You
have arrived at the loft of the cabin, where you can relax and read great
stories and poetry. Would you like to contribute to this section? If so, please
send us your story or poem, and be sure to let us know who it is by so we can
give the person credit for their work. Now for the fun.
Once upon a time a little old woman and a
little old man lived in a little old house. One day the little old woman
decided to make a gingerbread man. She cut him out of dough and put him in the
oven to bake. After a while she said to herself, "That gingerbread man
must be ready by now."She opened the oven door. Up jumped the gingerbread
man, and away he ran, out the front door. As he ran he shouted, "Run, run,
as fast as you can, You can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread man!" The
little old woman ran, but she couldn't catch the ginger bread man. He ran past
the little old man, who was working in the garden. "Run, run, as fast as
you can, You can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread man!" The little old man
ran, but he couldn't catch the gingerbread man. The gingerbread man ran past
the cow at the well. "Run, run, as fast as you can, You can't catch me,
I'm the gingerbread man!" The cow ran...but she couldn't catch that
gingerbread man. He ran between two picnicking bears. "Run, run, as fast
as you can, You can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread man!" The bears jumped
up and ran after him. They ran, and ran... but they couldn't catch that
gingerbread man! Soon, the gingerbread man came to a fox lying by the side of a
river. He shouted, "Run, run, as fast as you can, You can't catch me, I'm
the gingerbread man!" I've run away from a little old woman, a little old
man, a cow,and two picnicking bears, and I can run away from you! But the sly fox
just laughed and said, "If you don't get across this river quickly, you
will surely get caught. Hop on my tail, and I'll carry you across." The
gingerbread man saw that he had no time to lose. He quickly hopped onto the
fox's tail. "The water's getting deep," said the fox. "Climb up
on my back so you won't get wet." And the gingerbread man did.
"Oh," said the fox. "The water's even deeper! Climb up on my
head so you won't get wet!" And the gingerbread man did. "It's too
deep!" cried the fox. "Climb onto my nose so you won't get
wet!"And the gingerbread man did... Then, with a flick of his head, the
fox tossed the gingerbread man into his mouth. His jaws snapped shut... and
that was the end of the gingerbread man!