Once a time In a far-off There lay a small 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... than the moon... [BAKER'S I wish... The is giving a Festival. [BAKER & More life... I wish... I to go to the Festival. [BAKER & than riches... and the ball... I my cow would give us milk. [CINDERELLA & WIFE] than 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 have a child. I wish... You wish to go to the The girl's 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? THREE] 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 to go to the Festival And before the Prince. [STEPMOTHER & Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha... All three were of face, but vile and black of heart. The young lad had no and his mother- MOTHER] I wish... Well, she was at her wit's [JACK'S I wish my son not a fool. I my house was not a mess. I the cow was full of milk. I wish the walls were of gold- I a lot of things... in heaven's name are you doing with the cow inside the
I thought if he got and warm, he produce some milk.
MOTHER] a she... How times do I have to tell you, shes can give milk? And there 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 loaf of bread, To my poor old hungry in the woods... Just a of bread, please... Cinderella, if you can pick up lentils, and finish your in time, then you may go to the ball us. along ladies...
Yes, Mother. luck. Come, birds, Down the eaves And the leaves, fields, Out of and ponds... Now, squeeze, pal... Ahhhhhhhhhh... Quick, birds, Flick 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 dry for weeks now, no food or money, we've got no but to sell her. at her.
But, Milky-White's my best
MOTHER] at her... There are on her dugs. There are in her eyes. There's a lump on her Big enough to be a [JACK'S We've no to sit and dither, her wither's wither with her- And no one a cow for a friend! Sometimes I wonder what's goin' on in head of yours. RED RIDING HOOD] the woods, It's to go, I to leave, I to go. the woods- time, and so I must my journey. the woods And the trees To I am ma'am, Into the To Grandmother's the woods To Grandmother's [BAKER'S Now you're of your way? RED RIDING 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 a basket?
[BAKER'S Yes, we do. I suppose 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 RIDING Into the And the dell, The is straight, I it well. the woods, And who can What's on the journey? the woods 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 really wearing Here, I found a tear, Cinderella. Can't you hide it a hat? You beautiful. I know. She me. No she didn't. Mother be good, Father be nice, That was always advice. So be nice, Cinderella, Good, Cinderella, Nice good nice- Tighter!
What's the of being good If everyone is Always you behind? mind, Cinderella, Kind Nice good nice kind nice- OW- Not tight! Clod! Who that be? WIFE] We've our last loaf of bread!
It's the witch next-door. WIFE] We no bread...
I don't your bread...
Then what is it you
It's not I wish, It's you wish. cooking in that belly now is there? And will never be, Unless you do as I say. In days time a blue-moon will appear, then can the curse 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 were a couple, But not neighbors. You see... mother was with child, And she developed an appetite. She admired my garden, And she told your that What she wanted than anything, In the world, was... Greens, greens, nothing but Parsley, peppers, and celery, Asparagus and 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, Raiding my and up the rampion My champion! My favorite!- I have laid a spell on him there, I could turned him into stone 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 the baby 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, Small to pay for what Else your father from me. It me my youth, my beauty. My mother me, She punish me With the of ugliness, If I lost any of them.
WIFE] Lost
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, mind- 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 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 laid a little on them- You, too, That your family Would be a barren one... How could you do
And when mother died, Your deserted you. Your father was no father so why you be?
So no more fuss And there's no more And my garden You see my nectarines! But I'm telling you the I tell and queens: ever never ever Mess around my greens! the beans. Yeah, but why do we to go to the next village?
[JACK'S 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 than pounds.
MOTHER] Less five! five!
[JACK'S the woods, The is now, We to live, I don't 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 need a first. Go to the woods and bring me the cow as white as milk, Two: the as red as blood, Three: the as yellow as corn, Four: the as pure 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 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 trying to his son a wife! Not a maid! We be gone! GO!
I
WIFE] These be the witch's beans! We'll take them 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. [BAKER'S 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 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 as yellow as corn, The as pure as gold... I still 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 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 slipper as as gold... The cow, the cape, The slipper as pure as [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 & Into the woods to lift the Into the to visit Mother- [JACK'S the woods to sell 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 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 lurking on the the woods To get the That it worth The journeying. the woods- [STEPMOTHER & To see the & MOTHER] To the cow- [BAKER & 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!