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Once upon a time there was a little old woman
and a little old man, and they lived all alone in
a little old house. They hadn't any little girls or
any little boys, at all.








So one day, the little old woman made a boy
out of gingerbread; she made him a chocolate
jacket, and put cinnamon seeds in it for
buttons; his eyes were made of fine, fat
currants; his mouth was made of rose-colored
sugar; and he had a gay little cap of orange
sugar-candy.







When the little old woman had rolled him out,
and dressed him up, and pinched his
gingerbread shoes into shape, she put him in a
pan; then she put the pan in the oven and
shut the door; and she thought, ``Now I shall
have a little boy of my own.''




When it was time for the Gingerbread Boy to
be done she opened the oven door and pulled
out the pan. Out jumped the little Gingerbread
Boy on to the floor, and away he ran, out of
the door and down the street!





The little old woman and the little old man ran
after him as fast as they could, but he just
laughed, and shouted, --
``Run! run! as fast as you can!
``You can't catch me, I'm the Gingerbread
Man!''
And they couldn't catch him.




The little Gingerbread Boy ran on and on, until
he came to a cow, by the roadside. ``Stop,
little Gingerbread Boy,'' said the cow; ``I want
to eat you.'' The little Gingerbread Boy
laughed, and said, --
``I have run away from a little old woman,
``And a little old man,
``And I can run away from you, I can!''




And, as the cow chased him, he looked over
his shoulder and cried, --
``Run! run! as fast as you can!
``You can't catch me, I'm the Gingerbread
Man!''
And the cow couldn't catch him.




The little Gingerbread Boy ran on, and on, and
on, till he came to a horse, in the pasture.
``Please stop, little Gingerbread Boy,'' said the
horse, ``you look very good to eat.'' But the
little Gingerbread Boy laughed out loud.
``Oho! oho!'' he said, --
``I have run away from a little old woman,
``A little old man,
``A cow,
``And I can run away from you, I can!'




And, as the horse chased him, he looked over
his shoulder and cried, --
``Run! run! as fast as you can!
``You can't catch me, I'm the Gingerbread
Man!''
And the horse couldn't catch him.







By and by the little Gingerbread Boy came to a barn full of
threshers. When the threshers smelled the Gingerbread Boy,
they tried to pick him up, and said, ``Don't run so fast, little
Gingerbread Boy; you look very good to eat.'' But the little
Gingerbread Boy ran harder than ever, and as he ran he
cried out, --
``I have run away from a little old woman,
``A little old man,
``A cow,
``A horse,
``And I can run away from you, I can!''







And when he found that he was ahead of the
threshers, he turned and shouted back to them, --
``Run! run! as fast as you can!
``You can't catch me, I'm the Gingerbread
Man!''
And the threshers couldn't catch him.







Then the little Gingerbread Boy ran faster than ever. He ran
and ran until he came to a field full of mowers. When the
mowers saw how fine he looked, they ran after him, calling
out, ``Wait a bit! wait a bit, little Gingerbread Boy, we wish
to eat you!'' But the little Gingerbread Boy laughed harder
than ever, and ran like the wind. ``Oho! oho!'' he said, --
``I have run away from a little old woman,
``A little old man,
``A cow,
``A horse,
``A barn full of threshers,
``And I can run away from you, I can!''






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This book was created and published on StoryJumper™
©2010 StoryJumper, Inc. All rights reserved.
Publish your own children's book:
www.storyjumper.com







Once upon a time there was a little old woman
and a little old man, and they lived all alone in
a little old house. They hadn't any little girls or
any little boys, at all.







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