The Gingerbread Man with the Smarter Plan
The gingerbread man felt as if he would never stop running
He even knew that the demeanor of the fox was especially cunning
But he knew the horse, cow, pig, little old woman, and little old man were on his tail
He couldn’t bear the thought of having to run all this way and fail
The gingerbread man decided to stay away from the fox and think
He didn’t have much time and was too close to the river’s brink
The fox continuously looked at the gingerbread man with hungry eyes
To the fox, he seemed like a better snack than McDonald’s french fries
The gingerbread man continued to briskly walk away
He pulled out his iPhone 7 while being stalked as the prey
He suddenly realized how dumb he was being!
An Uber driver could come pick him up and be the key to his fleeing!
He frantically booked an Uber and hoped for its quick arrival
The only thing on his mind as he tried to lose his followers was his survival
“How did I not think of this sooner?” thought the gingerbread man
He believed in himself to think of a unique plan
After tirelessly walking to the street with the car
The gingerbread man finally say the Uber from afar
“I’m coming, I’m coming!” the gingerbread man screamed
Even though his followers were close, the gingerbread beat them to the car, as he had dreamed
His followers were sad, but realized the gingerbread had won
Now the gingerbread feared his driver would be the one to eat him and be done
But the driver said he was his first ride all day
He needed the money and would let the gingerbread man stay
The gingerbread man was elated, but he needed to rest
He told the driver to keep driving out to the west
The gingerbread man didn’t know at what city they would stop
But he was just satisfied to be living and to have made it to the top
He knew that in fifty years he would be telling this story
His grandchildren would aspire to be him in all of his glory
And he laugh when he remembered screaming, “Run, run, as fast as you can,
You can’t catch me, I’m the gingerbread man.”