Once a time In a kingdom There lay a village At the of the woods I wish... And in this 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... [WIFE]More the moon... WIFE] I wish... The is giving a Festival. & WIFE] More life... I wish... I to go to the Festival. & WIFE] More riches... and the ball... I wish my cow 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 you'd us some milk or cheese... I wish... & WIFE] I we might have a child. I wish... You to go to the Festival? The girl's 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 would laugh at Nevertheless, I still to go to the Festival 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 young lad had no father and his [JACK'S I wish... Well, she was at her end- [JACK'S I wish my son 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 name are you doing with the cow the house?
I if he got nice and warm, he might some milk.
[JACK'S a she... How many times do I to tell you, shes can give milk? And then there was a hungry girl who always 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 up these lentils, and finish your 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. 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, we've got no choice but to her. at her.
But, Milky-White's my friend
MOTHER] at her... There are on her dugs. There are in her eyes. There's a on her rump Big enough to be a [JACK'S We've no to sit and dither, While her wither's with her- And no one a cow for a friend! Sometimes I wonder goin' on in that head 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 through the To I am ma'am, Into the To house- Into the 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 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 suppose you're planning on buying any of [BAKER'S Oh, shhhhh... Now, stray and be late, alright?
You might save some of sweets 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 Into the To bring some To who Is in bed. can tell What ahead. For all I know, already dead. But the woods, the woods, Into the To Grandmother's 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 wearing that? Here, I found a tear, Cinderella. you hide it with a hat? You beautiful. I know. She me. No she didn't. Mother be good, Father be nice, was always their advice. So be nice, Cinderella, Good, Cinderella, Nice good good Tighter!
What's the of being good If is blind leaving you behind? mind, Cinderella, Kind Nice good kind good nice- OW- Not tight! Clod! Who might be? [BAKER'S sold our last loaf of bread!
It's the from next-door. [BAKER'S We no bread...
I don't your bread...
Then is it you wish?
It's not I wish, It's you wish. Nothing cooking in that now is there? And there will be, you do exactly as I say. In three days a blue-moon will appear, Only then can the be, undone...
WIFE] What
The one I on this house.
What are you talking
In the past, when you were no than a babe, Your father brought his wife and you to cottage. They a lovely couple, But not neighbors. You see... Your was with child, And she an unusual appetite. She admired my garden, And she told your that 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 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 a spell on him there, I could have 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 have the That your will bear. And call it square." I had a No. But, you had a sister. Where is
She's now! And never find her, price to pay for what Else father stole from me. It me my youth, my beauty. My warned me, She punish me With the of ugliness, If I lost 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, another story, Never Anyway, at The big day came, And I my claim. "Oh, don't take the baby," They and screeched, But I did, And I hid her Where never be reached. And father cried, And your died. When for extra I it was a pleasure- I said, "Sorry, I'm not mollified." And I a little spell on them- You, too, your family tree Would be a barren one... How you do that?
And your mother died, father deserted you. Your father was no so why should you be?
So no more fuss And there's no scenes And my garden You see my nectarines! But I'm you the same I tell and queens: Don't never ever Mess around my greens! the beans. Yeah, but why do we have to go to the next
MOTHER] Because, everyone in village, knows the cow hasn't given a 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 are you to ask?
No more five pounds.
[JACK'S than 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 have to The marketplace. Into the to journey's end- Into the woods to sell a You wish to The reversed? need a certain first. Go to the woods and bring me One: the cow as as milk, Two: the as red as blood, Three: the as yellow as corn, the slipper as pure as gold. Bring me the chime Of midnight, In day's time. Tis' the blue moon reappears. comes but once each hundred years. Just bring 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 of the Festival And the Prince! The Festival three 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! 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. [BAKER'S No, no, the is on our house. We must the spell together, The is on our house! Now tell me what am I to return [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 hair as as corn, The slipper as 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 hair as yellow as 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 slipper as 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, & WIFE] the woods, The is straight, You it well, But who can & WIFE] Into the 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 to grandmother's 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 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 That it worth The journeying. into the & STEPSISTERS] To see the [JACK & 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!