Once upon a In a far-off There lay a small At the edge of the 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 & More life... I wish... I to go to the Festival. [BAKER & than riches... and the ball... I my cow would us some milk. [CINDERELLA & BAKER'S than anything... I we had a child. Please, WIFE] I a child... Squeeze, pal... I to go to the Festival. I wish give us some milk or cheese... I wish... [BAKER & I we might 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 wish to go to the [ALL 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 laugh at you- Nevertheless, I still want to go to the And dance the Prince. [STEPMOTHER & 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- [JACK'S 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... in heaven's name are you doing with the cow inside the
I if he got nice and warm, he might 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. RED RIDING 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 up these lentils, and your chores in time, then you may go to the ball us. along 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 be taken to market. But, mother, no- the best cow in the world- MOTHER] She has been dry for now, with no or money, got no choice but to sell her. at her.
But, Milky-White's my best
[JACK'S 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's wither with And no one a cow for a friend! Sometimes I 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 must my journey. Into the And the trees To I am ma'am, Into the To house- Into the To house- [BAKER'S Now certain of your way? [LITTLE RED HOOD] The way is clear, The is good, I no fear, Nor no one should. The are just trees, The trees are wood. I sort of to ask it, But do you have a
[BAKER'S 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 of those sweets for Granny? Oh my- WIFE] Just, it... a thief! [LITTLE RED RIDING Into the And the dell, The is straight, I it well. the woods, And who can waiting on the journey? Into the To bring some To who Is in bed. Never can What 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 found a tear, Cinderella. Can't you hide it with a 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 good Tighter!
What's the good of 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 loaf of bread!
It's the witch next-door. [BAKER'S We no bread...
I don't your 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, Unless you do as I say. In three time a blue-moon will appear, then can the curse be, undone...
[BAKER'S curse?
The one I placed on house.
What are you about?
In the past, when you were no than a babe, father brought his young wife and you to cottage. They were a couple, But not neighbors. You see... Your mother was child, And she developed an appetite. She my beautiful garden, And she told your father she wanted more than anything, In the world, was... Greens, greens, but greens: Parsley, peppers, and celery, and watercress 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 laid a on him there, I could have turned him into 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 call 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 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.
WIFE] 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, another 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 family tree Would always be a one... How could you do
And your mother died, Your father 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 around with my greens! the beans. Yeah, but why do we have to go to the village?
MOTHER] Because, in this village, knows the cow hasn't 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. the woods to sell the cow, You must the journey! Straight to the and delay- We have to The marketplace. Into the to journey's end- Into the to sell a friend- You wish to The curse 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 hair as as corn, Four: the as pure as gold. me these Before the Of midnight, In three time. Tis' then the moon reappears. Which comes but once 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! are one thing but Darling, those, You'd make us the of the Festival And the Prince! The lasts three nights. Surely, you let me be there for one of them. The is trying to find his son a wife! Not a maid! We be gone! GO!
I
[BAKER'S These must be the beans! take 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. Only I can the spell, The is on my house. WIFE] No, no, the is on our house. We must lift the together, The is on our house! Now tell me what am I to with? WIFE] 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 still 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 as yellow as corn- I know! I'll visit grave, The at the willow tree, And tell her I just to Go to the Festival... The slipper as as gold... The cow, the cape, The as pure 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 have to the journey. [CINDERELLA, & WIFE] the woods, The is straight, You it well, But who can & WIFE] Into the woods to the spell- Into the woods to 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 trees are wood. No need to be there- There's in the glade there... the woods, delay, But not To the way. the woods, Who what may Be on the journey? Into the To get the makes it worth The journeying. into the [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!