Once upon a In a far-off There lay a small At the of the woods I wish... And in village 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... [WIFE]More the moon... WIFE] I wish... The is giving a Festival. [BAKER & than life... I wish... I to go to the Festival. & WIFE] 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 you'd give us or even cheese... I wish... [BAKER & I wish we have 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 to go to the Festival? THREE] The The Festival? 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 want 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 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 were full of I a lot of things... What in heaven's are you doing with the cow inside the
I if he got nice and warm, he produce some milk.
[JACK'S a she... How times do I have to tell you, only shes can milk? And then there was a 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 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 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, through 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, no food or money, we've got no choice but to her. at her.
But, Milky-White's my best
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's wither with And no one a cow for a friend! Sometimes I wonder goin' on in that head of yours. [LITTLE RED HOOD] the woods, It's to go, I to leave, I to go. the woods- time, and so I must my journey. the woods And the trees To I am ma'am, Into the To house- the woods To house- WIFE] Now you're of your way? RED RIDING HOOD] The way is clear, The is good, I no fear, Nor no one should. The are just trees, The trees are wood. I of hate to ask it, But do you a basket?
WIFE] Yes, we do. I suppose you're planning on buying any of these- WIFE] Oh, shhhhh... Now, don't stray and be late,
You might save some of those sweets for Oh my- [BAKER'S 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 Into the 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 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 really wearing 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 good Tighter!
What's the of being good If everyone is Always leaving you mind, Cinderella, Kind Nice good kind good nice- OW- Not tight! Clod! Who that be? [BAKER'S sold our last loaf of bread!
It's the from next-door. WIFE] We no bread...
I want your bread...
Then what is it you
It's not I wish, what you wish. Nothing cooking in that belly now is And there never be, Unless you do as I say. In three days time a will appear, Only can the curse be, undone...
WIFE] What
The one I placed on house.
What are you talking
In the past, you were no more than 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 your father that What she wanted than 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 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 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 find her, Small to pay for what Else your father from me. It me my youth, my beauty. My warned me, She punish me With the of ugliness, If I ever 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," shrieked and screeched, But I did, And I hid her Where never be reached. And your cried, And mother died. When for measure- I admit it was a I said, "Sorry, I'm not mollified." And I laid a little on them- You, too, your family tree Would be a barren one... How you do that?
And your mother died, Your deserted you. father was no father so why should you be?
So no more fuss And there's no more And my garden You see my nectarines! But I'm telling you the I kings and queens: ever never ever Mess around my greens! the beans. Yeah, but why do we have to go to the village?
[JACK'S 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, you're not to accept than five pounds for her. Are you to me?
Yes.
[JACK'S How are you to ask?
No more five pounds.
[JACK'S Less five! five!
[JACK'S the woods, The is now, We to live, I care how. Into the to sell the cow, You must the journey! to the woods and delay- We have to The marketplace. Into the woods to journey's Into the to sell a friend- You wish to 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 slipper as as gold. me these Before the Of midnight, In day's time. Tis' then the moon reappears. Which comes but once each years. Just them and I guarantee, A child as 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 Festival lasts 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.
WIFE] 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 lift the together, The is on our house! Now tell me what am I to return [BAKER'S 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 as yellow as corn, The as pure as gold... I wish to go to the Festival, But how am I ever to get to the 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 tell her I want to Go to the Festival... The slipper as as gold... The cow, the cape, The as pure as gold- WIFE] 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 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 the woods to grandmother's house! The way is clear, The is good, I no fear, Nor no one should. The woods are 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 Into the To get the That it worth The journeying. the woods- [STEPMOTHER & To see the & MOTHER] To sell the [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 home before dark!