Once upon a In a kingdom There lay a small At the edge of the 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 is giving a Festival. & WIFE] More life... I wish... I to go to the Festival. [BAKER & More riches... and the ball... I wish my cow us some milk. [CINDERELLA & WIFE] More anything... I we had a child. Please, WIFE] I a child... Squeeze, pal... I to go to the Festival. I wish give us some milk or cheese... I wish... [BAKER & 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 wish to go to the [ALL 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 laugh at Nevertheless, I want to go to the Festival And before the Prince. [STEPMOTHER & Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha... All were beautiful of face, but vile and black of heart. The lad had no father and his mother- [JACK'S I wish... Well, she was at her end- MOTHER] I wish my son 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 name are you with the cow the house?
I thought if he got and warm, he might produce milk.
[JACK'S a she... How many times do I to tell you, only shes can give And there was a hungry little girl who wore a red cape. [LITTLE RED HOOD] I wish... not for me, It's for my in the woods. A of bread, please- 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. along 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. must be taken to market. But, mother, no- he's the cow in the world- MOTHER] She has been dry for now, with no or money, got no choice but to sell her. at her.
But, my best friend
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 no time to sit and dither, While her wither's wither with And no one a cow for a friend! Sometimes I wonder goin' on in that head of yours. [LITTLE RED HOOD] 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 the woods To house- WIFE] Now you're certain of way? RED RIDING HOOD] The way is clear, The is good, I no fear, Nor no one should. The woods are trees, The trees are wood. I sort of to ask it, But do you a basket?
WIFE] Yes, we do. I don't suppose you're on buying any of these- [BAKER'S Oh, shhhhh... Now, don't stray and be late,
You might save some of those sweets for 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 bring bread To who Is in bed. Never can What ahead. For all I know, She's dead. But the woods, the woods, Into the To house 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 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 nice- Tighter!
What's the good of being If everyone is Always leaving you mind, Cinderella, Kind Nice good nice kind nice- OW- Not tight! Clod! Who might be? [BAKER'S We've sold our last of bread!
It's the witch next-door. WIFE] We no bread...
I want your bread...
Then is it you wish?
It's not I wish, It's you wish. Nothing in that belly now is there? And there will be, you do exactly as I say. In three days time a will appear, Only then can the be, undone...
[BAKER'S What
The one I placed on house.
What are you about?
In the past, when you were no more 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 admired my garden, And she told father that What she wanted more 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 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 have laid a spell on him there, I could have turned him 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 call it square." I had a No. But, you had a sister. Where is
She's now! And you'll never her, Small price to pay for your father stole from me. It me my youth, my beauty. My mother me, She would me With the of ugliness, If I ever any of them.
[BAKER'S what?
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, take away the baby," shrieked and screeched, But I did, And I hid her Where she'll 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 family tree Would be a barren one... How could you do
And when your died, father deserted you. Your was no father so why should you be?
So there's no 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 ever Mess around my greens! the beans. Yeah, but why do we to go to the next village?
MOTHER] Because, everyone in village, knows the cow hasn't a drop of milk in weeks.
cheating!
[JACK'S starving, Jack! Don't you that? Now, you're not to less than five pounds for her. Are you to me?
Yes.
[JACK'S How are you to ask?
No more five pounds.
[JACK'S 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 don't We have to The marketplace. Into the woods to end- Into the to sell 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 hair as as corn, the slipper as pure as gold. Bring me the chime Of midnight, In day's time. then the blue moon reappears. Which comes but once 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! are one thing but Darling, those, You'd make us the of the Festival And the Prince! The Festival lasts nights. Surely, you let me be there for one of them. The King is to find his son a wife! Not a maid! We be gone! GO!
I
WIFE] These be the witch's beans! We'll take 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. 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 as pure 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 visit grave, The grave at the tree, And tell her I just to Go to the Festival... The as pure as gold... The cow, the cape, The as pure as gold- [BAKER'S The hair-! & BAKER] 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 & Into the to lift the spell- Into the woods to visit [JACK'S 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 are just 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 knows may Be on the journey? Into the To get the That it worth 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!