BR1-12: The Gingerbread Man

"Run, run, as fast as you can You can't catch me I'm the gingerbread man!"

 The Gingerbread Man is a book Usborne First Reading series. Once upon a time, a little old woman and a little old man lived on a farm.They were happy but had no children. So, the old woman decided to make a boy out of gingerbread. But she opens the oven door, he runs away. When he ran past a horse and a cow, they chased after him. But the gingerbread man ran. Next, he ran past a farmer an a field. The farmer chased after him but the gingerbread man ran on down the road, singing. He ran past  school full of children. Everyone in the village chased after him but can't catch him. And he came to a river. He wanted to cross it, but he couldn't swim. Then he jumped on a fox's tail. The fox started swimming but his tail was in the water. The gingerbread man climbed up the fox. SNAP! The fox ate the gingerbread man. The story is very sad.

Elena, Temporin.(2006) The Gingerbread Man.
Oxford: Usborne Publishing Ltd. (189 / 7,014 Words)