Once upon a time, there was ___ little old woman

and ___ little old man

who lived in ___ little cottage

near ___ river .

___ little old woman

and ___ little old man were hungry,

so ___ little old woman

decided to bake ___ gingerbread man .

She made ___ big batch

of ___ gingerbread dough,

then rolled it flat and cut it into ___ shape

of ___ gingerbread man .

She gave him ___ raisins for eyes ,

___ cinnamon drop

for ___ mouth,

and ___ chocolate chips

for ___ buttons.

Then she put ___ gingerbread man

in ___ oven to bake.

When ___ gingerbread man was done,

___ little old woman

opened ___ oven door,

but before she could take him out, ___ gingerbread man jumped up

and ran through ___ kitchen

and out of ___ cottage shouting, "Don't eat me!"

___ little old woman ran

after ___ gingerbread man .

"Stop," she yelled. But ___ gingerbread man ran even faster, chanting,

"Run, run as fast as you can. You can't catch me, I'm ___ gingerbread man ."

___ gingerbread man

ran out of ___ cottage

and passed ___ little old man .

"Stop," ___ little old man called out, "I want to eat you."

But ___ gingerbread man ran even faster, chanting,

"I've run away from ___ 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 ___ gingerbread man ."

___ little old man chased

___ gingerbread man ,

followed by ___ little old woman .

But ___ gingerbread man ran too fast for them.

___ gingerbread man ran

along ___ road

passed ___ pig .

"Stop," ___ pig snorted, "I want to eat you."

But ___ gingerbread man ran even faster, chanting,

"I've run from the little old woman and the 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 ___ gingerbread man ."

___ pig chased

___ gingerbread man ,

followed by ___ little old woman

and ___ little old man .

But ___ gingerbread man ran too fast for them.

___ gingerbread man passed

___ cow in

___ field .

"Stop," ___ cow mooed, "I want to eat you."

But ___ gingerbread man ran even faster, chanting,

"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 ___ gingerbread man ."

The cow chased ___ gingerbread man ,

followed by ___ pig and

___ little old woman and

___ little old man . But

___ gingerbread man ran too fast for them.

___ gingerbread man passed

___ horse eating grass.

"Stop," ___ horse neighed, "I want to eat you."

But ___ gingerbread man ran even faster, chanting,

"I've run from a little old woman and a little old man and a pig and a cow, and I can run away from you, I can. Run, run as fast as you can. You can't catch me, I'm ___ gingerbread man ."

The horse chased ___ gingerbread man ,

followed by ___ cow ,

___ pig ,

___ little old woman

and ___ little old man .

But ___ gingerbread man ran too fast for them.

Then ___ gingerbread man

reached ___ wide river , but he didn't know how to swim.

___ sly and hungry fox saw

___ gingerbread man and said,

"Jump on my tail, and I'll take you across ___ river !"

___ gingerbread man thought to himself, "I'll be safe on his tail."

So he jumped on ___ fox's tail and

they started across ___ river .

Halfway across ___ river ,

___ fox barked, "You're too heavy for my tail, jump on my back."

So ___ gingerbread man jumped on

___ fox's back.

Soon, ___ fox said, You're too heavy for my back, jump onto my nose."

So ___ gingerbread man

jumped on ___ fox's nose.

But as soon as they reached ___ riverbank,

___ fox flipped

___ gingerbread man

into ___ air, snapped his mouth shut,

and ate ___ gingerbread man .

And that was ___ end

of ___ gingerbread man.