbread Boy was so relieved.

"Well, indeed, Mr. Fox," said the Gingerbread Boy.
"If you don't mind, I think I'll take a little rest here." And the Gingerbread Boy stopped running and stood still.

And right when he stood still. Snap! went Mr. Fox's jaws right into the Gingerbread Boy until he was gone.

"He was very tasty after all," thought the fox.