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The Gingerbread Man
Peberkagemanden (også kendt som peberkagedrengen) er en folkeeventyr om en peberkagemand, der flygter fra forskellige forfølgere og til sidst dør i en rævs gab. "The Gingerbread Boy" blev første gang trykt i maj-nummeret af St. Nicholas Magazine i 1875 i en kumulativ fortælling, der ligesom "Den lille røde høne" er afhængig af gentagne scener med et stadigt voksende antal personer for at opnå sin virkning. Ifølge fortælleren af fortællingen: "En pige fra Maine fortalte den til mine børn. Den interesserede dem så meget, at jeg mente, at den var værd at bevare. Jeg spurgte, hvor hun havde fundet den, og hun sagde, at en gammel dame havde fortalt den til hende i sin barndom."
The Gingerbread Man (also known as The Gingerbread Boy) is a folktale about a gingerbread man's escape from various pursuers and his eventual demise between the jaws of a fox. "The Gingerbread Boy "first appeared in print in the May, 1875, issue of St. Nicholas Magazine in a cumulative tale which, like "The Little Red Hen", depends on repetitious scenes featuring an ever-growing cast of characters for its effect. According to the reteller of the tale, "A girl from Maine told it to my children. It interested them so much that I thought it worth preserving. I asked where she found it and she said an old lady told it to her in her childhood."
The Gingerbread Man