Once upon a In a kingdom There lay a 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... than the moon... [BAKER'S I wish... The King is 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, [BAKER'S I a child... Squeeze, pal... I to go to the Festival. I wish you'd us some milk or cheese... I wish... & WIFE] I wish we might 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 wish to go to the THREE] The The Festival? 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. & STEPSISTERS] Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha... All three were beautiful of face, but vile and of heart. The lad had no father and his mother- [JACK'S I wish... Well, she was at her wit's [JACK'S I my son were not a fool. I wish my was not a mess. I wish the cow was of milk. I the walls were full of gold- I a lot of things... What in name are you doing with the cow inside the
I if he got nice and warm, he might some milk.
MOTHER] a she... How many times do I to tell you, only shes can give And then there was a little girl who wore a red cape. RED RIDING HOOD] I wish... not for me, It's for my in the woods. A of bread, please- 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. Milky-White be taken to market. But, mother, no- he's the best cow in the MOTHER] She has been dry for now, with no 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 lump on her Big enough to be a [JACK'S no time to sit and dither, While her wither's wither with And no one a cow for a friend! Sometimes I wonder what's 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, the woods To Grandmother's the woods To house- [BAKER'S Now you're of your way? [LITTLE RED HOOD] 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 a basket?
[BAKER'S Yes, we do. I don't suppose you're planning on buying any of [BAKER'S Oh, shhhhh... Now, don't stray and be late,
You save 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 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 that? 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 you behind? mind, Cinderella, Kind Nice good nice kind good OW- Not tight! Clod! Who that be? WIFE] We've sold our 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, It's you wish. Nothing cooking in that belly now is 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 placed on house.
What are you talking
In the past, when you were no more a babe, Your father brought his young and you to cottage. They a lovely couple, But not neighbors. You see... Your was with child, And she developed an appetite. She my beautiful garden, And she told your father 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 him in the autumn In my one night! He was me, me, Rooting my rutabaga, my arugula and Ripping up the My champion! My favorite!- I have laid a spell on him there, I could have 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 have the That wife will bear. And call it square." I had a No. But, you had a sister. Where is
She's now! And you'll find her, price to pay for what Else your father from me. It me my youth, my beauty. My warned me, She would me With the of ugliness, If I ever any of them.
WIFE] 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, Never 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 she'll never be reached. And father cried, And mother 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, That your family always be a barren one... How you do that?
And when mother died, father deserted you. Your father was no so why should you be?
So no more fuss And no more scenes And my garden You see my nectarines! But I'm you the same I kings and queens: Don't ever never Mess with my greens! the beans. Yeah, but why do we have to go to the village?
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, not to accept less 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 care how. Into the to sell the cow, You must the journey! Straight to the and delay- We have to The marketplace. the woods to journey's end- Into the woods to sell a You wish to The curse need a certain first. Go to the woods and bring me the cow as white as milk, Two: the as red as blood, Three: the hair as as corn, Four: the as pure as gold. Bring me Before the Of midnight, In day's time. Tis' then the moon reappears. Which 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! 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 trying to 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 lift the together, The is on our house! Now tell me what am I to with? WIFE] Ugh, You don't 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 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 hair as yellow as 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 WIFE] 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, & 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 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 in the glade there... the woods, delay, But not To the way. the woods, Who what may Be on the journey? the woods To get the That makes it The journeying. the woods- [STEPMOTHER & To see the [JACK & To sell the & WIFE] 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 before dark!