The Gingerbread Man
Written by Jim Aylesworth
Illustrated by Barbara McClintock
Grades: 2-5
An old man and lady can have no children so they decide to make one. The bake a gingerbread boy. The shape him and icing him just so then put him in the oven to bake. When he is ready the open the oven door and out the oven he runs saying
"Run run as fast as you can. You can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread man."He runs out the house and down the lane. He passes a butcher, a cow, and a pig. They all follow him as he sings past each one "Run run as fast as you can. You can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread man." He finally comes upon a wolf who doesn't have to run. He just has to pretend not to hear him so he can repeat himself and slow down. The wolf eats him up. Riddle-riddle ran, fiddle-fiddle fan, so ends the tale of the gingerbread man.
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