Can not catch me

in This Frosty Spoof Of The Tale Of The Gingerbread Boy, A Mother Makes Her Thirsty Boy An Ice Cube For His Lemonade. The Ice Cube Escapes From The Freezer And Runs Out The Kitchen Door. He Has Big Plans—he Wants To Grow As Big As An Iceberg So He Can Bump Into Boats. “can’t Catch Me—i’m Off To The Sea,” The Ice Cube Says To The Boy, An Ant, A Mouse, A Cat, A Goose, A Man, And A Dog As He Leads His Pursuers On A Merry Chase To The Sea. In The End, The Ice Cube Finds That Just Desserts Are Not Always Sweet. And A Thirsty Boy Discovers That Mothers Really Do Know Best. children's Literature when A Little Boy Ignores His Mother's Warning To Not Open The Freezer Door, An Ice Cube Jumps Out Of The Refrigerator And Takes Off On An Adventure Similar To That Of The Gingerbread Man. The Chase Begins As The Boy Follows The Jolly Ice Cube Toward The Sea, Where It Plans To Grow As Big As An Iceberg And Bump Into Boats When They Are Not Looking. Passing An Ant, A Mouse, A Cat, A Goose, A Popsicle Man, And A Dog, They All Move On To The Sea, Where The Cube Dives In. As He Backstrokes To The Bay, Dreaming Of Growing Into An Iceberg, He Swims Past A Tricky Whale Who, When He Hears Where The Ice Cube Is Headed, Tells The Ice Cube That His Stomach Is Full Of Boats. Let Me At 'em, The Cube Says. This Is A Clever Retelling Of An Old Tale That Will Delight Children With The Absurdity Of An Ice Cube Running Away To The Ocean. The Illustrations Add To The Fun Of The Tale And At The End The Readers Realize That The Boy Has Forgotten To Close The Freezer Door, Creating An Even Bigger Problem. In this version of "The Gingerbread Man, " an ice cube runs away to sea hoping to grow as big as an iceberg and bump into boats.