A Cautionary Tale

The Ice Cream Man
by: first grade

Once upon a time there was a Mom and a Dad and three teenagers who live together in a big house. One day the teenagers were bored and wanted a friend to play with. So, they made a man out of ice cream. They used vanilla ice cream for his head and stomach, chocolate chips for his mouth, nose, and eyes, strawberries for his buttons, and popsicle sticks for his arms and legs. They put a cone on his head and chocolate chip cookies on his feet. Then, the teenagers put him in the freezer and waited.

When they opened the freezer door, up jumped the Ice Cream Man, and out the door he ran! The teenagers chased the Ice Cream Man, and he said, “Run, run, fast as you can. You won’t catch me. I’m the Ice Cream Man.”

The Ice Cream Man met a bear in the woods. He said to the bear, “Run, run, fast as you can. You won’t catch me. I’m the Ice Cream Man.” The bear was surprised to see an ice cream run through the woods, so he joined the teenagers in the chase.

The Ice Cream Man ran by a farm and met a horse. He said to the horse, “Run, run, fast as you can. You won’t catch me. I’m the Ice Cream Man.” The horse was surprised to see an ice cream run by a farm, so he joined the bear and the teenagers in the chase.

The Ice Cream Man ran by a carrot field and met a bunny rabbit. He said to the bunny rabbit, “Run, run, fast as you can. You won’t catch me. I’m the Ice Cream Man.” The bunny rabbit was surprised to see an ice cream run through a carrot field, so he joined the horse, the bear and the teenagers in the chase.

The Ice Cream Man ran all the way to a frozen river. At the river, he met two sly, sneaky foxes. The Ice Cream Man didn’t know how to cross the river. The sneaky foxes gave him some ice skates. Then those foxes went and hid under a big hole in the icy river. The Ice Cream Man started skating across the river and he skated right into the hole! The foxes grabbed that Ice Cream Man, pulled him apart, and ate him up. And that was the end of the Ice Cream Man.

a grim reminder of the dangers of sly foxes wielding ice skates