Once upon a In a kingdom lay a small village At the edge of the 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, WIFE] I a child... Squeeze, pal... I to go to the Festival. I wish give us some or even 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 to go to the Festival? [ALL The The King's And now she lived with her The Festival...HA! who had two of her own. Look at nails! Look at dress! People would 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 beautiful of face, but and black of heart. The lad had no father and his mother- [JACK'S I wish... Well, she was at her wit's MOTHER] I wish my son not a fool. I wish my was not a mess. I the cow was full of milk. I the walls were full 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 might some milk.
MOTHER] a she... How many times do I have to you, only shes can milk? And there 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 old hungry in the woods... Just a of bread, please... Cinderella, if you can pick up lentils, and your chores in time, then you may go to the ball 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 best cow in the [JACK'S She has been dry for now, with no or money, got no choice 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 to be a hump- [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 that of yours. [LITTLE RED HOOD] the woods, It's to go, I to leave, I to go. the woods- time, and so I begin my journey. the woods And the trees To I am ma'am, Into the To house- Into the To Grandmother's WIFE] Now certain of your way? [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 a basket?
WIFE] Yes, we do. I don't you're planning on buying any of these- WIFE] Oh, shhhhh... Now, stray and be late, alright?
You might some of those 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 waiting on the journey? Into the To bring bread To who Is in bed. Never can 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 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 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 good nice kind good nice- OW- Not tight! Clod! Who that be? [BAKER'S We've sold our last of bread!
It's the from 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 will never be, Unless you do as I say. In three days time a blue-moon appear, Only then can the be, undone...
[BAKER'S curse?
The one I on this house.
What are you about?
In the past, you were no more than a babe, Your father brought his wife and you to cottage. They a lovely couple, But not neighbors. You see... mother was with child, And she an unusual appetite. She admired my garden, And she told your that What she wanted more 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 Ripping up the My champion! My favorite!- I have laid a spell 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 your wife bear. And call it square." I had a No. But, you had a sister. Where is
She's now! And never find her, Small to pay for what Else father 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 what?
The beans...
[BAKER &
The beans... I'd let him go, I know, stolen my beans. I was him crawl, over 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 she'll 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 tree always be a barren one... How you do that?
And when your died, Your deserted you. Your father was no father so why you be?
So there's no fuss And there's no scenes And my garden You see my nectarines! But I'm you the same I tell kings and Don't ever ever Mess with my greens! the beans. Yeah, but why do we have to go to the village?
[JACK'S Because, in this village, knows the cow given a drop of milk in weeks.
cheating!
[JACK'S starving, Jack! Don't you understand Now, you're not to accept less five pounds for her. Are you to me?
Yes.
[JACK'S How much are you to
No more than pounds.
[JACK'S Less five! five!
[JACK'S the woods, The is now, We to live, I care how. Into the woods to the cow, You begin the journey! to the woods and delay- We to face The marketplace. the woods to journey's end- Into the woods to a friend- You to have The reversed? I'll a certain first. Go to the woods and bring me the cow as white as milk, Two: the as red as blood, the hair as yellow as corn, Four: the slipper as as gold. Bring me Before the Of midnight, In three time. then the blue moon reappears. Which comes but once each years. bring 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 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 must be the 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. 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 tell me what am I to with? [BAKER'S Ugh, You remember? The cow as as milk, The as red as blood, The hair as as corn, The slipper as 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 ever to get to the The cow as as milk, The as red as blood, The as yellow as corn- I know! I'll Mother's grave, The at the willow tree, And tell her I just to Go to the Festival... The as pure 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 to take the journey. [CINDERELLA, BAKER & the woods, The is straight, You it well, But who can [BAKER & the woods to lift 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] Into the woods to house! The way is clear, The is good, I no fear, Nor no one should. The woods are trees, The are just 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 the woods 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 it's dark!