rst the woman and the old man, then a whole stream of other people and animals chase aft er
the gingerbread man. He runs on and teases them with a chant (“Run, run, as fast as you can...”), unti l
he reaches a river he can’t cross. A cunning fox off ers to help. As the water rises higher up the fox’s body,
the gingerbread man jumps from the fox’s tail to his back to his head, unti l – in four bites – the fox eats
him up.