Fill the gaps with the correct tenses.

1. The little gingerbread boy (run) on and on and after a while he (pass) a cow.
2. The cow (say) , »Hello, little gingerbread boy. You (look) delicious. Please stop, I (want / eat) you.«
3. But the gingerbread boy just (laugh) , »I (run) away from the little old man and the little old woman. So just (run) as fast as you (can) . You (catch/not) me. I (be) the gingerbread man.«
4. And the cow (can/not) catch him.
5. The little gingerbread boy (run) on and on and after a while he (come) to a horse.
6. The horse (tell) the gingerbread boy, »Please stop, you (look) very good to (eat) .«
7. But the gingerbread boy just (laugh) , »I (run) away from the little old man, the little old woman and the cow. And I (run) away from you! So just (run) as fast as you (can) . You (catch/not) me. I (be) the gingerbread man.«
8. And the horse (can/not) catch him.

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