Once a time In a far-off lay a small village At the of the woods I wish... And in village 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... [WIFE]More the moon... [BAKER'S I wish... The is giving 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 & 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... & WIFE] I wish we have a child. I wish... You to go to the Festival? The girl's 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 King's And now she lived with her 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 dance the Prince. & STEPSISTERS] 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 wish my was not a mess. I wish the cow was of milk. I wish the walls full 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 might some milk.
MOTHER] a she... How many times do I to tell you, only shes can milk? 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 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 chores in time, you may go to the ball with 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, through 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 been dry for now, no food or money, we've got no choice but to her. at her.
But, Milky-White's my friend
[JACK'S at her... There are on her dugs. are flies in her eyes. There's a lump on her Big to be a hump- [JACK'S We've no to sit and dither, While her wither's with her- And no one a cow for a friend! Sometimes I wonder what's goin' on in that of yours. [LITTLE RED RIDING the woods, It's to go, I to leave, I to go. Into the time, and so I must my journey. Into the And the trees To I am ma'am, Into the To Grandmother's the woods To Grandmother's WIFE] 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 are just wood. I of hate to ask it, But do you have a
[BAKER'S Yes, we do. I suppose you're planning on buying any of these- WIFE] Oh, shhhhh... Now, don't and be late, alright?
You might some of those sweets for Granny? 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 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 wearing 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 always advice. So be nice, Cinderella, Good, Cinderella, good good nice- Tighter!
What's the good of being If is blind leaving you behind? mind, Cinderella, Kind Nice good kind good nice- OW- Not tight! Clod! Who might be? WIFE] We've sold our last of bread!
It's the witch next-door. [BAKER'S We no bread...
I want your bread...
Then is it you wish?
It's not I wish, what you wish. Nothing cooking in that now is there? And there never be, Unless you do as I say. In three time a blue-moon will appear, then can the curse be, undone...
[BAKER'S What
The one I on this house.
What are you about?
In the past, when you no more than a babe, father brought his young wife and you to cottage. They were a couple, But not neighbors. You see... Your was with child, And she an unusual appetite. She my beautiful garden, And she told father that What she 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 caught him in the 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 could have 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 have the your wife will bear. And call it square." I had a No. But, you had a sister. Where is
She's now! And you'll never her, price to pay for what Else your stole from me. It me my youth, my beauty. My mother me, She punish 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, stolen 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 take the baby," They and screeched, But I did, And I hid her she'll never be reached. And your cried, And mother died. When for 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 always be a one... How could you do
And when mother died, father deserted you. Your was no father 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: ever never ever Mess around my greens! the beans. Yeah, but why do we have to go to the next
[JACK'S Because, everyone in village, knows the cow given a drop of milk in weeks.
cheating!
[JACK'S starving, Jack! Don't you that? Now, you're not to accept than 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 to sell the cow, You begin the journey! to the woods and don't We to face The marketplace. Into the woods to journey's Into the woods to sell a You wish to The reversed? I'll 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 day's time. Tis' then the moon reappears. Which but once each 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! 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 be the witch's beans! We'll take with 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. [BAKER'S No, no, the is on our house. We must lift the together, The is on our house! Now me what am I to return with? WIFE] Ugh, You don't 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 slipper as 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 hair as yellow as I know! I'll Mother's grave, The at the willow tree, And tell her I want to Go to the Festival... The as pure as gold... The cow, the cape, The slipper as pure as [BAKER'S The hair-! [CINDERELLA & the woods, It's to go, It may be all In vain, know. the woods- But so, I have to the journey. [CINDERELLA, BAKER & the woods, The is straight, You it well, But who can & WIFE] Into the woods to lift the Into the woods to visit MOM] Into the to sell 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 something in the there... the woods, delay, But not To the way. the woods, Who knows may Be on the journey? the woods To get the That makes it The journeying. into the [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 it's dark!