The Gingerbread Man

Hi friends, now we are going to learn speaking. First, you are going to read the folk story "The Gingerbread Man" or also known as "The Gingerbread Boy".The Gingerbread Man is the anthropomorphic protagonist in a fairy tale about a cookie's escape from various pursuers and his eventual demise between the jaws of a fox.

Some key words in the story include:

Gingerbread  = Roti Jahe
Baker               = Pembuat Kue
Cook                = Memasak
Horse               = Kuda
Cow                 = Sapi
Fox                   = Rubah
River                = Sungai 

The Gingerbread Man

Once upon a time, an old woman and her husband lived alone in a little old house. One day, she decided to make her husband’s favorite treat, gingerbread cookies. She carefully mixed the batter, rolled out the dough, and cut out a very nice gingerbread man. She added licorice for his hair, frosting for clothes, and raisins for his eyes. What a fine looking gingerbread man he was!

After he was fully baked, she slowly opened the oven door and -“POOF”- up jumped the gingerbread man, and he ran out of the door saying, “Run, run, as fast as you can! You can’t catch me! I’m the Gingerbread Man!”

 

The old woman and the old man ran after him, but they could not catch him and so the gingerbread man ran and ran. While he was running, he met a cow. “Moo,” said the cow. “You look very fine! Fine enough to eat!”

And the cow started to chase the little man. But the gingerbread man ran faster, saying, “I ran away from an old woman, I ran away from an old man, and I can run away from you! I can!” and he laughed, “Run, run, as fast as you can! You can’t catch me! I’m the gingerbread man!”

The cow ran after the gingerbread man, but she could not catch him. The gingerbread man kept running, and soon he met a horse. “Neigh,” said the horse, “You look mighty tasty. I think that I would like to eat you.” “But you can’t!” said the gingerbread man. “I ran away from an old woman, I ran away from an old man, I ran away from a cow, and I can run away from you! I can!”

And so he ran singing, “Run, run, as fast as you can! You can’t catch me! I’m the gingerbread man!” The horse ran after the gingerbread man, but he too could not catch him. The gingerbread man ran and ran, laughing and singing.

While he ran, het met a chicken. “Cackle, cackle,” said the chicken, “You look fine enough to peck for dinner. I’m going to eat you, Mr. Gingerbread man.” But the gingerbread man just laughed. “I ran away from an old woman, I ran away from an old man, I ran away from a cow, I ran away from a horse, and I can run away from you! I can!” And so he ran singing, “Run, run, as fast as you can! You can’t catch me! I’m the gingerbread man!”

The chicken ran after the gingerbread man, but alas, she too could not catch him. And so, the gingerbread man was safe again. “Nobody can catch me,” he thought. So he kept on running until he met a fox. He just had to tell the fox how he ran faster than all the others. “Mr. Fox,” he said, “As tasty as I appear to be, I cannot let you catch and eat me. I ran away from an old woman, I ran away from a old man, I ran away from a cow, I ran away from a horse, I ran away from a chicken, and I can run away from you! I can!”

But Mr. Fox did not seem to care. “Why would I want to brother you?” asked Mr. Fox. “You don’t even look that tasty. No, young man, I don’t want to eat you at all.” The gingerbread man was so relieved. “Well, indeed, Mr. Fox,” said the gingerbread man. “If you don’t mind, I think I’ll take a little rest here.”

And the gingerbread man stopped running and stood still. And right when he stood still. Snap! Went Mr. Fox’s jaws right into the gingerbread man, who was no longer a man, just dessert!

Source: http://www.topmarks.co.uk/stories/ 

After you read the  story about "The Gingerbread Man", then you will listen or watch the video about the story above by clicking the play button!

Please pay attention to the expression ;

* Idiom expression :

       " I ran away"

* Expression of showing ourself ;

       " I'm the Gingerbread Man"

*  Expression of arrogance

       " You can not catch me"

       " No body can catch me"

* Expression of asking permission

       " If you don't mind ......."

What you have to do now is, please retell the story above orally to your friend by using these questions as a clue

For example :

* Who made The Gingerbread ?
An Old Woman made The Gingerbread  for her husband
 
Now please continue the story by using these questions ;

* What did The Gingerbread Man say when he jumped and ran out of the door from the oven door?

* What did The Old Woman and The Old Woman do when The Gingerbread Man run?

* Who was the first The Gingerbread Man meet ? What did he (The Gingerbread Man) say?

* Who was then The Gingerbread Man meet ? What did he ( The Gingerbread Man ) say ?

* Then, The Gingerbread Man met a Chicken, the chicken said to the gingerbread man, he said that ......

* When did the gingerbread man meet Mr.Fox, what did he say to him?

* What did Mr.Fox say to The Gingerbread Man?

* How  The Gingerbread Man end his life?

Now, please answer the questions about the story above.

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