Once upon a In a far-off 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... & 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 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... & WIFE] I we might have a child. I wish... You to go to the Festival? The poor 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 King's And now she lived her stepmother The Festival...HA! who had two of her own. Look at nails! Look at dress! People would at you- Nevertheless, I want to go to the Festival And before the Prince. & STEPSISTERS] Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha... All three were of face, but vile and black of heart. The lad had no father and his mother- [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 the cow was full of milk. I wish the walls were full of I a lot of things... What in name are you doing the cow inside the house?
I thought if he got and warm, he produce some milk.
MOTHER] a she... How times do I have to tell you, shes can give milk? And then there was a hungry 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 old hungry in the woods... Just a of bread, please... Cinderella, if you can up these lentils, and your chores in time, you may go to the ball with us. Come 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 best cow in the [JACK'S She has dry for weeks now, with no 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. a lump on her rump Big enough to be a [JACK'S no time to sit and dither, While her wither with her- And no one a cow for a friend! Sometimes I wonder what's goin' on in that of yours. [LITTLE RED RIDING the woods, It's to go, I to leave, I to go. Into the time, and so I begin my journey. Into the And the trees To I am ma'am, Into the To house- Into the To house- [BAKER'S Now you're certain of way? [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 sort of to ask it, But do you a basket?
WIFE] Yes, we do. I suppose you're planning on buying any of these- [BAKER'S Oh, shhhhh... Now, stray 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 What's waiting on the 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 wearing 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 their advice. So be nice, Cinderella, Good, Cinderella, Nice good nice- Tighter!
What's the of being good If everyone is Always you behind? mind, Cinderella, Kind good nice kind good nice- OW- Not tight! Clod! Who that be? WIFE] We've sold our last of bread!
It's the from next-door. [BAKER'S We no bread...
I want your bread...
Then what is it you
It's not I wish, what you wish. Nothing cooking in belly now is there? And there will be, you do exactly as I say. In three time a blue-moon will appear, Only can the curse be, undone...
WIFE] What
The one I placed on house.
What are you talking
In the past, when you were no than a babe, father brought his young wife and you to cottage. were a lovely couple, But not neighbors. You see... mother was with child, And she developed an 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, Asparagus and 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 have a spell 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 you'll never her, Small price to pay for your father stole from me. It me my youth, my beauty. My mother me, She punish me the curse 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, 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 mother died. When for extra I admit it was a I said, "Sorry, I'm not mollified." And I laid a spell on them- You, too, That family tree Would 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 there's no fuss And there's no scenes And my garden You see my nectarines! But I'm you the same 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, 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 accept less than five 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 to sell the cow, You must the journey! Straight to the and don't We to face The marketplace. Into the woods to end- Into the woods to sell a 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. me these Before the Of midnight, In day's time. Tis' the blue moon reappears. Which comes but each 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, make us the fools of the Festival And the Prince! The Festival 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 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 return [BAKER'S Ugh, You remember? 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 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 at the willow tree, And tell her I want to Go to the Festival... The as pure as gold... The cow, the cape, The slipper as as gold- [BAKER'S The hair-! & BAKER] 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 & WIFE] Into the woods to lift the Into the woods to visit [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 are just wood. No need to be afraid There's something in the there... the woods, delay, But not To the way. the woods, Who knows may Be lurking on the Into the To get the That it worth The journeying. the woods- [STEPMOTHER & To see the & MOTHER] To sell the & WIFE] 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 before it's dark!