Once upon a In a kingdom lay a small village At the of the woods I wish... And in village 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. & WIFE] More riches... and the ball... I my cow would give us milk. & BAKER'S WIFE] More anything... I we had a child. Please, WIFE] 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 have a child. I wish... You to go to the Festival? The poor parents had died, You, Cinderella, the You to go to the Festival? 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 at you- Nevertheless, I still to go to the Festival And before the Prince. & STEPSISTERS] Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha... All three beautiful of face, but vile and black of heart. The young lad had no father and his MOTHER] I wish... Well, she was at her end- 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 of gold- 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.
MOTHER] a she... How many times do I to tell you, only shes can give And there was a hungry little 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 bring my old hungry in the woods... Just a of bread, please... Cinderella, if you can up these lentils, and finish chores in time, then you may go to the with us. Come ladies...
Yes, Mother. luck. Come, birds, Down 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- the best cow in the world- [JACK'S She has been dry for now, no food or money, we've got no but to sell her. at her.
But, Milky-White's my friend
MOTHER] at her... There are on her dugs. There are in her eyes. a lump on her rump Big to be a hump- [JACK'S We've no 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 begin my journey. Into the And through the To I am ma'am, Into the To Grandmother's Into the To Grandmother's [BAKER'S Now you're of your way? [LITTLE RED RIDING The way is clear, The is good, I no fear, Nor no one should. The are just trees, The are just wood. I of hate to ask it, But do you have a
[BAKER'S Yes, we do. I suppose you're planning on buying any of these- [BAKER'S Oh, shhhhh... Now, don't stray and be late,
You might save some of those for Granny? Oh my- WIFE] Just, it... a thief! [LITTLE RED RIDING the woods 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 lies ahead. For all I know, She's 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 really wearing Here, I found a 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, good good nice- Tighter!
What's the of being good If is blind leaving you behind? mind, Cinderella, Kind Nice good nice kind good OW- Not tight! Clod! Who that be? [BAKER'S We've our last loaf of bread!
It's the from next-door. WIFE] 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 never be, you do exactly as I say. In three days a blue-moon will appear, Only then can the 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. were 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 she wanted 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 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 the baby That your wife 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 price to pay for Else father stole from me. It me my youth, my beauty. My warned me, She would 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, over the wall-! bang! Crash! A flash! Well, that's story, mind- Anyway, at The big day came, And I my claim. "Oh, don't take the baby," shrieked and screeched, But I did, And I hid her Where never be reached. And father cried, And your died. for extra measure- I it was a pleasure- I said, "Sorry, I'm not mollified." And I laid a spell on them- You, too, That family tree always be a barren one... How you do that?
And when mother died, Your father you. father was no father so why should you be?
So there's no more And there's no more 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 next
[JACK'S Because, everyone in village, the cow hasn't given 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 more than pounds.
[JACK'S Less five! five!
[JACK'S the woods, The is now, We to live, I don't how. the woods to sell the cow, You begin the journey! Straight to the and don't We to face The marketplace. Into the to journey's end- Into the to sell a friend- You to have 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, Three: the as yellow as corn, the slipper as pure as gold. Bring me the chime Of midnight, In day's time. Tis' then the blue reappears. Which comes but each hundred 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! 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 is trying to find his son a wife! Not a maid! We be gone! GO!
I
WIFE] These be the witch's beans! We'll them with us. We?
[BAKER'S Yes!
We? not coming, It's not out there.
[BAKER'S 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 the spell together, The is on our house! Now tell me what am I to with? [BAKER'S Ugh, You don't The cow as as milk, The as red as blood, The hair as as corn, The as pure 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 to get to the Festival? The cow as as milk, The as red as blood, The hair as as corn- I know! I'll Mother's grave, The at the willow tree, And her I just want to Go to the Festival... The slipper as as gold... The cow, the cape, The slipper as pure as [BAKER'S 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 to lift the spell- Into the woods to visit MOM] Into the woods to 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 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 makes it The journeying. into the [STEPMOTHER & To see the & MOTHER] To the cow- & WIFE] 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 before it's dark!