The Gingerbread Man

                                   Grandpa and Grandma sit in their house.Grandma is knitting.Grandpa reads the newspaper. It's 11:30 am. Grandma makes a gingerbread man. She uses sugar,milk, flour and ginger.She makes 2 eyes, a nose, a mouth and 3 buttons. She opens the oven. The gingerbread man jumps out! Grandma is surprised! "Oh,dear!" she yells. The gingerbread man runs into the garden. Grandma tries to catch him. She runs after him. Grandpa sees the gingerbread man running and jumps up. He runs into the garden to catch him. Grandma and Grandpa chase the gingerbread man. The gingerbread man laughs and yells, "Run, run, as fast as you can! you can't catch me, i'm the gingerbread man." The gingerbread man runs into a cat. The cat says, "Yummy! Can i eat you? you look good to eat."  " No , you can't eat me, Cat! Chase me! I'm faster than you." yells the gingerbread man. Now Grandma, Grandpa and the cat are chasing the gingerbread man. "Run, run, as fast as you can! You can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread man!" The gingerbread man runs into a duckling.  The duckling says, "Yummy! Can i eat you?You look good to eat."  "No, you can't eat me. Chase me! i'm faster than you," yells the gingerbread man.  "Run, run, as fasr as you can! you can't catch me, i'm the gingerbread man." Grandpa, Grandma, the cat and the duckling now chase the gingerbread man.  The gingerbread man is very fast. He comes to a river. But there's a problem. He can't swim! A sly fox sees the gingerbread man. The sly fox wants to trick him.  "I can help you cross the river, Gingerbread Man. Why don't you climb on my nose? I'll carry you", says the sly fox. The gingerbread man agrees.   The Sun is high. The river is quiet. The fox is hungry. The gingerbread man smells delicious! The fox opens his mouth. He wants to eat the delicious gingerbread man.  Grandma is wise. She sees what the sly fox does. Grandma says, " I've got you! Let's go home." she catches the gingerbread man.  Grandma, Grandpa and the gingerbread man are happy. They have cookies and tea. THE END