Once upon a In a kingdom There lay a small At the of the woods I wish... And in this More anything... lived a maiden, More life... than jewels... A young lad... I wish... More life... And a baker... [BAKER & I wish... his wife. More anything... than the moon... [BAKER'S I wish... The King is a Festival. [BAKER & than life... I wish... I to go to the Festival. [BAKER & than riches... and the ball... I wish my cow give us milk. [CINDERELLA & WIFE] than anything... I we had a child. Please, [BAKER'S I a child... Squeeze, pal... I to go to the Festival. I you'd give us some or even cheese... I wish... [BAKER & I we might have a child. I wish... You to go to the Festival? The poor 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? 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 want to go to the Festival And dance 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 and his mother- MOTHER] I wish... Well, she was at her end- MOTHER] I wish my son not a fool. I my house 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 heaven's name are you with the cow inside the
I if he got nice and warm, he produce some milk.
MOTHER] 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 of bread, please- To bring my old hungry in the woods... Just a of bread, please... Cinderella, if you can pick up lentils, and finish 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. 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. There are in her eyes. There's a lump on her 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 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 through the To I am ma'am, Into the To house- Into the To house- WIFE] Now you're certain of your RED RIDING 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?
[BAKER'S Yes, we do. I don't suppose planning on buying any of these- [BAKER'S 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 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. Never can lies ahead. For all I know, already dead. But the woods, the woods, Into the To house 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 hide it a hat? You beautiful. I know. She me. No she didn't. Mother be good, Father be nice, That was their advice. So be nice, Cinderella, Good, Cinderella, Nice good good Tighter!
What's the of being good If is blind Always you behind? mind, Cinderella, Kind Nice good nice kind nice- OW- Not tight! Clod! Who might be? WIFE] We've sold our last of bread!
It's the witch next-door. [BAKER'S We no bread...
I want your bread...
Then what is it you
It's not I wish, It's you wish. Nothing in that belly now is there? And there will be, Unless you do as I say. In three days time a will appear, Only then can the be, undone...
WIFE] What
The one I placed on house.
What are you talking
In the past, when you were no more a babe, Your father brought his young and you to cottage. They were a couple, But not neighbors. You see... Your mother was child, And she developed an appetite. She admired my garden, And she told your that What she more than anything, In the world, was... Greens, greens, but greens: Parsley, peppers, and celery, Asparagus and 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 laid a spell on him there, I could have him into stone 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 your will 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, price to pay for what Else your father from me. It me my youth, my beauty. My warned me, She would me the curse of ugliness, If I ever 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, that's 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 Where she'll be reached. And father cried, And mother died. for extra measure- I admit it was a I said, "Sorry, I'm not mollified." And I a little spell on them- You, too, That your family always be a barren one... How could you do
And your mother died, father deserted you. Your father was no so why should you be?
So there's no more And there's no scenes And my garden You see my nectarines! But I'm telling you the I tell and queens: Don't ever never Mess with my greens! the beans. Yeah, but why do we have to go to the next
[JACK'S Because, everyone in village, knows the cow given a drop 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 much are you to
No than five 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! to the woods and don't We have to 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 One: the cow as as milk, Two: the as red as blood, Three: the as yellow as corn, the slipper as pure as gold. Bring me the chime Of midnight, In day's time. then the blue 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 Festival three nights. Surely, you let me be there 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! We'll 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. 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 as gold- The cow as as milk, The as red as blood, The hair as as corn, The slipper as 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 as yellow as corn- I know! I'll visit 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 as gold- 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 to visit Mother- [JACK'S Into the woods to 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 something in the there... the woods, delay, But not To the way. the woods, Who what may Be lurking on the Into the To get the That it worth The journeying. the woods- [STEPMOTHER & To see the & MOTHER] To the cow- [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!