The Gingerbread Man (Learn English with Stories)

One day, a little old woman

decided to make a delicious

gingerbread man cookie

She put the cookie dough on a cookie

sheet and baked it in the oven. To her

surprise, when she opened the oven,

the Gingerbread Man jumped out!

The Gingerbread Man ran out of

the house. The little old woman

and her husband ran as fast as they

could, but they could not catch the

Gingerbread Man.

Run, run, as fast as you can, you can’t catch me, I’m the Gingerbread man!

A cow grazing in a field sniffed the

air. The smell of ginger made the cow

want to eat the Gingerbread Man. The

cow could not catch the Gingerbread

Man either.

Run, run, as fast as you can, you can’t catch me, I’m the Gingerbread man!

A cat sleeping in the warm

sunshine thought that the

Gingerbread Man would

make a tasty treat. Not

even the cat could catch

the Gingerbread Man.

Run, run, as fast as you can, you can’t catch me, I’m the Gingerbread man!

Then the Gingerbread Man

met a clever fox.

The fox pretended that he was not

hungry and therefore did not want

to catch the Gingerbread Man.

The clever fox said that he would be

happy to help the Gingerbread Man

cross the river.

As they were crossing

the river, the fox said,

“The water is getting

deeper. You should ride

on my head.”

Moments later the fox said,

“Now you should ride on my nose.”

Before the Gingerbread Man

could even say, “Thank you for

your kindness,” the fox ate him—

every last bite.

Chomp! Smack! The

clever fox licked his lips

as he crossed to the

other side of the river.