00:30Gingerbread Man, retold by Eric A. Kimmel, illustrated by Megan Lloyd.
00:41Once upon a time, an old woman and an old man decided to make some gingerbread.
00:46First they mixed up the dough.
00:49Then they rolled it out on the table.
00:51Then they cut the dough into the shape of a gingerbread man.
00:54The old woman and the old man put the gingerbread man in the oven to bake.
01:02He baked for a good long time.
01:05When he was done, the old woman and the old man let him cool a little.
01:09Then they decorated him with two licorice eyes, a mouth made of icing, and three peppermint
01:14buttons down the front of his shirt.
01:17As soon as they put on the last peppermint button, up jumped the gingerbread man.
01:23To their surprise, he leaped off the table and ran out the door.
01:27Come back, gingerbread man, come back, the old woman and the old man called as they ran
01:32after him.
01:36But the gingerbread man ran faster.
01:39I'll run and run as fast as I can.
01:42You can't catch me.
01:43I'm the gingerbread man.
01:48Down the road ran the gingerbread man.
01:51He ran past the pigsty where the old sow lay.
01:55Slow down, gingerbread man.
01:57I want to talk to you, the old sow oinked.
02:00And she started running after the gingerbread man.
02:03But the gingerbread man ran faster.
02:05I'll run and run as fast as I can.
02:08You can't catch me.
02:09I'm the gingerbread man.
02:11I ran from the woman.
02:13I ran from the man.
02:14I'll run from you.
02:16See if I can.
02:21Down the road ran the gingerbread man.
02:23He ran past the doghouse.
02:25The dog wagged his tail.
02:27Slow down, gingerbread man.
02:29I want to talk to you, the dog barked.
02:32And he started running after the gingerbread man.
02:34But the gingerbread man ran faster.
02:38I'll run and run as fast as I can.
02:41You can't catch me.
02:42I'm the gingerbread man.
02:44I ran from the woman.
02:45I ran from the man.
02:47I'll run from you.
02:48See if I can.
02:52Down the road ran the gingerbread man.
02:55He ran past the pasture where the horse and the cow stood grazing.
02:59The horse neighed.
03:00The cow mooed.
03:02Slow down, gingerbread man.
03:04We want to talk to you.
03:07And they started running after the gingerbread man.
03:09But the gingerbread man ran faster.
03:13I'll run and run as fast as I can.
03:16You can't catch me.
03:17I'm the gingerbread man.
03:19I ran from the woman.
03:20I ran from the man.
03:22I'll run from you.
03:23See if I can.
03:27Down the road ran the gingerbread man with the horse and the cow,
03:31the dog and the sow, the old woman and the old man running behind him.
03:38The gingerbread man ran and ran until he came to the river.
03:42There he stopped, wondering what to do.
03:46Hello, gingerbread man, a voice said.
03:52It was a fox.
03:54The gingerbread man cried.
03:56I'll run and run as fast as I can.
03:59You can't catch me.
04:00I'm the gingerbread man.
04:02I ran from the horse.
04:03I ran from the cow.
04:05I ran from the dog.
04:06I ran from the sow.
04:08I ran from the woman.
04:09I ran from the man.
04:11I'll run from you.
04:12See if I can.
04:14The fox chuckled.
04:15Why, gingerbread man, you don't have to run from me.
04:19I am your friend.
04:21I want to help you.
04:25How can you help me?
04:27The gingerbread man asked the fox.
04:30Hop on my tail, the sly fox said.
04:33I will carry you across the river.
04:35You will be safe on the other side.
04:38The gingerbread man hopped on the fox's tail.
04:41The fox jumped in the river and started swimming across.
04:49Gingerbread man, the water is rising.
04:52Hop on my back so your feet don't get wet,
04:54the fox called out.
04:56The gingerbread man hopped on the fox's back.
04:59The fox swam on.
05:04After a while, the fox said,
05:07gingerbread man, the water is still rising.
05:10Hop on my head so your feet don't get wet.
05:13The gingerbread man hopped on the fox's head
05:16and the fox swam on.
05:22After a while, the fox said again,
05:25gingerbread man, the water is still rising.
05:28Hop on my snout so your feet don't get wet.
05:32The gingerbread man hopped on the fox's snout,
05:35but no sooner had he done that then.
05:41The fox threw back his head
05:44and snapped up the gingerbread man in one bite.
05:52But don't be sad,
05:53for that wasn't the end of the gingerbread man.
05:56The gingerbread man has gone away,
05:59but he'll be back some other day.
06:01For gingerbread men return, it's said,
06:04when someone bakes some gingerbread.
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