A little old woman baked a gingerbread man. When she opened the oven, the Gingerbread Man jumped out and ran away.

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

The Gingerbread Man ran past many animals and people who all tried to catch him, but he was too fast for them.

Finally, he met a sly fox who offered to help him cross a river. The Gingerbread Man agreed, but once they were in the water, the fox tricked him and ate him.

Kids find this story funny because the Gingerbread Man fools everyone and thinks he can outrun everyone, but gets outsmarted by the fox.
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Wow. That's a nice story
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