Once a time In a far-off There lay a village At the of the woods I wish... And in village More anything... lived a maiden, More life... More jewels... A young lad... I wish... More life... And a baker... & WIFE] I wish... his wife. More anything... than the moon... [BAKER'S I wish... The is giving a Festival. & WIFE] More life... I wish... I to go to the Festival. & WIFE] More riches... and the ball... I my cow would us some milk. [CINDERELLA & BAKER'S 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 or even cheese... I wish... [BAKER & I we might have a child. I wish... You wish to go to the The poor 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 [ALL The The King's And now she with her stepmother The Festival...HA! who had two of her own. Look at nails! Look at dress! People laugh at you- Nevertheless, I still to go to the Festival And before the Prince. [STEPMOTHER & Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha... All three beautiful of face, but vile and black of heart. The young lad had no father and his MOTHER] I wish... Well, she was at her wit's MOTHER] I my son were not a fool. I my house was not a mess. I wish the cow was of milk. I wish the walls full of gold- I a lot of things... What in name are you doing the cow inside the house?
I thought if he got and warm, he might produce milk.
MOTHER] a she... How many times do I to tell you, only can give milk? And then there was a hungry little 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 my poor old hungry in the woods... Just a of bread, please... Cinderella, if you can up these lentils, and finish your in time, you may go to the ball with us. Come ladies...
Yes, Mother. luck. Come, birds, Down the eaves 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 be taken to market. But, mother, no- the best cow in the world- [JACK'S She has dry for weeks now, no food or money, we've got no choice but to her. at her.
But, Milky-White's my best
MOTHER] at her... There are on her dugs. are flies in her eyes. There's a lump on her Big enough to be a [JACK'S We've no to sit and dither, While her wither's with her- And no one a cow for a friend! Sometimes I wonder goin' on in that head of yours. RED RIDING HOOD] the woods, It's to go, I to leave, I to go. the woods- time, and so I begin my journey. Into the And through the To I am ma'am, Into the To house- Into the To house- WIFE] Now you're certain of way? [LITTLE RED RIDING The way is clear, The is good, I no fear, Nor no one should. The woods are trees, The are just wood. I sort of to ask it, But do you have a
[BAKER'S Yes, we do. I suppose you're planning on buying any of these- WIFE] Oh, shhhhh... Now, don't and be late, alright?
You might save some of sweets for Granny? Oh my- WIFE] Just, it... a thief! [LITTLE RED HOOD] the woods And the dell, The is straight, I it well. the woods, And who can waiting on the journey? Into the To bring some To who Is in bed. Never can lies ahead. For all I know, already dead. But the woods, the woods, Into the To Grandmother's 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 that? Here, I a little tear, Cinderella. Can't you hide it a hat? You beautiful. I know. She me. No she didn't. Mother be good, said be nice, That was their advice. So be nice, Cinderella, Good, Cinderella, Nice good nice- Tighter!
What's the good of being If everyone is Always leaving you mind, Cinderella, Kind Nice good nice kind good OW- Not tight! Clod! Who might be? [BAKER'S We've sold our loaf of bread!
It's the from next-door. WIFE] We no bread...
I want your bread...
Then is it you wish?
It's not I wish, It's you wish. Nothing cooking in belly now is there? And will never be, Unless you do as I say. In three days a blue-moon will appear, then can the curse be, undone...
[BAKER'S curse?
The one I placed on house.
What are you talking
In the past, when you were no more a babe, Your father brought his wife and you to cottage. were a lovely couple, But not neighbors. You see... Your was with child, And she an unusual appetite. She my beautiful garden, And she your father that What she wanted than anything, In the world, was... Greens, greens, but greens: Parsley, peppers, and celery, and watercress and and lettuce-! He said, "All right," But it wasn't, quite, 'Cause I caught him in the In my one night! He was me, me, Rooting my rutabaga, my arugula and Ripping up the My champion! My favorite!- I have 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 the baby That wife will bear. And we'll it square." I had a No. But, you had a sister. Where is
mine now! And never find her, Small to pay for what your father stole from me. It me my youth, my beauty. My mother me, She punish me With the of ugliness, If I lost any of them.
[BAKER'S Lost
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, that's story, Never Anyway, at The big day came, And I my claim. "Oh, don't take the baby," shrieked and screeched, But I did, And I hid her Where never be reached. And father cried, And mother died. When for measure- I it was a pleasure- I said, "Sorry, I'm not mollified." And I laid a spell on them- You, too, That your family always be a barren one... How could you do
And when your died, Your father you. Your father was no father so why you be?
So there's no more And there's no more And my garden You see my nectarines! But I'm telling you the I kings and queens: Don't ever ever Mess with my greens! the beans. Yeah, but why do we to go to the next village?
[JACK'S Because, everyone in village, knows the cow given a drop of milk in weeks.
cheating!
[JACK'S starving, Jack! Don't you understand Now, you're not to accept less five pounds for her. Are you to me?
Yes.
[JACK'S How are you to ask?
No more five pounds.
MOTHER] Less five! five!
[JACK'S the woods, The is now, We to live, I don't how. the woods to sell the cow, You begin the journey! to the woods and don't We have to The marketplace. the woods to journey's end- Into the woods to a friend- You wish to The curse I'll need a first. Go to the and bring me back One: the cow as as milk, Two: the as red as blood, Three: the hair as as corn, Four: the slipper as as gold. Bring me the chime Of midnight, In day's time. Tis' the blue moon reappears. Which but once each hundred years. Just them and I guarantee, A child as 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 make us the of the Festival And the Prince! The Festival lasts nights. Surely, you could let me be for one of them. The King is to find his son a wife! Not a maid! We be gone! GO!
I
[BAKER'S These be the witch's beans! take them 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 lift the spell together, The is on our house! Now tell me what am I to return [BAKER'S Ugh, You don't The cow as as milk, The as red as blood, The as yellow as corn, The slipper as as gold- 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 at the willow tree, And her I just want to Go to the Festival... The as pure as gold... The cow, the cape, The slipper as as gold- [BAKER'S The hair-! [CINDERELLA & the woods, It's to go, It may be all In vain, know. Into the But so, I have to the journey. [CINDERELLA, BAKER & the woods, The is straight, You it well, But who can & WIFE] Into the woods to lift the Into the to visit Mother- [JACK'S Into the to sell the cow!
To get the money!
To go to the Festival!
[LITTLE RED HOOD] the woods to grandmother's 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 what may Be lurking on the the woods To get the makes it worth The journeying. into the & STEPSISTERS] To see the & MOTHER] To sell the [BAKER & To make the To To To To To To To go to the Festival-! the woods! the woods! the woods, out of the woods, And home before dark!