1. The Gingerbread Man

2. An old man and an old woman live in a cottage.

3. They are so hungry. So, the old woman wants to cook a big cookie.

4. white candy clothes and hair, a green bow tie, a red candy mouth,
and candy buttons.
white candy clothes and hair,
a green bow tie,
a red candy mouth,
She gives the cookie candy eyes,

5. The gingerbread man smells so good, but he JUMPS out of the oven!
Run, run, as fast as you can! You can’t catch ME! I’m the gingerbread man!
STOP! I love gingerbread!
The gingerbread man smells so good,
but he JUMPS out of the oven!
The old woman puts the gingerbread man in the oven. She waits and waits.
It’s a gingerbread man cookie!

6. The gingerbread man runs away from the old woman to the old man…
Run, run, as fast as you can! You can’t catch ME! I’m the gingerbread man!
STOP! I love gingerbread!
The gingerbread man runs away from the old woman to the old man…

7. The gingerbread man runs out the door until he comes to a dog…
Run, run, as fast as you can! You can’t catch ME! I’m the gingerbread man!
I outran the old woman and the old man and I will out run you!
STOP! I love gingerbread!
The gingerbread man runs out the door until he comes to a dog…

8. Run, run, as fast as you can. You can’t catch ME
Run, run, as fast as you can! You can’t catch ME! I’m the gingerbread man!
I outran the old woman and the old man and I will out run you!
I outran the dog…
STOP! I love gingerbread!
The gingerbread man runs away from the dog, the old woman and the old man until he comes to a pig…

9. The gingerbread man runs away from the pig, the dog, the old woman, and the old man…

10. … until he comes to a cow…
Run, run, as fast as you can! You can’t catch ME! I’m the gingerbread man!
I outran the old woman and the old man and I will out run you!
I outran the pig, I outran the dog…
STOP! I love gingerbread!
… until he comes to a cow…

11. The gingerbread man runs away from the cow, the pig, the dog, the old woman, and the old man…

12. … until he comes to a horse…
Run, run, as fast as you can! You can’t catch ME! I’m the gingerbread man!
I outran the old woman and the old man and I will out run you!
I outran the cow, I outran the pig, I outran the dog…
STOP! I love gingerbread!
… until he comes to a horse…

13. The gingerbread man runs away from the horse, the cow, the pig, the dog, the old woman, and the old man…

14. The gingerbread man looks. Soon, a fox comes.
I outran the horse, I out ran the cow, I outran…
I want to help you.
Climb on my back.
… until he comes to river. But the gingerbread man can not go in the water. He is a cookie!
The gingerbread man looks.
Soon, a fox comes.

15. The gingerbread climbs on the fox’s back. The fox goes in the river.

16. The water comes UP, UP, UP to the fox’s head.
Stop! The water is up to your back!
Stop! The water is up to your shoulders!
Stop! The water is up to your head!
Climb on my head.
Climb on my shoulders.
Climb on my nose.
The water comes UP, UP, UP to the fox’s head.
The gingerbread man climbs on the fox’s head. The fox goes into the river.
The water comes UP, UP, UP to the fox’s shoulders.
The water comes UP, UP, UP to the fox’s back.
The gingerbread man climbs on the fox’s nose...
The gingerbread man climbs on the fox’s shoulders. The fox goes into the river.

17. Eats the gingerbread man! The fox opens his mouth and… SNIP! SNAP

18. … and that was the end of the gingerbread man.
I love gingerbread, too!
… and that was the end of the gingerbread man.

19. The End