Once upon a In a far-off There lay a small At the of the woods I wish... And in village More anything... lived a maiden, More life... More jewels... A young lad... I wish... More life... And a baker... [BAKER & I wish... his wife. More anything... [WIFE]More the moon... [BAKER'S I wish... The King is a Festival. [BAKER & than life... I wish... I to go to the Festival. [BAKER & 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 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 wish to go to the What, you, Cinderella, the The Festival?! What, you to go to the Festival? THREE] The The Festival? And now she lived with her The Festival...HA! who had two of her own. Look at nails! Look at dress! People would at you- Nevertheless, I still want to go to the And before the Prince. [STEPMOTHER & 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 wish my son not a fool. I my house was not a mess. I the cow was full of milk. I wish the 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.
[JACK'S a she... How times do I have to tell you, only shes can give And then 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 my poor old hungry in the woods... Just a of bread, please... Cinderella, if you can pick up lentils, and finish your in time, you may go to the ball with 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- 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, Milky-White's my best
[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 with her- And no one a cow for a friend! Sometimes I wonder what's goin' on in 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. the woods And through the To I am ma'am, Into the To house- Into the To Grandmother's WIFE] Now you're certain of way? [LITTLE RED RIDING The way is clear, The is good, I no fear, Nor no one should. The are just trees, The trees are wood. I of hate to ask it, But do you have a
[BAKER'S Yes, we do. I don't suppose planning on buying any of these- [BAKER'S Oh, shhhhh... Now, don't stray and be late,
You might save of those sweets for Granny? Oh my- WIFE] Just, it... a thief! [LITTLE RED HOOD] Into the And the dell, The is straight, I it well. the woods, And who can What's waiting on the the woods To bring bread To who Is in bed. can tell What 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 that? 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, said be nice, That was their advice. So be nice, Cinderella, Good, Cinderella, Nice good good Tighter!
What's the good of being 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 last of bread!
It's the witch next-door. [BAKER'S We no bread...
I don't your bread...
Then what is it you
It's not I wish, It's you wish. Nothing cooking in belly now is there? And there never be, you do exactly as I say. In three time a blue-moon will appear, Only then can the be, undone...
WIFE] What
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 a lovely couple, But not neighbors. You see... Your mother was child, And she developed an appetite. She my beautiful garden, And she told your that What she wanted more anything, In the world, was... Greens, greens, nothing but 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, Raiding my and up the rampion My champion! My favorite!- I should have a spell on him there, I have 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 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 your father stole from me. It me my youth, my beauty. My mother me, She would me the curse of ugliness, If I lost 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, Back the wall-! bang! Crash! A flash! Well, another 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 Where she'll 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 little spell on You, too, That family tree Would be a barren one... How you do that?
And when mother died, Your deserted you. father was no father so why should you be?
So there's no fuss And there's no scenes And my thrives- You see my nectarines! But I'm telling you the I tell kings and ever never ever Mess around my greens! the beans. Yeah, but why do we have to go to the village?
[JACK'S Because, in this village, the cow hasn't given a drop of milk in weeks.
cheating!
[JACK'S starving, Jack! Don't you understand Now, you're not to accept than five pounds for her. Are you to me?
Yes.
[JACK'S How much are you to
No than 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! Straight to the and delay- We to face 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, the hair as yellow as corn, Four: the slipper as as gold. me these Before the Of midnight, In three time. Tis' then the blue reappears. Which but once each hundred years. Just bring 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 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 be the witch's 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. I can lift 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 return WIFE] 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 as yellow as corn, The slipper as 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 as corn- I know! I'll Mother's grave, The at the willow tree, And tell her I want to Go to the Festival... The slipper as as gold... The cow, the cape, The as pure as gold- 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 [BAKER & the woods to lift the spell- Into the to visit Mother- [JACK'S Into the to sell 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 are just trees, The are just 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 on the journey? the woods To get the That makes it The journeying. into the & STEPSISTERS] 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!