Once upon a time, there was an old woman who loved to bake. One day she made a gingerbread man.

 “Oh, I can’t wait to eat this gingerbread man. He looks so good.”

 Suddenly the Gingerbread man jumped off the cookie sheet and ran out the door.

 “AHH. What is going on? This Gingerbread man is running away.”

“Bye Bye. I’m running away and you can’t catch me.”

The old woman ran after the Gingerbread man.

“Ha, ha. I’m too fast but try to catch me if you can.”

The Gingerbread man and the old woman ran past a field. There was a cow standing there.

“Why is that women chasing a Gingerbread man? Hmm, I’m a bit hungry. I’ll chase him too.”

The Gingerbread man saw that the cow had joined the chase.

“Ha, ha. I’m too fast but try and catch me if you can.”

Now the cow and the old woman were chasing the Gingerbread man. A dog, who had been sniffing along the path, saw the three of them heading towards him.

“Wow that Gingerbread man is running very fast. I don’t think the cow or old woman can catch him, but I can.”

The dog joined the chase.

“Ha, ha. You think you’re fast, but I’m faster. Catch me if you can.”

Now the old woman, the cow and the dog were all chasing the Gingerbread man. They passed a horse.

“That Gingerbread man sure is fast. Nobody can catch him. Maybe if I run my fastest, though, I’ll be able to get him. He would make a lovely afternoon snack.”

So the horse also started running after the Gingerbread man.

“Ha, ha. None of you are as fast as me. Catch me if you can.”

The Gingerbread man was running so fast that soon he was far ahead of the old woman, the cow, the dog and the horse. He turned around the corner and suddenly there was a long river in front of him. There was no way he could cross it. He was stuck! After a few minutes though a fox came by.

“Hello Gingerbread man. What are you doing?”

“I am running away from an old woman, a cow, a dog and a horse. They are far behind me, but now that I’m stuck at this river they’ll probably catch up and eat me.”

“I can help you cross the river.”

“Really?”

“Oh yes. Just jump on my tail and I will swim across.”

“What a great idea.”

The Gingerbread man jumped on the fox’s tail, but after a few minutes he started getting wet as the river got deeper.

“Jump on my back so you can stay dry.”

“OK. This is better”

but again, after a few minutes the Gingerbread man was getting wet again.

“Jump on my head so you can stay dry. ”

“OK. This is better and we are almost across the river.”

But again, after a few minutes the Gingerbread man was wet again. “Jump onto my nose so you can stay dry.” “OK. Hey, what are you doing?” Before the Gingerbread man could say anything else, the fox used his tongue to get the Gingerbread man and put him into his mouth. When the old woman, the cow, the dog and the horse got to the river the only thing they saw was a fox all alone, swimming to the other side.

从前，有一位爱烘焙的老奶奶，有一天，她做了一个姜饼人。

“哦，我等不及想吃这个姜饼人。他看起来真好吃！”

突然，姜饼人从饼干纸上跳下来，跑出了门。

“啊，到底是怎么回事？这个姜饼人跑了。”

“再见啦。我要跑了，你抓不到我。”

老妇人追着姜饼人跑。

“哈哈！我太快了，你倒是来抓住我啊。”

姜饼人和老奶奶跑过一块田地，那里有一头牛。

“那个女人为什么要追一个姜饼人？嗯，我有点饿了。我也去追他。”

姜饼人看到牛也跟老奶奶一起追赶。

“哈哈。我太快了，倒是来抓我啊。”

现在牛和老奶奶一起追着姜饼人。路上碰到一条狗，看见三人朝自己跑来。

“哇，那个姜饼人跑得真快。我牛和老奶奶抓不住他，但我能。”

狗加入了追逐。

“哈哈。你认为你很快，但我更快。你们倒是来抓住我啊。”

现在老奶奶、牛和狗都在追着姜饼人。他们经过了一匹马。

“那个姜饼人肯定很快。没有人能抓住他。不过，也许如果我跑得最快，我就能得到他。他会做一顿美味的下午点心。”

于是马也开始追着姜饼人跑。

“哈哈。你们谁都没有我快。如果可以的话，抓住我。”

姜饼人跑得太快了，很快他就远远领先于老奶奶、牛、狗和马。他转过拐角，忽然眼前出现了一条河。他没有办法过去。他被困住了。过了几分钟，一只狐狸走了过来。

“你好姜饼人。你在做什么？”

“我正在逃跑，一个老奶奶、一头牛、一条狗和一匹马在追我。他们离我很远，但现在我被困住了，他们可能会追上来吃掉我。”

“我可以帮你过河。”

“真的？”

“哦是的。只要跳上我的尾巴，我就会游过去。”

“真是个好主意。”

姜饼人跳到狐狸的尾巴上，但几分钟后，河水越来越深，他开始湿了。

“跳到我的背上，这样你就可以不打湿。”

“好的。这个更好”

但是，几分钟后，姜饼人又湿了。

“跳到我的头上，这样你就可以不打湿。”

“好的。这更好，我们几乎过河了。”

但是，几分钟后，姜饼人又湿了。“跳到我的鼻子上，这样你就可以不打湿。”“好的。喂，你要做什么？”姜饼人还没来得及说什么，狐狸就用舌头把姜饼人抓到了嘴里。当老太婆、牛、狗和马来到河边时，他们只看到一只狐狸游到了河对岸。