Once a time 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... 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 is giving a Festival. [BAKER & than 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 More 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 milk or cheese... I wish... & WIFE] I wish we might a child. I wish... You wish to go to the The poor girl's 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 lived her stepmother The Festival...HA! who had two of her own. Look at nails! Look at dress! People would laugh at Nevertheless, I still want to go to the 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 lad had no father and his mother- MOTHER] I wish... Well, she was at her wit's [JACK'S I wish my son 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 the house?
I thought if he got and warm, he produce some milk.
[JACK'S a she... How many times do I have to you, only can give milk? And then was a hungry little girl who always a red cape. [LITTLE RED HOOD] I wish... not for me, It's for my in the woods. A of bread, please- To bring my poor old in the woods... Just a of bread, please... Cinderella, if you can pick up lentils, and your chores in time, you may go to the ball with us. Come ladies...
Yes, Mother. luck. Come, birds, from 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. must be taken to market. But, mother, no- he's the cow in the world- [JACK'S She has dry for weeks now, with no or money, got no choice but to sell her. at her.
But, Milky-White's my friend
[JACK'S at her... There are on her dugs. are flies in her eyes. There's a on her rump Big enough to be a [JACK'S no time to sit and dither, While her wither's with her- And no one a cow for a friend! Sometimes I wonder what's goin' on in that of yours. RED RIDING HOOD] the woods, It's to go, I to leave, I to go. Into the time, and so I must my journey. Into the And the trees To I am ma'am, Into the To house- Into the To Grandmother's [BAKER'S Now you're certain of your [LITTLE RED RIDING The way is clear, The is good, I no fear, Nor no one should. The woods are trees, The trees are wood. I of hate to ask it, But do you have a
WIFE] Yes, we do. I don't you're planning on buying any of these- [BAKER'S Oh, shhhhh... Now, don't stray and be late,
You might save some of sweets for Granny? Oh my- [BAKER'S 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 on the journey? the woods To some bread To who Is in bed. can tell What ahead. For all I know, already 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 always advice. So be nice, Cinderella, Good, Cinderella, Nice good nice- Tighter!
What's the good of being If is blind Always you behind? mind, Cinderella, Kind Nice nice kind good nice- OW- Not tight! Clod! Who might be? [BAKER'S We've sold our last of bread!
It's the from next-door. [BAKER'S We no bread...
I don't want bread...
Then is it you wish?
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 days time a will appear, Only then can the be, undone...
[BAKER'S What
The one I placed on house.
What are you talking
In the past, you were no more than a babe, Your brought his young wife and you to cottage. They were a couple, But not neighbors. You see... Your was with child, And she an unusual appetite. She my beautiful garden, And she told your father 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, my arugula and Ripping up the My champion! My favorite!- I should have laid a on him there, I could turned 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 the baby 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 never her, price to pay for what Else your stole from me. It me my youth, my beauty. My mother me, She punish me the curse of ugliness, If I ever any of them.
[BAKER'S Lost
The beans...
[BAKER &
The beans... I'd let him go, I know, he'd 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," They and screeched, But I did, And I hid her Where never be reached. And your cried, And mother died. for extra measure- I it was a pleasure- I said, "Sorry, I'm not mollified." And I a little spell on them- You, too, That your family Would be a barren one... How you do that?
And when mother died, father deserted you. Your father was no so why should you be?
So no more fuss And no more scenes And my garden You see my nectarines! But I'm telling you the I tell kings and Don't ever never Mess with my greens! the beans. Yeah, but why do we to go to the next 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 understand 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 than pounds.
MOTHER] Less five! five!
[JACK'S the woods, The is now, We to live, I don't how. the woods to sell the cow, You must the journey! to the woods and delay- We have to The marketplace. Into the woods to end- Into the woods to a friend- You wish to The reversed? I'll a certain first. Go to the and bring me back the cow as white as milk, Two: the as red as blood, the hair as yellow as corn, Four: the slipper as as gold. me these Before the Of midnight, In three time. Tis' then the moon reappears. Which comes but each hundred years. bring 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! Lentils are one but Darling, those, You'd make us the fools of the 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 take 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. WIFE] No, no, the is on our house. We lift the spell together, The is on our house! Now tell me what am I to with? [BAKER'S 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 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 grave at the tree, And her I just want to Go to the Festival... The as pure 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. Into the 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 Mother- MOM] 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 afraid There's something in the there... the woods, delay, But not To the way. the woods, Who knows may Be on the journey? Into the To get the That it worth 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 home before dark!