The Runaway Gingerbread Man
A fast-paced chase through the countryside! Can anyone catch him?
In a little cottage kitchen, an old woman baked a Gingerbread Man. As soon as she opened the oven door—WOOSH! Out he popped! 'I'm alive!' he cheered. The old woman and her husband tried to grab him, but he was too fast. 'Run, run, as fast as you can! You can't catch me, I'm the Gingerbread Man!'
He dashed past the barnyard. A pig looked up from the mud. 'Stop! You look delicious!' 'No catching me!' laughed the Gingerbread Man. He zoomed past a cow chewing grass. Everyone chased him—the old couple, the pig, the cow, even the chickens! It was a wild, muddy parade.
But then he came to a wide, rushing river. He couldn't swim! A sly fox trotted up. 'Hop on my nose, little man. I'll carry you across so you don't get wet.' The Gingerbread Man thought he was safe and climbed onto the fox's snout.
SNAP! The fox flicked his head up to eat the cookie... but the Gingerbread Man was smarter this time! He leaped off the nose onto a low-hanging branch just in time! 'Not today, Mr. Fox!' he giggled, swinging away to freedom. The disappointed fox was left hungry by the riverbank.
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