Cross Country 2012

Gingerbread Men

The Runaway Gingerbread Man: Today I made a delicious gingerbread man. First I popped into the oven and in a few minutes time I was so excited because I was allowed to take him out of the oven. But as soon as I put him onto the table to cool he jumped onto the floor and ran into Miss Tait's office. Miss Tait saw the yummy gingerbread man and said "Stop, stop" but the gingerbread man said "Run, run as fast as you can you can't catch me I'm the gingerbread man!" Next he ran into Room 29, Patrick and the whole class chased after him. They said "Stop, stop!" The gingerbread man said "Run, run as fast as you can you can't catch me I'm the gingerbread man!" After that he ran onto the field, the duty teachers chased the gingerbread man. Soon Mr. Townsend spotted him. The gingerbread man ran all the way back to the kitchen and I gobbled him up to the last crumb. - Elizabeth

The Gingerbread Man: Today I was so excited to make my baked gingerbread man. When I baked him I put him in the oven for a minute. When time was up I took him out of the oven to cool down. I hopped on the couch to watch T.V. As I just got up I heard a noise, it was the gingerbread man!! He ran down the path. "Run, run as fast as you can you can't catch me I'm the gingerbread man!" I kept on running but I got tired and gave up. He got eaten by a fox. - Rico

One afternoon I made a gingerbread man. I left it in the oven until it was ready then I left it to cool down. When I was gone it ran away. It went to the field. The gingerbread man saw people playing tag, so he said "Can I play?" they said "Oh yeah" but one girl said "I am going to eat you!" "Okay, then run, run as fast as you can you can't catch me I'm the gingerbread man!" A wild cat came out when he was not looking. He ate him all up. - Alesha

The Gingerbread Man: Room 25 was making delicious gingerbread men. Firstly I put my topping on and then put it in the hot oven. After that I pulled it out of the oven. Suddenly my brown gingerbread man jumped onto its small feet and ran out of the hall and on the field. First she asked the tall boys if she could play some soccer with them. But they all started running after her. Then she ran on the court and asked some little girls to teach her how to hula hoop. But they ran after her and the gingerbread man said "Run, run as fast as you can you can't catch me I'm the gingerbread man!" After a while she ran past the staff room while the teachers were drinking lemon tea but they ran after her and the gingerbread man said "Run, run as fast as you can you can't catch me I'm the gingerbread man!" Not long after that she ran past Miss Tait's office and Miss Tait ran after her and caught her. Then they all broke her into pieces and ate her all up. - Keana

The Gingerbread Man at Red Beach School: Today we made gingerbread men. When we took the gingerbread man out of the oven the gingerbread man jumped up and ran away into the office. Ms Tait saw the gingerbread man and Ms Tait ran after the gingerbread man. So then he ran into all of the classrooms. The whole school ran after the gingerbread man. They never caught the gingerbread man. The gingerbread man lived happily ever after. - Jacob