Flying Shingles

Jacob White began the long yearly chore of shingling the barn with a sigh. It often took a week to finish the arduous task, and it was a hot July month.
His wife Mary Ann knew how hard he worked and decided to prepare him a treat. "Instead of regular ginger snaps", she thought, "I'll make him a sweet delicious gingerbread man.
As she removed her surprise from the oven. Mary Ann saw the cookie sheet was bare. There was no sign of a gingerbread man anywhere. Then she saw the small footprints leading to the door, and the crumbs. Bewildered she followed the crumbs to the front door and opened it. The footprints couldn't be seen anymore. She heard her husband on the barn and looked up at him. The crispy cookie has standing next to him!!! Then, without a second to shout, her husband went flying off the roof and onto the ground. "My leg!!!" he cried. When the doctor asked what happened he could only say that he fell off the roof. Later that night as he was turning out the lights, he heard a faint chant, "Run run as fast as you can, you can't hide from me, I'm the gingerbread man. HAHAHAHA."

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