Once upon a In a kingdom 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... [WIFE]More the moon... WIFE] I wish... The is giving a Festival. & WIFE] More life... I wish... I to go to the Festival. [BAKER & More riches... and the ball... I my cow would us some milk. [CINDERELLA & WIFE] than anything... I we had a child. Please, WIFE] I a child... Squeeze, pal... I to go to the Festival. I wish you'd us some milk or cheese... I wish... [BAKER & I wish we have a child. I wish... You to go to the Festival? 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 King's And now she with her stepmother 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 beautiful of face, but vile and of heart. The young lad had no father and his MOTHER] I wish... Well, she was at her end- [JACK'S 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 full of I a lot of things... What in name are you doing with the cow the house?
I if he got nice and warm, he might produce milk.
[JACK'S a she... How times do I have to tell you, only can give milk? And then there was a little girl who wore a red cape. [LITTLE RED HOOD] I wish... not for me, It's for my in the woods. A loaf of bread, To bring my old hungry in the woods... Just a of bread, please... Cinderella, if you can up these lentils, and finish your in time, then you may go to the ball us. Come ladies...
Yes, Mother. luck. Come, birds, from 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. must be taken to market. But, mother, no- he's the cow in the world- [JACK'S She has been dry for now, no food or money, we've got no choice but to her. at her.
But, Milky-White's my best
[JACK'S at her... There are on her dugs. are flies in her eyes. There's a lump on her Big to be a hump- [JACK'S We've no to sit and dither, her wither's wither with her- 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 must my journey. the woods And the trees To I am ma'am, Into the To Grandmother's the woods To house- [BAKER'S Now certain 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 trees are wood. I sort of to ask it, But do you a basket?
[BAKER'S Yes, we do. I don't suppose you're planning on any of these- WIFE] Oh, shhhhh... Now, stray and be late, alright?
You might save some of those for Granny? Oh my- WIFE] Just, it... a thief! [LITTLE RED RIDING the woods And the dell, The is straight, I it well. the woods, And who can What's waiting on the the woods To bring some To who Is in bed. can tell What ahead. For all I know, already dead. But the woods, the woods, Into the To Grandmother's And before 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 it with a hat? You beautiful. I know. She me. No she didn't. Mother be good, said be nice, That was always advice. So be nice, Cinderella, Good, Cinderella, good good nice- Tighter!
What's the good of good If is blind Always leaving you mind, Cinderella, Kind good nice kind good nice- OW- Not tight! Clod! Who that be? [BAKER'S We've our last loaf of bread!
It's the from next-door. WIFE] We no bread...
I don't your bread...
Then is it you wish?
It's not I wish, It's you wish. cooking in that belly now is there? And will never be, you do exactly as I say. In three days time a will appear, Only then can the be, undone...
WIFE] What
The one I on this house.
What are you about?
In the past, you were no more than a babe, Your father his young wife and you to cottage. were a lovely couple, But not neighbors. You see... Your was with child, And she developed an appetite. She admired my garden, And she told your that 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 caught him in the In my one night! He was me, me, Rooting my rutabaga, Raiding my and Ripping up the My champion! My favorite!- I should have laid a on him there, I could have turned him into Or a dog... Or a chair... But I let him the rampion- I'd to spare. In return, however, I said, "Fair is You can let me have the That wife will bear. And we'll it square." I had a No. But, you had a sister. Where is
She's now! And never find her, price to pay for what Else your father stole me. It me my youth, my beauty. My mother me, She punish me With the of ugliness, If I ever any of them.
[BAKER'S Lost
The beans...
[BAKER &
The beans... I'd let him go, I know, he'd 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, take away the baby," They and screeched, But I did, And I hid her she'll never be reached. And father cried, And your died. When for extra I it was a pleasure- I said, "Sorry, I'm not mollified." And I a little spell on them- You, too, That your family Would be a barren one... How could you do
And your mother died, Your father you. Your father was no so why should you be?
So no more fuss And there's no scenes And my garden 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?
MOTHER] Because, in this village, knows the cow hasn't given a of milk in weeks.
cheating!
[JACK'S starving, Jack! Don't you understand Now, you're not to less than five pounds for her. Are you to me?
Yes.
[JACK'S How are you to ask?
No than five pounds.
MOTHER] Less five! five!
[JACK'S the woods, The is now, We to live, I care 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 reversed? I'll a certain first. Go to the woods and bring me One: the cow as as milk, Two: the as red as blood, the hair as yellow as corn, Four: the slipper as as gold. me these Before the Of midnight, In day's time. Tis' then the blue reappears. Which comes but once each years. bring 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 us the fools of the Festival And the Prince! The lasts three nights. Surely, you let me be there for one of them. The is trying to find 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. WIFE] No, no, the is on our house. We lift the spell together, The is on our house! Now me what am I to return with? [BAKER'S 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 ever to get to the The cow as as milk, The as red as blood, The as yellow as corn- I know! I'll Mother's grave, The at the willow 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 WIFE] The hair-! [CINDERELLA & the woods, It's to go, It may be all In vain, know. the woods- But so, I to take the journey. [CINDERELLA, BAKER & the woods, The is straight, You it well, But who can [BAKER & Into the woods to the spell- Into the woods to Mother- [JACK'S Into the woods to the cow!
To get the money!
To go to the Festival!
[LITTLE RED HOOD] Into the to grandmother's house! The way is clear, The is good, I no fear, Nor no one should. The woods are trees, The trees are wood. No need to be there- There's something in the there... the woods, delay, But not To the way. the woods, Who knows may Be on the journey? Into the To get the makes it worth The journeying. into the & STEPSISTERS] To see the [JACK & To the cow- & WIFE] 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!