Not the gingerbread man –he’s obviously looking for the muffin man. Also next, he will find the butcher and the candlestick maker, then turn them out as they are knaves, all three.
Maybe they’re brothers! The Muffin Man, the Butcher and the Candlestick maker: The Brothers Three! (Also probably the three little pigs who have been given jobs in order to teach them a lesson of some sort)