外教读睡前故事 | Gingerbread Man 姜饼人

《Gingerbread Man 姜饼人》一只刚烤好的姜饼小人为了逃出被吃的命运，从烤箱里跳出来，跑得飞快。好不容易甩掉了老夫妇，猪，牛，马，在河边又遇上了狡猾的狐狸。它能识破狐狸的花言巧语，成功幸存吗？一起到故事中看看吧。

姜饼人在西方是家喻户晓的童话形象，常常被用来形容单纯又勇往直前的人。每到盛大的节日，大人们就会将各种心形或人形的姜饼送给孩子们，渐渐地，姜饼变成了在世界各地风靡的新年礼物哦。 

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Once upon a time a little old woman and a little old man lived in a cottage. One day the little old woman made a gingerbread man. She gave him currants for eyes and cherries for buttons. She put him in the oven to bake.

从前，小屋里住着一对老夫妇。有一天，老奶奶做了一个姜饼人。她用小葡萄干为它做眼睛，用樱桃做纽扣。接着，老奶奶把姜饼人放进了烤箱。

The little old woman and little old man were very hungry and wanted to eat the gingerbread man. As soon as he was cooked, the little old woman opened the oven door. The gingerbread man jumped out of the tin and ran out of the open window shouting, “Don’t eat me!”

老夫妇实在是太饿，他们等不及要吃姜饼人了。所以刚烤好，老奶奶就打开了烤箱的门。谁知姜饼人一下跳出了铁罐子，顺着打开的窗户逃到外面，嘴里大叫着：“不要吃我！”

The little old woman and little old man ran after the gingerbread man. “Stop! Stop!” they yelled.

老奶奶和老爷爷赶忙去追姜饼人，着急地喊着：“站住！停下！”

The gingerbread man did not look back. He ran on saying, “Run, run as fast as you can! You can’t catch me, I’m the gingerbread man!”

姜饼人并没有回头，他边跑边说，“快跑，用尽全力跑！你追不到我的，我是姜饼人！”

Down the lane he sped when he came to a pig. “Stop! Stop! I would like to eat you," shouted the pig. The gingerbread man was too fast. He ran on saying, "Run, run as fast as you can. You can’t catch me, I’m the gingerbread man.”

他遇到了一只猪，猪也要吃掉他，于是他快速地跑到小巷里。“站住！停下！我要吃了你！”猪喊道。可是姜饼人跑得太快了。他边跑边说：“跑呀，用尽全力跑！你追不到我的，我是姜饼人！”

A little further on, he met a cow. “Stop! Stop! Little man,” called the hungry cow, “I want to eat you.” Again the gingerbread man was too fast. He sped on down the road saying, "Run, run as fast as you can.You can’t catch me, I’m the gingerbread man."

再往前他碰到一只母牛。“站住！停下！小人儿”，饥饿的母牛说，“我要吃了你！”姜饼人还是跑得太快了。他一边加速着跑到大路上，一边说：“跑呀，用尽全力跑！你追不到我的，我是姜饼人！”

The cow began to chase the gingerbread man along with the pig, and the little old woman. But the gingerbread man was too fast for them.

母牛也开始追姜饼人，后面跟着的是猪和老奶奶。但是对他们来说，姜饼人跑得实在太快了。

It was not long before the gingerbread man came to a horse. “Stop! Stop!” shouted the horse, “I want to eat you, little man.” But the gingerbread man did not stop. He said, “Run, run as fast as you can. You can’t catch me, I’m the gingerbread man.”

不久后，姜饼人遇到了一匹马。“站住！停下！”马喊道，“我要吃了你，小人儿。”但是姜饼人儿没有停下来。他说：“跑呀，用尽全力跑！你追不到我的，我是姜饼人！”

The horse joined in the chase. The gingerbread man laughed and laughed, until he came to a river. “Oh no!” he cried, “They will catch me. How can I cross the river?”

马也加入了追姜饼人的队伍。姜饼人哈哈大笑，直到他走到了一条河面前。姜饼人哭着说：“哦不！他们快要捉到我了。我要怎么过河呢？”

A sly fox came out from a tree. “I can help you cross the river,” said the fox. “Jump on to my tail and I will swim across.”

这时一只狡猾的狐狸从树的后面走了出来。“我可以帮你过河”，狐狸说。“跳到我的尾巴上来，我会游过去的。”

“You won’t eat me, will you?” said the gingerbread man.
“你不会吃了我吧？”姜饼人将信将疑。

“Of course not,” said the fox. “I just want to help.”

“当然不会”，狐狸说，“我只是想帮忙。”

The gingerbread man climbed on the fox’s tail. Soon the gingerbread man began to get wet. “Climb onto my back”, said the fox. So the gingerbread man did. As he swam the fox said, “You are too heavy. I am tired. Jump onto my nose.” So the gingerbread man did as he was told.

姜饼人爬到狐狸的尾巴上，但是很快地，姜饼人身上开始变湿了。“爬到我的背上来”，狐狸说，姜饼人没多想就照做了。然而狐狸边游边说：“你太重了，我累了，爬到我鼻子上吧。”这次姜饼人也按照狐狸说的做了。

No sooner had they reached the other side, then the fox tossed the gingerbread man up in the air. He opened his mouth and “Snap!”. That was the end of the gingerbread man.

没过多久，他们就到了河的另一端，然后狐狸把姜饼人抛到了空中。他张开嘴，然后咔地一咬，就把姜饼人给吃了。这就是姜饼人最后的结局。

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