| THE GINGERBREAD MAN
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Once upon a time a little old
woman and a little old man lived in a cottage.
One day the little old woman
made a gingerbread man. She gave him currants for eyes and cherries for buttons.
She put him in the oven to bake.
The little old woman and the little old
man were very hungry and wanted to eat the gingerbread man. As soon as he was
cooked, the little old woman opened the oven door. The gingerbread man jumped
out of the tin and ran out of the open window shouting, “Don’t eat me!”
The little old woman and the little old man ran after the gingerbread
man. “Stop! Stop!” They yelled. The gingerbread man did not look back. He ran on
saying, “ Run, run as fast as you can, you can’t catch me, I’m the gingerbread
man!”
Down the lane he sped when he came to a pig. “Stop! Stop! I would
like to eat you,” shouted the pig. The gingerbread man was too fast. He ran on
saying, “Run, run as fast as you can. You can’t catch me, I’m the gingerbread
man!”
A little further on he met a cow. “Stop! Stop! Little man,” called
the hungry cow, “I want to eat you.” Again the gingerbread man was too fast. He
sped down the road saying, “Run, run as fast as you can, you can’t catch me, I’m
the gingerbread man!”
The cow began to chase the gingerbread man along
with the pig and the little old woman. But the gingerbread man was too fast for
them.
It was not long before the gingerbread man came to a horse. “Stop!
Stop!” Shouted the horse “I want to eat you, little man.” But the gingerbread
man did not stop. He said “Run, run as fast as you can, you can’t catch me, I’m
the gingerbread man!”
The horse joined the chase. The gingerbread man
laughed and laughed, until he came to a river. “Oh no!” He cried, “They will
catch me. How can I cross the river?”
A sly fox came out from behind a
tree. “I can help you cross the river,” said the fox. “Jump onto my tail and I
will swim across.”
“You won’t eat me will you?” said the gingerbread man.
“Of course not,” said the fox. “I just want to help.”
The gingerbread
man climbed on the foxes tail. Soon the gingerbread man began to get wet. “Climb
onto my back,” said the fox. So the gingerbread man did. As he swam the fox
said, “You are too heavy. I am tired. Jump onto my nose.” So the gingerbread man
did as he was told.
No sooner had they reached the other side, than the
fox tossed the gingerbread man up in the air,. He opened his mouth and ‘SNAP!’
That was the end of the gingerbread man.
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Who’s
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Pants (Board book)
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Based on the universal
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silly celebration of "smalls" big and small.
Written in the style of a playground rhyme, Pants
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Book
Description
A hilarious collaboration about underwear by
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- Board book: 26 pages
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- Language English
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