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caption_attribution_description: English: Identifier: whathappenedthen00dyer (find matches) Title: What happened then stories Year: 1918 (1910s) Authors: Dyer, Ruth O Young, Florence Liley Subjects: Publisher: Boston&#160;: Lothrop, Lee &amp; Shepard Co. Contributing Library: New York Public Library Digitizing Sponsor: MSN View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: an&#160;! As the little old woman and the little oldman could not run as fast as the gingerbreadman, they soon turned back. Now when the gingerbread man had goneon a little way, he met a horse. The horsesmelled the gingerbread man and then ranafter him as fast as he could. The littlegingerbread man ran on, calling out over hisshoulder: 121 THE GINGERBREAD MAN Bun, run, as fast as you can,You cant catch me, Im the gingerbread man&#160;! And when the horse had grown tired andhad stopped, the gingerbread man called&#160;: Ive run away from a little old woman and a little old man,And I cau ruu away from you, I can&#160;! Farther down the road he met a cow. Thecow had not been able to find much grass, soshe was hungry. When she saw the ginger-bread man, she ran after him as fast as shecould. But the gingerbread man was notafraid. He called back gayly j Bun, run, as fast as you can,You cant catch me, Im the gingerbread man&#160;! Soon the cow grew tired of the chase.Then the gingerbread man laughed andshouted&#160;: 122 Text Appearing After Image: Run, run, as fast as you can,You cant catch me, Im the Gingerbread Man!—Page 122. WHAT HAD ALREADY HAPPENED Ive run away from a little old woman, a little old man and a horse,And I can run away from you, I can. He then passed by a large field of grainwhere a great many mowers were busy atwork. The mowers had not been to theirdinner, so they were hungry. When theysaw the gingerbread man they dropped theirmowers and ran after him. But the ginger-bread man knew they could not catch him,so he called back&#160;: Bun, run, as fast as you can,You cant catch me, Im the gingerbread man&#160;! It did not take the mowers long to wearyof the chase. Then the gingerbread manwaved to them and said&#160;: Ive run away from a little old woman, a little old man, a horse and a cow,And I can run away from you, I can! 123 THE GINGERBREAD MAN Soon he came to a large barn. Inside,there was such a queer noise. I must find out what makes that noise,said the gingerbread man. So he peeped through the door and saw agreat man Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
context_page_description: "The Gingerbread Man" is an American fairy tale. It is a variant of the European runaway pancake story. The American version first appeared in the May 1875 issue of St. Nicholas Magazine. The story tells of a Gingerbread Man who runs away from the old woman who baked him. He is chased by several people and animals. A crafty fox finally eats him. The tale is known for the title character's chant: "Run, run, run as fast as you can! / You can't catch me, I'm the Gingerbread Man!" Gingerbread men were popular characters in children's stories of the late 19th century. The most notable gingerbread character was L. Frank Baum's John Dough. The Gingerbread Man is also in the commonly known movie Shrek.
context_section_description: "The Gingerbread Man" (sometimes, "The Gingerbread Boy") is an American fairy tale. It is a variant of the European runaway pancake story. The American version first appeared in the May 1875 issue of St. Nicholas Magazine. The story tells of a Gingerbread Man who runs away from the old woman who baked him. He is chased by several people and animals. A crafty fox finally eats him. The tale is known for the title character's chant: "Run, run, run as fast as you can! / You can't catch me, I'm the Gingerbread Man!" Gingerbread men were popular characters in children's stories of the late 19th century. The most notable gingerbread character was L. Frank Baum's John Dough. The Gingerbread Man is also in the commonly known movie Shrek.
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