Do you all know the story ...

of the Gingerbread Man? It is actually a grat story about pride and rebellion.  It seems this old lonely old woman baked a gingerbread man and it came to life.  She was happy finally having something alive to love.  The Gingerbread Man became very dissatisfied living his life with this old woman some where in a cabin all alone.

So one day the Gingerbread Man runs away.  The old woman begs and begs for him to com back.  She warns him repeatedly of the dangers out there in the cruel world.

The Gingerbread Man scoffs the old woman, claims she is trying to deprive him of the "good life".  So he runs on, meets a lot of barnyard animals, but manages to escape being eaten.

Finally the Gingerbread Man approaches a river and he knows that he can not swim.  Anyway, here comes this alligator, and a fox, offering him a ride across the river.  The alligator  swims up to the Gingerbread Man, offers him a safe ride across the river, tell the Gingerbread Man to stand on his head.

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I am sure you have guessed by now, the Gingerbread Man is devoured by that treacherous alligator that promised him no harm.  The old woman died heart broken and only the very wise will get the moral message of this story.