Suddenly the Mowers discover the Gingerbread Boy.
First Mower: “Who sits there on top of the wall?”
Second Mower: “It is a little boy made of gingerbread.”
Second Mower, going up to the Gingerbread Boy: “Good morning, my lad, where do you come from, and where are you going this fine morning?”
The Gingerbread Boy hops down from the wall, and dances away on the tips of his toes:
“I’ve run away from a Little Old Woman, And a Little Old Man. I can run away from you, I can! Run, run, as fast as you can, You can’t catch me, I’m the Gingerbread Man!”
He disappears, followed by the Mowers, but reappears at the other end of the road, looking frightened and out of breath.
The Gingerbread Boy: “They didn’t catch me that time, but you never can tell what’s going to happen next. There comes somebody else.”
The Threshers are seen passing with their flails over their backs.
One of the Threshers: “Who is that by the side of the road?”
A Second Thresher: “That is a Gingerbread Boy!”
Both of the Threshers, going up to the Gingerbread Boy very fiercely: “Come with us and be eaten, my lad!”
The Gingerbread Boy dances a little way ahead of the Threshers as he calls back to them:
“I’ve run away from a Little Old Woman, And a Little Old Man, Some Mowers--and-- I can run away from you, I can. Run, run, as fast as you can, You can’t catch me, I’m the Gingerbread Man.”
He runs away a second time, followed by the Threshers, but he is seen in a moment at the end of the road. He climbs up on the wall again.
The Gingerbread Boy: “I wonder who will try and eat me next!”
He puts his hand up to his eyes. “There comes some one now!”
“One of us went to market; and one of us stayed at home. One of us had roast beef, but I’m the Pig who had _none_!”
“I’m hungry enough to eat green apples. Ahe! What do I see? A Gingerbread Boy!” He walks up to the wall, and stands on his back feet, but he cannot reach to the top. The Gingerbread Boy dances on top of the wall.
“I’ve run away from a Little Old Woman, And a Little Old Man, Some Mowers, some Threshers--and-- I can get away from you, I can. Jump, jump, as high as you can, You can’t catch me, I’m the Gingerbread Man!”
The Pig tries to get the Gingerbread Boy, but he is not able to, and he walks away, still grunting.