Once a time In a kingdom lay a small village At the edge of the I wish... And in this More anything... lived a maiden, More life... More jewels... A carefree lad... I wish... More life... And a baker... [BAKER & I wish... his wife. More anything... [WIFE]More the moon... WIFE] I wish... The King is a Festival. [BAKER & than 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 than anything... I we had a child. Please, [BAKER'S 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 to go to the Festival? What, you, Cinderella, the The Festival?! What, you to go to the Festival? [ALL The The Festival? And now she with her stepmother 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 before the Prince. [STEPMOTHER & Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha... All three were beautiful of face, but and black of heart. The young lad had no father and his MOTHER] I wish... Well, she was at her end- MOTHER] I my son were not a fool. I wish my 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 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 can give milk? And then was a hungry little girl who wore 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 up these lentils, and your 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. must be taken to market. But, mother, no- he's the cow in the world- MOTHER] She has dry for weeks now, no food or money, we've got no but to sell her. at her.
But, Milky-White's my best
MOTHER] 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 her- And no one a cow for a friend! Sometimes I wonder what's goin' on in that of yours. [LITTLE RED 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 the trees To I am ma'am, Into the To house- the woods To Grandmother's [BAKER'S Now you're certain of your [LITTLE RED HOOD] The way is clear, The is good, I no fear, Nor no one should. The are just trees, The are just wood. I of hate to ask it, But do you a basket?
WIFE] Yes, we do. I don't suppose you're planning on buying any of [BAKER'S Oh, shhhhh... Now, stray and be late, alright?
You might save some of those sweets for Oh my- WIFE] Just, it... a thief! [LITTLE RED HOOD] 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 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 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, Father be nice, was always their advice. So be nice, Cinderella, Good, Cinderella, Nice good nice- Tighter!
What's the good of good If everyone is Always leaving you mind, Cinderella, Kind Nice good kind good nice- OW- Not tight! Clod! Who might be? WIFE] We've sold our loaf of bread!
It's the from next-door. WIFE] We no bread...
I don't want 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 a blue-moon will appear, Only then can the be, undone...
WIFE] What
The one I on this house.
What are you about?
In the past, when you were no than a babe, Your father brought his wife and you to cottage. were a lovely couple, But not neighbors. You see... Your mother was child, And she an unusual appetite. She my beautiful garden, And she your father 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 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 have laid a spell 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 have the 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 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.
WIFE] Lost
The beans...
[BAKER &
The beans... I'd let him go, I know, stolen my beans. I was him crawl, Back the wall-! bang! Crash! A flash! Well, that's 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 your cried, And mother died. When for extra I it was a pleasure- I said, "Sorry, I'm not mollified." And I laid a spell on them- You, too, That your family Would always be a one... How could you do
And when your died, Your deserted you. Your father was no father so why you be?
So there's no more And there's no more And my thrives- You see my nectarines! But I'm telling you the I kings and queens: Don't ever ever 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 given a of milk in weeks.
cheating!
[JACK'S starving, Jack! Don't you that? Now, not to accept less than five pounds for her. Are you to me?
Yes.
[JACK'S How are you to ask?
No more than pounds.
MOTHER] 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! Straight to the and delay- We have to The marketplace. Into the woods to journey's Into the woods to a friend- You to have The reversed? I'll need a first. Go to the woods and me back the cow as white as milk, Two: the as red as blood, Three: the hair as as corn, Four: the as pure as gold. Bring me Before the Of midnight, In three time. Tis' the blue moon reappears. Which comes but once hundred years. bring them 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 fools of the And the Prince! The lasts three nights. Surely, you let me be there for one of them. The King is trying to his son a wife! Not a maid! We be gone! GO!
I
[BAKER'S These be the witch's beans! We'll take them 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 the spell together, The is on our house! Now tell me what am I to return WIFE] Ugh, You remember? The cow as as milk, The as red as blood, The hair as as corn, The as pure 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 yellow as I know! I'll visit grave, The at the willow tree, And her I just want to Go to the Festival... The slipper as as gold... The cow, the cape, The as pure as gold- [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 woods to Mother- MOM] Into the 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 are just 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 lurking on the the woods To get the makes it worth The journeying. into the & STEPSISTERS] To see the [JACK & 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!