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buhlean2THE Gingerbread Man
Gingerbread man”
Mrs Brown ran after the gingerbread man, but soon she was huffing and puffing and out of
breath.
‘Stop that gingerbread man! She called to her friend who was standing in the doorway. Don’t let
him get away!
Mrs Brown’s friend tried to stop the gingerbread man, but she could’nt bend down quickly
enough and the gingerbread man ran between her legs.
As he ran through the lady’s legs he called:
‘Run, run as fast as you can
You can’t catch me
I’m gingerbread man’.
The blacksmith in his forge looked up and saw the gingerbread man running down the street
followed by Mrs Brown, the farmer’s wife, and her friend.
So he left his forge and still carrying his long hammer he rushed after him
But he wasn’t fast enough to catch the gingerbread man so he called to some children coming
home from school, ‘Run after that gingerbread man! Mrs Brown , the farmers wife , wants him
back!
The school children joined the chase shouting , ‘We’ll catch him Mr Blacksmith! Don’t worry, Mrs
Brown, we’ll catch him for you!”
But the gingerbread man just looked over his shoulder at everyone chasing him and laughed. As
he ran away faster and faster he called:
‘Run, run as fast as you can
You can’t catch me,
‘I’m the gingerbread man’,
There had never been such a noise and commotion in the quiet streets! Even the dogs started to
bark as they joined in the chase and ran after the gingerbread man.
The miller in his mil heard the noise and ran out covered from head to foot in flour
He couldn’t really see who everyone was chasing because he was covered in flour by he didn’t
want to miss the fun so he joined in anyway.
In fact, everyone wanted to join the chase.
The postman joined in, the fisherman joined in, the lord mayor with his chains and medals joined
in, the policeman joined in, the fireman joined in , the doctor joined in and all the hungry cats,
dogs, pigs, cows and mice in the neighbourhood joined in.
In fact, everyone in the whole town joined and they all chased the gingerbread man!
But when the gingerbread man looked back and saw how many people were chasing after him,
he only called louder:
‘Run ,run fast as you can
You can’t catch me,
I’m the gingerbread man’.
More and more people joined in the chase. They ran out of their houses, they ran out of shops.
They ran and ran but no one could catch up with the gingerbread man.
But lurking near the
river was a hungry fox. ‘Oh dear what a pity,
He saw the gingerbread said the hungry fox.
man running towards ‘Why don’t you let me
him with everyone help you through across
chasing him and licked the river? Jump in my
his lips. back and I will swim
across the river.’
‘I wonder what the
gingerbread man will do ‘You won’t eat me will
when he reaches the you?’ said the
river; the fox thought gingerbread man.
And the he licked his
lips again. ‘Of course not; said the
fox, licking his lips, ‘I
So the hungry fox came only want to help you.’
out behind the tree and
said, ‘Good morning So the gingerbread man
gingerbread man. Are climbed on to the fox’s
you going to swim back and they began to
across the river?” swim across the river.
‘Oh I can’t swim, said Soon the gingerbread
the gingerbread man man began to get wet
on the fox’s back.
When Mrs Brown, her
‘Why don’t you jump on friend, the blacksmith,
to my head?’ said the the school children, the
fox. miller, the postman and
everyone else that had
So the gingerbread man been chasing the
climbed onto the fox’s gingerbread man
head. reached the river, there
was no one to be seen.
But as the river got
deeper the gingerbread
man began to get wet
on the fox’s head.
‘Why don’t you jump on
to my nose?; said the
fox.
So the gingerbread man
climbed on to the fox’s
nose’ that’s better, said
the fox. ‘You won’t get
wet now. No one likes a
soggy dinner’.
Snap went the fox’s
jaws and the
gingerbread man was
gone! The hungry fox
had gobbled him right
up! The fox climbed out
of the river licking his
lips.