The old couple were about to eat it when suddenly the gingerbread man came to life and jumped off the table! It ran out of the cottage laughing and saying, “Run, run, as fast as you can, you can’t catch me, I’m the Gingerbread Man!”
The old man and his wife ran after it but could not catch up. As the gingerbread ran on laughing, a cow grazing on the field saw it said, “I am so hungry I could eat you!” The gingerbread sang