The Gingerbread Baby Makes a New Friend!

The Gingerbread baby ran to the edge of the river to try to get

away from the mob of people chasing him. He joyfully jumped on the

back of a depressed and dirty looking turtle but at this point he had

no other choices. The turtle had so much dirt on him the gingerbread

baby became camouflaged. As the mob of people angrily approached

the edge of the river, the gingerbread baby got so nervous that the

people would notice him. The people searched up and down the river

bank so many times in puzzlement. They were so confused and didn’t

understand where the gingerbread baby could have gone. Slowly one

by one the people started leaving. As the last person walked away

from the river, the gingerbread baby jumped up and down on the

turtle’s back in relief. After the gingerbread baby did this the turtle

noticed something on his back so he slowly drifted towards the river

edge to let the gingerbread baby off. The gingerbread baby thanked

the turtle for all his help. The gingerbread baby was so happy the

turtle had helped him, and the turtle was