by Trung P. Once upon a time, Mickey Mouse and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit read, The Gingerbread Man and they liked it! So, they decided to make one! Yen Sid made the outline for it by using his magic. Mickey painted the Gingerbread Man with his magic paintbrush, while Oswald electrified him with his remote control to give the Gingerbread Man knowledge. Then, suddenly the Gingerbread Man jumped up and jumped into Wasteland! “Oh, no, Not like the book!” Mickey cried. And Yen Sid said, “Sorry, I have to go to work. Please don’t mind if I go and leave you guys to catch the Man.” “Don’t worry pal, we’ll catch him!” Then Mickey and Oswald jumped into Wasteland while Yen Sid went to work. The Gingerbread Man landed on Ostown and started running. “Stop! Stop!” yelled Mickey and Oswald but the G. Man just laughed and said, “Run, run as fast as you can, you can’t catch me I’m the Gingerbread Man!” And he ran. On the way, he ran into Goofy and Ortensia. “Stop, I want you to be my partner!” yelled Goofy. “Stop, Stop, I want you to be my Bunny children!” yelled Ortensia. But the G. Man just ran and said, “Run, run as fast as you can, you can’t catch me, I’m the Gingerbread Man!” He jumped into the projector screen and landed on Mean Street. He ran past the cinema and saw a crowd of people waiting to buy a ticket to watch Steamboat Willie. Then suddenly the people in the crowd and the usher (The person who gave out the tickets; he is also in charge of the cinema.) looked at the G. Man and all of them suddenly chased after the Gingerbread Man including the usher, the Pete family, Gus, Clarabelle Cow, Horace Horsecoller Cow, Paulie, and of course Mickey and Oswald. They all yelled, “ Stop, Stop!” But the G. Man just ran faster and said “Run, run, run as fast as you can, you can’t catch me I’m the Gingerbread Man!” And he jumped into the D.E.C. entrance and landed n Bog Easy! It was in the middle of a marriage! The Blotings were taking a picture for Daisy and Donald in the marriage. But the G. Man ran in the middle of the marriage and it turned out to be a bad picture. And without anybody saying “Stop, stop!” the Gingerbread Man just said, “Run, run, run as fast as you can, you can’t catch me, I’m the Gingerbread Man!” And Deman Salt, the Blotings, Daisy and Donald chased after the G. Man. The Gingerbread Man went up the long way and was in the middle of Dark Beauty Castle and the Mad Doctor’s lab. He saw the Mad Doctor and his Bettleworx in the middle of a meeting. The Mad doctor and one Spinner Bettleworx yelled, “Stop, Stop! We want you for dinner!” They also chased the Gingerbread Man. And once again the Gingerbread Man ran faster and faster and said, “Run, run, run as fast as you can, you can’t catch me, I’m the Gingerbread Man! I’ve run from Mickey, Oswald, Ortensia, Goofy, Gus, the usher, the Pete family, Deman Salt, the Blotings, Clarabelle Cow, Horace Horsecoller cow, Paulie, Daisy, Donald, the Spinner Bettleworx and I can run from you! See it, I can!” And he turned back to Mean Street where Yen Sid was found, holding his stack of books. Yen said, "Quickly erase the G. Man’s outline." “Just in time!” yelled Mickey, and he erased the G. Man’s color and Oswald erased his electricity. The G. Man disappeared. “Whew!” said Mickey. Everyone left, leaving Mickey, Oswald, and Yen Sid in a chair. They were happy, since it was Merry Christmas. Exemplary Writing Project, 2012-13 ● Nottingham Elementary School ● Arlington, VA .