Once a time In a far-off lay a small village At the edge of the 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 is giving a Festival. [BAKER & than life... I wish... I to go to the Festival. [BAKER & than riches... and the ball... I wish my cow 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 girl's had died, You, Cinderella, the You to go to the Festival? What, you, Cinderella, the The Festival?! What, you to go to the Festival? [ALL The The Festival? And now she lived 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 beautiful of face, but vile and of heart. The young lad had no father and his [JACK'S I wish... Well, she was at her end- MOTHER] I my son were not a fool. I my house 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 inside the
I if he got nice and warm, he might some milk.
MOTHER] a she... How times do I have to tell you, only shes can milk? And then there was a hungry girl who wore a red cape. [LITTLE RED RIDING I wish... not for me, It's for my in the woods. A of bread, please- To bring my poor old 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 ball us. Come ladies...
Yes, Mother. luck. Come, birds, Down from the 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. Milky-White must be to market. But, mother, no- he's the cow in the world- [JACK'S She has dry for weeks now, no food or money, we've got no but to sell her. at her.
But, my best friend
[JACK'S at her... There are on her dugs. are flies in her eyes. There's a on her rump Big enough to be a [JACK'S no time to sit and dither, While her wither's wither her- And no one a cow for a friend! Sometimes I wonder what's on in that 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 WIFE] Now you're certain of your [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 sort of to ask it, But do you have a
[BAKER'S Yes, we do. I don't you're planning on buying any of these- WIFE] Oh, shhhhh... Now, don't stray and be late,
You might save some of 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 some bread To who Is in bed. Never can lies ahead. For all I know, already 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, Father be nice, was always their advice. So be nice, Cinderella, Good, Cinderella, Nice good good Tighter!
What's the good of good If is blind Always leaving you mind, Cinderella, Kind Nice nice kind good nice- OW- Not tight! Clod! Who might be? WIFE] We've sold our loaf of bread!
It's the from next-door. WIFE] We no bread...
I want your bread...
Then is it you wish?
It's not I wish, It's you wish. cooking in that belly now is there? And there will be, you do exactly as I say. In three days time a blue-moon appear, Only then can the be, undone...
[BAKER'S curse?
The one I placed on house.
What are you talking
In the past, when you no more than a babe, Your father brought his wife and you to cottage. They were a couple, But not neighbors. You see... Your was with child, And she an unusual appetite. She admired my garden, And she told father that What she wanted 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 him in the autumn In my one night! He was me, me, Rooting my rutabaga, Raiding my and Ripping up the My champion! My favorite!- I should have laid a on him there, I have turned 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 your wife 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 your father from me. It me my youth, my beauty. My mother 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, stolen 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, don't away the baby," shrieked and screeched, But I did, And I hid her Where she'll be reached. And your cried, And your died. for extra measure- I admit it was a I said, "Sorry, I'm not mollified." And I laid a spell on them- You, too, your family tree Would always be a one... How you do that?
And your mother died, Your deserted you. Your father was no so why should you be?
So there's no fuss And there's no more And my thrives- You see my nectarines! But I'm telling you the I tell and queens: Don't ever never Mess around my greens! the beans. Yeah, but why do we have to go to the village?
[JACK'S Because, in this village, knows the cow hasn't given a drop of in weeks.
cheating!
[JACK'S starving, Jack! Don't you that? Now, you're not to accept less than five for her. Are you to me?
Yes.
[JACK'S How much are you to
No more five pounds.
MOTHER] 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! Straight to the and delay- We have to The marketplace. Into the to journey's end- Into the woods to sell a You to have The reversed? I'll need a first. Go to the and bring me back One: the cow as as milk, the cape as red as blood, Three: the hair as as corn, the slipper as pure as gold. Bring me the chime Of midnight, In three time. Tis' the blue moon reappears. Which comes but once each years. Just 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 us the fools of the Festival And the Prince! The Festival lasts nights. Surely, you could let me be for one of them. The King is trying to his son a wife! Not a maid! We be gone! GO!
I
WIFE] These must be the beans! We'll take them 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 lift the spell together, The is on our house! Now tell me what am I to return WIFE] Ugh, You remember? The cow as as milk, The as red as blood, The as yellow as corn, The slipper as pure as The cow as as milk, The as red as blood, The hair as 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 her I just want to Go to the Festival... The slipper as as gold... The cow, the cape, The as pure as gold- [BAKER'S The hair-! [CINDERELLA & the woods, It's to go, It may be all In vain, know. Into the But so, I have to the journey. [CINDERELLA, BAKER & the woods, The is straight, You it well, But who can [BAKER & the woods to lift the spell- Into the to visit Mother- MOM] Into the to sell 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 woods are trees, The are just wood. No need to be afraid 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 makes it The journeying. the woods- [STEPMOTHER & To see the & MOTHER] To sell the [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 home it's dark!