The Gingerbread Man

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The Gingerbread
Man

A retelling by Violet Findley • Illustrated by Hector Borlasca

TM

The Gingerbread
Man

A retelling by Violet Findley • Illustrated by Hector Borlasca

Guided Reading Level G

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Written by Violet Findley
Illustrated by Hector Borlasca

Designed by Maria Lilja
ISBN: 0-439-77402-0

Copyright © 2006 by Scholastic Inc.
All rights reserved. Published by Scholastic Inc. Printed in China.
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Once upon a time, an old woman baked
a gingerbread man. She put it on a plate
to cool.

2

But the naughty cookie jumped off the plate 3
and dashed out the door.

“Run, run, as fast as you can. You can’t
catch me. I’m the Gingerbread Man!”
he sang.

4

The cookie was right. Try as she might, the 5
old woman was just too slow.

After a while, the cookie came to a dog.
“I’m going to eat you up!” said the dog.

6

“Run, run, as fast as you can. You can’t 7
catch me. I’m the Gingerbread Man!” sang
the cookie.

The cookie was right. Try as he might, the
dog was just too slow.

8

After a while, the cookie came to a cow. 9
“I’m going to eat you up!” said the cow.

“Run, run, as fast as you can. You can’t
catch me. I’m the Gingerbread Man!” sang
the cookie.

10

The cookie was right. Try as he might, the 11
cow was just too slow.

After a while, the cookie came to a fox
standing by a river. The fox was licking
his lips.

12

“Don’t even think about eating me up. I ran 13
away from an old woman and a dog and
a cow. And I will run away from you, too!”
said the cookie.

“I don’t like cookies,” fibbed the clever fox.
“I just want to help you get across this river.
Hop on my shoulder! I promise you will not
get wet.”

14

“OK,” said the cookie. 15
So he did.

CRUNCH! The fox munched the cookie
in one bite.
“My, what a tasty treat!” he said.
And that was the end of the poor
Gingerbread Man.

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Glossary

clever very smart

dashed ran quickly
fibbed lied

munched ate noisily

naughty to act in a bad way

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ISBN: 0-439-77402-0