Once upon a time, there were 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 into a gingerbread man's shape. She gave him raisins for his eyes, a cinnamon drop for his mouth, and chocolate chips for buttons. Then she put the gingerbread man in the oven to bake.

When the gingerbread man was done, 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 gingerbread man ran into the garden and passed the little old man. “Stop,” the little old man called out, “I want to eat you''.

The little old woman ran after the gingerbread man. “Stop,” she yelled. But the gingerbread man ran even faster,“ Run, run as fast as you can. You can’t catch me, I’m the gingerbread man.”

But the gingerbread man ran even faster, “I’ve run away from a little old woman, and I can run away from you, I can. Run, run as fast as you can. You can’t catch me, I’m the gingerbread man .”

The little old man chased the gingerbread man, followed by the little old woman. But the gingerbread man ran too fast for them.

The gingerbread man ran through the yard and passed a pig. “Stop,” the pig  snorted, “I want to eat you.”

But the gingerbread man  ran even faster, “I’ve run from a little old woman and a little old man, and I can run away from you, I can. Run, run as fast as you can. You can’t catch me, I’m the gingerbread man .'''

The pig chased the gingerbread man, followed by the old woman and the old man. But the gingerbread man ran too fast for them.

But the gingerbread man ran even faster, “I’ve run from a little old woman and a little old man and a pig, and I can run away from you, I can. Run, run as fast as you can. You can’t catch me, I’m the gingerbread man.”

The gingerbread man passed a cow by the barn. “Stop,” the cow  mooed, “I want to eat you.”