Once a time In a kingdom There lay a small At the edge of the I wish... And in village More anything... lived a maiden, More life... than jewels... A carefree lad... I wish... More life... And a baker... & WIFE] I wish... his wife. More anything... than the moon... [BAKER'S I wish... The King is a Festival. & WIFE] More life... I wish... I to go to the Festival. [BAKER & More riches... and the ball... I my cow would give us 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 give us some milk or cheese... I wish... [BAKER & I wish we might a child. I wish... You to go to the Festival? The girl's parents had died, You, Cinderella, the You wish to go to the What, you, Cinderella, the The Festival?! What, you to go to the Festival? [ALL 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 at you- Nevertheless, I still to go to the Festival And dance the Prince. & STEPSISTERS] Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha... All were 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 wish my son not a fool. I wish my was not a mess. I the cow was full of milk. I wish the were full of gold- I a lot of things... What in name are you doing with the cow inside the
I thought if he got and warm, he might some milk.
MOTHER] a she... How many times do I have to you, only shes can give And there was a hungry 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 with us. along ladies...
Yes, Mother. luck. Come, birds, from the eaves And the leaves, fields, Out of and ponds... Now, squeeze, pal... Ahhhhhhhhhh... Quick, birds, through 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 dry for weeks now, no food or money, we've got no choice but to her. at her.
But, my best friend
[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 no time to sit and dither, While her wither's wither her- And no one a cow for a friend! Sometimes I wonder what's on in that head of yours. [LITTLE RED HOOD] the woods, It's to go, I to leave, I to go. Into the time, and so I must my journey. Into the And through the To I am ma'am, Into the To Grandmother's the woods To house- [BAKER'S Now you're of your way? RED RIDING HOOD] The way is clear, The is good, I no fear, Nor no one should. The woods are trees, The trees are wood. I sort of to ask it, But do you have a
WIFE] Yes, we do. I don't suppose you're on buying any of these- [BAKER'S Oh, shhhhh... Now, don't stray and be late,
You might save of those sweets for Granny? Oh my- WIFE] Just, it... a thief! [LITTLE RED RIDING Into the 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. Never can What ahead. For all I know, She's 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 found a 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 always advice. So be nice, Cinderella, Good, Cinderella, Nice good nice- Tighter!
What's the good of good If everyone is leaving you behind? mind, Cinderella, Kind Nice good nice kind good OW- Not tight! Clod! Who might be? [BAKER'S sold our last loaf of bread!
It's the witch next-door. [BAKER'S We no bread...
I don't your bread...
Then is it you wish?
It's not I wish, what you wish. Nothing cooking in that belly now is And there never be, you do exactly as I say. In three days time a blue-moon appear, Only then can the be, undone...
[BAKER'S What
The one I on this house.
What are you talking
In the past, when you were no more 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 an unusual appetite. She my beautiful garden, And she told father that What she wanted than 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 up the rampion My champion! My favorite!- I should have laid a on him there, I could have 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 your wife bear. And we'll it square." I had a No. But, you had a sister. Where is
She's now! And you'll find her, Small price to pay for Else 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.
WIFE] 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, Never Anyway, at The big day came, And I my claim. "Oh, take away the baby," shrieked and screeched, But I did, And I hid her Where never be reached. And father cried, And your died. for extra measure- I it was a pleasure- I said, "Sorry, I'm not mollified." And I a little spell on them- You, too, That family tree always be a barren one... How could you do
And when your died, Your father you. father was no father 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 to go to the next village?
MOTHER] Because, everyone in village, knows the cow hasn't 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 than five pounds.
[JACK'S Less five! five!
[JACK'S the woods, The is now, We to live, I don't how. Into the woods to 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 a certain first. Go to the and bring me back 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 the chime Of midnight, In three time. Tis' then the moon reappears. Which comes but once hundred 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! are one thing but Darling, those, You'd make us the of the Festival And the Prince! The lasts three 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
WIFE] 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. I can lift the spell, The is on my house. [BAKER'S No, no, the is on our house. We must the spell together, The is on our house! Now tell me what am I to with? WIFE] Ugh, You don't The cow as as milk, The as red as blood, The hair as as corn, The slipper as pure as The cow as as milk, The as red as blood, The hair as as corn, The slipper as as gold... I wish 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 just 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, & WIFE] the woods, The is straight, You it well, But who can [BAKER & Into the woods to lift the Into the woods to Mother- [JACK'S the woods to sell the cow!
To get the money!
To go to the Festival!
[LITTLE RED RIDING Into the to grandmother's house! The way is clear, The is good, I no fear, Nor no one should. The are just trees, The trees are wood. No to be afraid there- There's something in the there... the woods, delay, But not To the way. the woods, Who knows may Be lurking on the the woods To get the That it worth The journeying. into the [STEPMOTHER & 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!