Once upon a In a kingdom lay a small village At the of the woods I wish... And in village More anything... lived a maiden, More life... than jewels... A carefree lad... I wish... More life... And a baker... [BAKER & I wish... his wife. More anything... [WIFE]More the moon... [BAKER'S I wish... The King is a Festival. & WIFE] More life... I wish... I to go to the Festival. [BAKER & than riches... and the ball... I my cow would give us milk. [CINDERELLA & WIFE] More anything... I we had a child. Please, WIFE] I a child... Squeeze, pal... I to go to the Festival. I wish you'd give us milk or cheese... I wish... & WIFE] I wish we have a child. I wish... You wish to go to the The girl's parents had died, You, Cinderella, the You to go to the Festival? What, you, Cinderella, the The Festival?! What, you wish to go to the THREE] The The Festival? And now she lived with her The Festival...HA! who had two of her own. Look at nails! Look at dress! People would laugh at Nevertheless, I still want to go to the And before the Prince. [STEPMOTHER & Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha... All three were of face, but vile and black of heart. The young lad had no father and his [JACK'S I wish... Well, she was at her end- MOTHER] I wish my son not a fool. I wish my was not a mess. I wish the cow was of milk. I wish the walls were of gold- I a lot of things... What in heaven's are you doing with the cow the house?
I thought if he got and warm, he produce some milk.
[JACK'S a she... How many times do I to tell you, only shes can milk? And then there was a little girl who always a red cape. [LITTLE RED RIDING I wish... not for me, It's for my in the woods. A loaf of bread, To bring my poor old in the woods... Just a of bread, please... Cinderella, if you can pick up lentils, and finish chores in time, then you may go to the with us. along ladies...
Yes, Mother. luck. Come, birds, Down from the And the leaves, fields, Out of and ponds... Now, squeeze, pal... Ahhhhhhhhhh... Quick, birds, Flick the ashes. and peck, but swiftly, Sift the ashes, the pot... [JACK'S Now to me well, son. Milky-White must be to market. But, mother, no- he's the cow in the world- MOTHER] She has dry for weeks now, with no or money, got no choice but to sell her. at her.
But, Milky-White's my best
[JACK'S at her... There are on her dugs. There are in her eyes. There's a on her rump Big enough to be a [JACK'S We've no to sit and dither, While her wither's wither with And no one a cow for a friend! Sometimes I wonder what's on in that head of yours. [LITTLE RED RIDING the woods, It's to go, I to leave, I to go. the woods- time, and so I begin my journey. the woods And through the To I am ma'am, Into the To Grandmother's Into the To house- WIFE] Now you're of your way? RED RIDING HOOD] The way is clear, The is good, I no fear, Nor no one should. The are just trees, The are just wood. I sort of to ask it, But do you a basket?
WIFE] Yes, we do. I don't you're planning on buying any of these- [BAKER'S Oh, shhhhh... Now, don't stray and be late,
You save some of those sweets for Granny? Oh my- [BAKER'S Just, it... a thief! [LITTLE RED HOOD] the woods And the dell, The is straight, I it well. the woods, And who can What's on the journey? the woods To some bread To who Is in bed. can tell What ahead. For all I know, She's dead. But the woods, the woods, Into the To house And home dark. Cinderella! Get up here!
Fly, birds, to the sky... waiting! Back to the And the And the And up and do my hair, Cinderella! Are you really wearing Here, I a little tear, Cinderella. Can't you hide it with a You beautiful. I know. She me. No she didn't. Mother be good, Father be nice, That was always advice. So be nice, Cinderella, Good, Cinderella, Nice good nice- Tighter!
What's the good of being If everyone is leaving you behind? mind, Cinderella, Kind Nice good nice kind nice- OW- Not tight! Clod! Who might be? WIFE] We've sold our loaf of bread!
It's the from next-door. [BAKER'S We no bread...
I don't your bread...
Then what is it you
It's not I wish, what you wish. Nothing cooking in that now is there? And will never be, Unless you do as I say. In days time a blue-moon will appear, then can the curse be, undone...
[BAKER'S What
The one I on this house.
What are you about?
In the past, you were no more than a babe, Your brought his young wife and you to cottage. were a lovely couple, But not neighbors. You see... mother was with child, And she an unusual appetite. She my beautiful garden, And she told your father What she wanted more anything, In the world, was... Greens, greens, nothing but Parsley, peppers, and celery, and watercress and and lettuce-! He said, "All right," But it wasn't, quite, 'Cause I him in the autumn In my one night! He was me, me, Rooting my rutabaga, my arugula and Ripping up the My champion! My favorite!- I should laid a spell on him there, I could turned him into stone Or a dog... Or a chair... But I let him have the I'd to spare. In return, however, I said, "Fair is You can let me have the your wife will bear. And we'll it square." I had a No. But, you had a sister. Where is
She's now! And you'll never her, Small to pay for what your father stole from me. It me my youth, my beauty. My warned me, She would me With the of ugliness, If I lost any of them.
[BAKER'S what?
The beans...
[BAKER &
The beans... I'd let him go, I know, stolen my beans. I was him crawl, over the wall-! bang! Crash! A flash! Well, another story, mind- Anyway, at The big day came, And I my claim. "Oh, don't away the baby," They and screeched, But I did, And I hid her Where she'll be reached. And your cried, And your died. When for extra I it was a pleasure- I said, "Sorry, I'm not mollified." And I laid a little on them- You, too, That family tree always be a barren one... How could you do
And your mother died, Your deserted you. Your father was no so why should you be?
So no more fuss And no more scenes And my thrives- You see my nectarines! But I'm you the same I tell kings and Don't ever never Mess around my greens! the beans. Yeah, but why do we have to go to the village?
[JACK'S Because, in this village, the cow hasn't given a drop of milk in weeks.
cheating!
[JACK'S starving, Jack! Don't you that? Now, you're not to less than five pounds for her. Are you to me?
Yes.
[JACK'S How much are you to
No more five pounds.
[JACK'S than five! five!
[JACK'S the woods, The is now, We to live, I care how. Into the woods to the cow, You begin the journey! Straight to the and delay- We to face The marketplace. Into the to journey's end- Into the woods to sell a You to have The curse I'll a certain first. Go to the woods and bring me the cow as white as milk, Two: the as red as blood, Three: the hair as as corn, the slipper as pure as gold. Bring me Before the Of midnight, In three time. Tis' then the moon reappears. Which comes but once each years. Just bring and I guarantee, A as perfect As can be. Go to the wood! Ladies, Our waits. Now may I go to the The Darling, nails! Darling, clothes! Lentils are one but Darling, those, You'd us the fools of the Festival And the Prince! The lasts three nights. Surely, you could let me be for one of them. The King is trying to his son a wife! Not a maid! We be gone! GO!
I
[BAKER'S These must be the beans! We'll take with us. We?
[BAKER'S Yes!
We? not coming, It's not out there.
[BAKER'S I can you!
No! I can do on my own. The is on my house. Only I can the spell, The is on my house. [BAKER'S No, no, the is on our house. We must lift the together, The is on our house! Now tell me what am I to return WIFE] Ugh, You don't The cow as as milk, The as red as blood, The as yellow as corn, The slipper as pure as The cow as as milk, The as red as blood, The as yellow as corn, The as pure as gold... I still to go to the Festival, But how am I to get to the Festival? The cow as as milk, The as red as blood, The hair as as corn- I know! I'll visit grave, The grave at the tree, And tell her I want to Go to the Festival... The slipper as as gold... The cow, the cape, The slipper as pure as [BAKER'S The hair-! [CINDERELLA & the woods, It's to go, It may be all In vain, know. the woods- But so, I have to the journey. [CINDERELLA, & WIFE] the woods, The is straight, You it well, But who can & WIFE] Into the woods to the spell- Into the to visit Mother- [JACK'S Into the to sell the cow!
To get the money!
To go to the Festival!
[LITTLE RED RIDING Into the woods to house! The way is clear, The is good, I no fear, Nor no one should. The are just trees, The are just wood. No need to be there- There's in the glade there... the woods, delay, But not To the way. the woods, Who knows may Be on the journey? the woods To get the makes it worth The journeying. into the & STEPSISTERS] To see the & MOTHER] To the cow- [BAKER & To the potion- To To To To To To To go to the Festival-! the woods! the woods! the woods, out of the woods, And before it's dark!