One day, an old woman made a gingerbread cookie.
It looked like a little man.
"How good you smell!
I will eat you," said the woman.
But the cookie came to life!
He shouted, "Run, run, as fast as you can!
You can't catch me.
I'm the gingerbread man."
And he ran away.
The woman ran after the cookie, but he ran very fast.
She could not catch the gingerbread man.
The cookie ran past a dog.
"Woof! How good you smell!
I will eat you," said the dog.
The gingerbread man shouted, "Run, run, as fast as you can!
You can't catch me.
I'm the gingerbread man."
The dog ran after the cookie, but the cookie ran very fast.
The dog could not catch the gingerbread man.
The cookie ran past a child.
"Stop! How good you smell!
I will eat you," said the child.
The gingerbread man shouted, "Run, run, as fast as you can!
You can't catch me.
I'm the gingerbread man."
The child ran after the cookie, but the cookie ran very fast.
The child could not catch the gingerbread man.
The cookie ran past a cow.
"Moo! How good you smell!
I will eat you," said the cow.
The gingerbread man shouted, "Run, run, as fast as you can!
You can't catch me.
I'm the gingerbread man."
The cow ran after the cookie, but the cookie ran very fast.
The cow could not catch the gingerbread man.
The cookie ran and ran.
No one could catch the gingerbread man!
Soon, he was tired.
He fell asleep by a tree.
Suddenly, a noise woke him up.
The noise became louder and louder.
It was the woman, the dog, the child, and the cow.
The cookie shouted, "Run, run, as fast as you can!
You can't catch me.
I'm the gingerbread man!"
The cookie ran and ran.
He came to a river.
"I cannot swim," cried the gingerbread man.
Then he heard a voice.
"Do you want to cross the river?" asked the fox.
"Yes, I do," said the cookie.
"Then jump on my back.
I will take you to the other side," said the fox.
The fox stepped into the river.
The cookie jumped on her back and held onto her fur.
The fox swam and swam.
The water got higher and higher!
Finally, the fox said, "The water is too high.
You must sit on my nose."
The gingerbread man climbed on top of the fox's nose.
With a flip and a snap, the gingerbread man was gone!
The fox smiled and licked her paw.
"What a delicious cookie!" she said.
The next day, the old woman made another gingerbread cookie.
It looked like a little man.
She baked the cookie in the oven.
Then she let it cool.
"How good you smell.
I will eat you!" said the woman.
But the cookie came to life.
It was the gingerbread man!
He shouted, "Run, run, as fast as you can!
You can't catch me.
I'm the gingerbread man."
And he ran away.
The woman ran after the cookie, but he ran very fast.
She could not catch the gingerbread man.
"I smell gingerbread," the fox said.
She licked her paw.
She waited for the gingerbread man to arrive at the river.
"You see, some cookies never learn," the fox said.