oh hello i'm mr tumble tonight's bedtime story is all about a gingerbread man get ready to run
run as fast as you can for this story is called the gingerbread man it has been retold
by louise martin and illustrated by gail yerrell once upon a time
a little old man and a little old woman lived in a cottage near the river
one morning the little old woman decided to bake a gingerbread man as a special treat
the little old woman mixed together all the ingredients to make the gingerbread dough
then she rolled the dough out flat and used the cutter to make it into the shape
of a little man finally she made some icing for his eyes and mouth and she gave him three
current buttons and a cherry for a nose
the gingerbread man was ready to be baked half an hour later
the gingerbread man was baked and the little old woman opened the oven
suddenly the gingerbread man jumped up and ran through the open kitchen door
stop cried the old woman running after him i want to eat you but the gingerbread man wouldn't stop
he didn't want to be eaten run run as fast as you can you can't catch me
i'm the gingerbread man he chanted the gingerbread man ran past the little old man
dry stop cried the little old man i want to eat you but the gingerbread man
ran even faster i've run away from a little old woman and i can run away from you he said
run run as fast as you can you can't catch me i'm the gingerbread man he chanted
the little old man and the little old woman chased the gingerbread man into the yard
but he was too fast as he ran he passed a pig
stop snorted the pig i want to eat you but the gingerbread man ran even faster
i've run away from a little old woman and a little old man and i can run away from you he said
run run as fast as you can you can't catch me i'm the gingerbread man he chanted
the pig chased the gingerbread man followed by the little old man and the little old woman
the gingerbread man ran past a cow by the barn
stop mood the cow i want to eat you i've run away from a little old woman
a little old man and a pig and i can run away from you the gingerbread
man cried run run as fast as you can you can't catch me i'm the gingerbread man he chanted
the cow the pig and the little old man and the little old woman all chased the gingerbread man
but the gingerbread man was too fast the gingerbread man raced past a horse in a field
stop made the horse i want to eat you
i've run away from a little old woman a little old man a pig a cow and i can run away from you
he said run run as fast as you can you can't catch me i'm the gingerbread man he chanted oh
the horse chased the gingerbread man followed by the cow the pig the little old man the little old
woman but the gingerbread man was too fast then the gingerbread man reached a river and stopped oh
the sparkly water swirled in front of him oh no i can't swim he cried how will i get across
a sly and hungry fox saw the gingerbread man and licked his lips
jump onto my tail and i will take you across the river he said so the gingerbread man jumped onto
the fox's tail after swimming halfway the fox said oh no you're too heavy for my tail
jump onto my back so the gingerbread man ran along the fox's tail and
jumped onto his back after a while the fox cried you're too heavy for my back jumped onto my
nose so the gingerbread man jumped onto the fox's nose but as soon as they uh reached
the riverbank the fox flipped the gingerbread man up into the air snapped his mouth shut and
gobbled him up gobble gobble gobble gobble gobble gobble and that was the end of the gingerbread man
the end oh dear poor gingerbread man he didn't run away fast enough from that cheeky fox did he
maybe you will dream of gingerbread treats tonight
sleep well and i'll see you soon for another bedtime story good night watch more on bbc iplayer