Retold by Sue Arengo Pictures by Teri Gower Ed. Oxford Classic Tales
AN OL D MAN AND AN OLD WOMAN LIVE IN A FARM. THEY HAVEN’T GOT CHILDREN: NO GIRLS, NO BOYS. 2
The old woman makes a gingerbread man and puts him into the oven. 3
Open the door!!!
She hears a voice from the oven. 4
Oh, no! Stop!!!
She opens the door. The gingerbread man jumps out. 5
Stop! Come here!
The gingerbread runs across the kitchen and out of the door. 6
Stop! Come here!
You can’t catch me! I’m the gingerbread man!
The gingerbread runs faster and doesn’t stop. The old woman and the old man run after him. 7
Stop! Come here! I want to eat you.
The gingerbread man sees a cow. 8
You can’t catch me! I’m the gingerbread man!
The gingerbread man runs away an old woman, and old man and a cow. 9
Stop! Come here! I want to eat you.
The gingerbread man sees a horse. 10
You can’t catch me! I’m the gingerbread man!
The gingerbread man runs away an old woman, and old man, a cow and a horse. 11
Stop! Come here! I don’t want to eat you.
The gingerbread man sees a fox. 12
You can’t catch me! I‘m the gingerbread man !
The gingerbread man runs away an old woman and old man, a cow, a horse and a fox. 13
OH, NO! I CAN`T SWIM!
I HELP YOU.
THE GINGERBREAD MAN SEES A RIVER. 14
Sit on mi tail!
The fox swims across the river. 15
You are too big for my tail. Sit down on my back.
The gingerbread sits on the fox’ back. 16
You are too big for my back. Sit down on my nose.
The gingerbread sits on the fox’ nose. 17
The fox throws the gingerbread man up, up, up. He opens his mouth and catches him. 18
My legs!!!
The fox eats the gingerbread man’s legs. 19
My arms!!!
The fox eats the gingerbread man’s arms. 20
My body!!!
The fox eats the gingerbread man’s body. 21
Yum, yum, yum!!!
The fox eats the gingerbread man´s head. 22
It’ s delicious!!!
That is the end of the gingerbread man. 23
MADE WITH PAINT AND PUBLISHER by pupils of Primary School levels 1st and 2nd: JORGE ANDREA MARÍA H. PABLO DAVID DANIEL NEREA MARÍA B. DANIEL BÁRBARA JUDITH and MJRM, English teacher CRA LOS ROMERALES March, 2009 24