An old woman was baking one day,and she made some gingerbread.She had some dough left over,
一天有一位了老太婆在烤面包，她做了一些姜饼，还剩下一些面团。
so she made the shape of a little man.She made eyes for him,a nose and a smiling mouth all of currants,and placed more currants down his front to look like buttons.Then she laid him on a baking tray and put him into the oven to bake.
于是她把面团捏成了一个小人，她用醋栗制成了小人的眼睛、鼻子和微笑的嘴巴，还沿着他的前胸做成了纽扣。
然后她把他装进烤盘，放进烤箱。
After a little while,she heard something rattling at the oven door.She opened it and to her surprise out jumped the little gingerbread man she had made.She tried to catch him as he ran across the kitchen,but he slipped past her,calling as he ran:
过了一小会儿，她听到烤箱的门那里有什么东西在咯咯响。她打开烤箱，出乎意料的是她做的小姜饼人跳了出来。他在厨房里到处乱跑。老太婆想要抓住他，但是他逃脱了，边跑边喊：
"Run,run,as fast as you can,
You can't catch me,I'm the gingerbread man!"
“跑啊，跑啊，快点跑。你抓不到我，我是小姜饼人。”
She chased after him into the garden where her husband was digging.He put down
his spade and tried to catch him too,but as the gingerbread man sped past him he called over his shoulder:
老太婆追着他跑进花园，在那儿她的老伴儿在挖土，他放下铁锨，想抓住他。但是小姜饼人跑过他的身边，回头喊道：
"Run,run,as fast as you can,
You can't catch me,I'm the gingerbread man!"
“跑啊，跑啊，快点跑。你们抓不到我，我是小姜饼人。”
As he ran down the road he passed a cow.The cow called out,"Stop,gingerbread man!You look good to eat!"But the gingerbread man laughed and shouted over his shoulder:
他沿着马路跑，越过了一头牛，老牛喊道：“不要跑，小姜饼人，你看起来很好吃。”但是小姜饼人笑着大声喊道：
"I've run from an old woman
And an old man.
Run,run,as fast as you can,
You can't catch me,I'm the gingerbread man!"
“我跑过一个老太婆和一个老头。跑啊，跑啊，快点跑。你们抓不到我，我是小姜饼人。”
The cow ran after the old woman and the old man,and soon they all passed a horse."Stop!"called out the horse,"I'd like to eat you."But the gingerbread man called out:
老牛在老夫妇后面跟着跑起来，很快他们越过一匹马。
“别跑了，”马喊道，“我想要吃你。”但是小姜饼人大声喊道：
"I've run from an old woman
And an old man,
And a cow!
Run,run,as fast as you can,
You can't catch me,I'm the gingerbread man!"
“我跑过一个老太婆，一个老头，还有一头牛，跑啊，跑啊，快点跑。你们抓不到我，我是小姜饼人。”
He ran on,with the old woman and the old man and the cow and the horse following,and he went past a party of people haymaking.They all looked up as they saw the gingerbread man,and as he passed them he called out:
小姜饼人继续跑着，老夫妇俩、牛和马在后面跟着。有一群人在割晒牧草。他们都抬起头来看着他。小姜饼人跑过他们，喊道：
"I've run from an old woman,
And from an old man,
And a cow and a horse.
Run,run,as fast as you can,
You can't catch me,I'm the gingerbread man!"
“我跑过一个老太婆，一个老头，一头和一匹马。跑啊，跑啊，快点跑。你们抓不到我，我是小姜饼人。”
The haymakers joined in the chase behind the old woman and the old man,the cow and the horse,and they all followed,him as he ran through the fields.There he met a fox,so he called out to the fox:
割晒牧草的人也跟着追赶起来。他们跟着小姜饼人跑过田野。在那儿他遇到一只狐狸。他向着狐狸大声喊道：
"Run,run,as fast as you can,
You can't catch me,I'm the gingerbread man!"
跑啊，跑啊，快点跑。你抓不到我，我是小姜饼人。”
But the sly fox said,"Why should I bother to catch you?"although he thought to himself,"That gingerbread man would be good to eat."
“但是狡猾的狐狸说道：“我为什么要自找麻烦呢，我不想抓你。”但是他心里想到：“小姜饼人一定很好吃。”
Just after he had run past the fox the gingerbread man had to stop because he came to a wide,deep,swift-flowing river.
小姜饼人从狐狸的身边跑过，前面是一条又宽、又深、流得又快的河。小姜饼人不得不停下来。
The fox saw the old woman and the old man,the cow,the horse and the haymakers all chasing the gingerbread man so he said,
狐狸看到大家都在追赶小姜饼人，于是他说道：
"Jump on my back,and I'll take you across the river!"The gingerbread man jumped on the fox's back and the fox began to swim.
“跳到我的背上来，我带你过河。”
小姜饼人跳上狐狸的脊背，狐狸开始游泳。
As they reached the middle of the river,where the water was deep,the fox said,
当他们游到河的中间时，在河水很深的地方，狐狸说道：
"Can you stand on my head,Gingerbread Man,or you will get wet."So the gingerbread man pulled himself up and stood on the fox's head.
“你能站在我的头上吗。小姜饼人。要不然你会湿的。”
于是小姜饼人爬到狐狸的头顶。
As the current flowed more swiftly,the fox said,
水流更急了，狐狸说道：
"Can you move on to my nose,Gingerbread Man,so that I can carry you more safely?I would not like you to drown."The gingerbread man slid on to the fox's nose.But when they reached the bank of the river,the fox suddenly went snap!The gingerbread man disappeared into the fox's mouth,and was never seen again.
“你能挪到我的鼻子上来吗？小姜饼人，那样我能更加安全地驮着你？我可不想让你淹死。”
小姜饼人滑到狐狸的鼻子上，但是当他们游到河对岸时，狐狸突然咬了他一口。小姜饼人消失在狐狸的嘴里，就再也看不到他了。