Once a time In a kingdom There lay a village 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. & WIFE] More riches... and the ball... I wish my cow us some 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 you'd give us some milk or cheese... I wish... [BAKER & I wish we might a child. I wish... You wish to go to the The poor parents had died, You, Cinderella, the You wish to go to the What, you, Cinderella, the The Festival?! What, you wish to go to the [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 laugh 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 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 [JACK'S I my son were not a fool. I my house was not a mess. I wish the cow was of milk. I wish the walls were of gold- I a lot of things... What in heaven's are you doing with the cow the house?
I thought if he got and warm, he produce some milk.
MOTHER] a she... How many do I have to tell you, only shes can milk? And then there was a hungry little who wore a red cape. [LITTLE RED HOOD] I wish... not for me, It's for my in the woods. A of bread, please- To my poor old hungry in the woods... Just a of bread, please... Cinderella, if you can pick up lentils, and finish your in time, then you may go to the ball us. Come ladies...
Yes, Mother. luck. Come, birds, Down 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. Milky-White be taken to market. But, mother, no- the best cow in the world- [JACK'S She has been dry for now, no food or money, we've got no but to sell her. at her.
But, Milky-White's my friend
MOTHER] at her... There are on her dugs. are flies 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! I wonder what's goin' 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 begin my journey. Into the And through the To I am ma'am, Into the To Grandmother's the woods To house- WIFE] Now you're certain of way? RED RIDING HOOD] The way is clear, The is good, I no fear, Nor no one should. The woods are trees, The are just wood. I of hate to ask it, But do you have a
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 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 bring some To who Is in bed. can tell What ahead. For all I know, She's dead. But the woods, the woods, Into the To Grandmother's 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 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 of being good If everyone is Always you behind? mind, Cinderella, Kind Nice nice kind good nice- OW- Not tight! Clod! Who that be? WIFE] We've our last loaf of bread!
It's the from next-door. [BAKER'S We no bread...
I don't your bread...
Then what is it you
It's not I wish, It's you wish. Nothing cooking in that now is there? And will never be, you do exactly as I say. In three days time a will appear, Only can the curse be, undone...
[BAKER'S curse?
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 a lovely couple, But not neighbors. You see... mother was with child, And she an unusual appetite. She my beautiful garden, And she told your father What she wanted 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 him in the autumn In my one night! He was me, me, Rooting my rutabaga, Raiding my and Ripping up the My champion! My favorite!- I should laid a spell on him there, I could have turned him 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 the baby That your will bear. And call 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 father stole from me. It me my youth, my beauty. My warned me, She punish me the curse of ugliness, If I ever any of them.
[BAKER'S what?
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, don't 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 admit it was a I said, "Sorry, I'm not mollified." And I laid a little spell on You, too, That your tree Would be a barren one... How you do that?
And your mother died, father deserted you. Your father was no father so why you be?
So there's no more And there's no scenes And my thrives- You see my nectarines! But I'm you the same I tell kings and Don't ever never Mess with my greens! the beans. Yeah, but why do we have to go to the village?
MOTHER] Because, in this village, the cow hasn't given a drop of milk in weeks.
cheating!
[JACK'S starving, Jack! Don't you that? Now, you're not to accept 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. Into the woods to the cow, You must the journey! Straight to the and delay- We to face The marketplace. Into the woods to end- Into the woods to sell a You wish to The reversed? I'll a certain first. Go to the woods and me back One: the cow as as milk, Two: the as red as blood, the hair as yellow as corn, Four: the as pure as gold. Bring me Before the Of midnight, In three time. Tis' then the moon reappears. Which but once each hundred years. Just 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 us the fools of the Festival And the Prince! The lasts 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 must be the 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. WIFE] No, no, the is on our house. We must the spell together, The is on our house! Now me what am I to return with? WIFE] Ugh, You remember? The cow as as milk, The as red as blood, The as yellow as corn, The as pure as gold- The cow as as milk, The as red as blood, The hair as 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 yellow as I know! I'll Mother's grave, The grave at the tree, And her I just want to Go to the Festival... The as pure as gold... The cow, the cape, The slipper as pure as [BAKER'S The hair-! & BAKER] the woods, It's to go, It may be all In vain, know. Into the But so, I have to the journey. [CINDERELLA, & WIFE] the woods, The is straight, You it well, But who can [BAKER & Into the to lift the spell- Into the woods to Mother- [JACK'S the woods to sell 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 makes it The journeying. the woods- [STEPMOTHER & To see the & MOTHER] 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!