Scritch Stories present - The Gingerbread Man - Level 1. Read this story with students who are just starting to learning English. Where do you start with kids who don't know English? Start with the gingerbread man. It is super simple and fun.

1. The
Gingerbread
Man

2. Cooked up at
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3. Once upon a time there
was a woman.

4. “I am hungry.
I want to eat a
cookie.”

5. So she made a cookie.
“Finished!”

7. “Hello, what’s your name?”
“My name is Woman.”
“How are you?”
“I am hungry. I want to eat
you.”
“No, don’t eat me!
Run, run, run.”

9. “Hello, what’s your name?”
“My name is Farmer.”
“How are you?”
“I am hungry. I want to eat
you.”
“No, don’t eat me!
Run, run, run.”

11. “Come back.”
“We want to eat you.”
“Run, run, run as fast as
you can. You can’t catch
me. I am the gingerbread
man.”

13. “Help me. Help me.”
“I can help you.”
“Thank you.”
“Jump on my nose.”

15. “Come back.”
“We want to eat you.”
“Bye, bye Woman.
Bye, bye Farmer.”
“No, Gingerbread man.
Bye bye to you.”
-GULP-

16. The
End