THE GINGERBREAD MAN (easy version). CHARACTERS:

NARRATOR (1, 2 or 3) GINGERBREAD OLD WOMAN OLD MAN

COW HORSE PIG FOX

OPTIONAL CHARACTERS

HEN

RABBIT DOG

NARRATOR: Once upon a time there was a little old woman a little old man. They lived in a cottage. They were very sad because they had no children. OLD MAN: oh... I am very sad, I would like to have a child. OLD WOMAN: I have an idea!. We can make gingerbread cookies! NARRATOR: So one day the old woman made a gingerbread cookie. OLD WOMAN: I need: flour, sugar, butter, ginger and sugar candies. OLD MAN: Ok I help you. NARRATOR: And they started making the gingerbread cookie. When they finished the man said: OLD MAN: Ok, we can put it in the oven. NARRATOR: And the put the gingerbread man in the oven. After 10 minutes they opened the oven. OLD WOMAN: mmmm.... what a nice smell. NARRATOR: But suddenly... the gingerbread man jumped up and he run out. OLD WOMAN AND LITTLE OLD MAN: stop, stop!, don't run away!. Come here! GINGERBREAD MAN: “ Run, run, as fast as you can, you can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread man”.

NARRATOR: They couldn't catch him!. By they way the gingerbreadman met a cow. COW: Moooo!. You look very nice!. I'm very hungry!. I want to eat you! GINGERBREADMAN: run, run as fast as you can you can't catch me I'm the Gingerbreadman. NARRATOR: the gingerbreadman run and run. By the way he met a horse. HORSE: Neigh, neigh!. You look very nice!. I'm very hungry! I want to eat you! GINGERBREADMAN: run, run as fast as you can you can't catch me I'm the Gingerbreadman. NARRATOR: the gingerbreadman run and run. By the way he met a pig. PIG: Oink- oink. You look very nice!. I'm very hungry! I want to eat you! GINGERBREADMAN: run, run as fast as you can you can't catch me I'm the Gingerbreadman. NARRATOR: the gingerbreadman run and run. But he arrived at a river and he couldn't swim across it. But a sly fox came out from behind a tree. FOX: Hello gingerbreadman. Can I help you cross the river?. GINGERBREADMAN: No, you will eat me, will you?. FOX: Of course not, I just want to help you. Climb on my tail. I will take you across the river. NARRATOR: Soon the Gingerbreadman began to get wet. FOX: I think you are getting wet. Climb onto my back. You are too heavy. Jump onto my nose!. NARRATOR: No sooner had they reached the other side of the river, that the fox tossed the gingerbreadman up in the air. He opened his mouth and... FOX: mmm..... what a nice cookie. GINGERBREADMAN: Oh, no my legs! Oh, no my body! Oh, no my head! NARRATOR: And this was the end of the Gingerbreadman.