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This is the tale of The Gingerbread Man. 

Originally printed in the May 1875 issue of St. 

Nicholas Magazine.

No Copyright intended.

Once upon a time, there was a 

little old woman and a little old 

man who lived in a little cottage  

near the river . The little old 

woman and the little old man 

were hungry, so the little old 

woman decided to bake a 

gingerbread man . 

She made a big batch of 

gingerbread dough, then rolled it 

flat and cut it in the shape of a 

gingerbread man . She gave him 

currents for eyes and cherries for 

buttons. Then she put the 

gingerbread in the oven to bake. 

When the gingerbread man was done 

baking, the little old woman opened the 

oven door, but before she could take 

him out, the gingerbread man jumped 

up and ran through the kitchen and out 

of the cottage shouting, "Don't eat me!"

The little old woman and the little old 

man ran after the gingerbread man. 

"Stop, I want to eat you!" she yelled. 

But the gingerbread man ran even 

faster, chanting, "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 

across a pig. "Stop! Stop! I would like to 

eat you!" shouted the pig.   But 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 down the lane, the 

gingerbread man came across a hungry 

cow.   "Stop! Stop! I would like to eat 

you!" shouted the cow. So she joined in 

on the chase. But 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!"  

It was not long before the gingerbread 

man came across a horse.   "Stop, 

Stop!" shouted the horse. "I want to eat 

you, little man!" But the gingerbread 

man did not stop. He ran on saying, 

"Run! Run, as fast as you can! You can't 

catch me, I'm the gingerbread man!" 

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