John Hornbut was celebrating his 16th birthday party. But while he was dreaming of birthday cake that fateful September night, little did he know, that the neighbors were baking themselves a special little treat. Mrs. Doodah was preparing a gingerbread man surprise for her husband before he came home from work. While it was in the oven she decided to go down to the basement and do laundry. The gingerbread man had other plans then to crispen further. In a perfect example of their monumental might, he opened the oven door, flew through the cat door and disappeared into the night. Mrs. Hornbut was quickly wrapping the final presents before John got back from work. Just as she had placed the keys to a brand new truck, the doorbell wrang. When she opened the door there was nothing there. She felt a breeze at her ankles, but saw nothing. She returned to her room and finished wrapping the presents just as John came home. During the high point of the evening, Mrs. Hornbut brought out the special present. When John opened the box, there was nothing there. Alarmed, Mrs. Hornbut said that the present was in the garage. While he walked out to the garage, she was frantically looking for the missing keys. John knew it must be the truck that he had been wanting, he knew it. He opened the garage door with excitement, only to hear the loud roar of an engine. Headlights froze poor John in his tracks while he heard a maniacal scream, "I'M SUCH A NAUGHTY COOKIE!!!". As the Gingerbread man drove away from the scene, he chanted, "Run, run as fast as you can, you can't hide from me, I'm the gingerbread man.

Back