[NARRATOR, spoken]
Once upon a time—
—later—
[CINDERELLA]
I wish…
[NARRATOR]
—in that same far-off kingdom—
[CINDERELLA]
More than anything…
[NARRATOR]
—lived a young Princess—
[CINDERELLA]
More than life…
[NARRATOR]
—the lad Jack—
[CINDERELLA]
More than footmen…
[JACK]
I wish…
[NARRATOR]
—and the baker with his family—
[BABY]
Waah!
[JACK]
No, I miss…
[CINDERELLA & BAKER]: I wish…
[BABY]
Waah!
[JACK]
More than anything…
[CINDERELLA, BAKER & JACK]
More than the moon…
[BAKER’S WIFE, spoken]
There, there…
[CINDERELLA]
I wish to sponsor a Festival
[BABY]
Waah!
[BAKER]
More than life…
[JACK]
I miss…
[CINDERELLA]
The time has come for a Festival…
[BABY]
Waah!
[BAKER’S WIFE]
Shh…
[BAKER]
More than riches…
[CINDERELLA]
And a Ball…
[JACK]
I miss my kingdom up in the sky
[CINDERELLA & BAKER]
More than anything…
[BAKER’S WIFE]
I wish we had more room…
[JACK]
Play, harp…
[BAKER]
Another room…
[NARRATOR, spoken]
But despite some minor inconveniences, they wеre all content…
[CINDERELLA]
I nevеr thought I'd wed a Prince…
[CINDERELLA'S PRINCE]
I never thought I'd find perfection…
[CINDERELLA & CINDERELLA'S PRINCE]
I never thought I could be so happy!
[CINDERELLA]
Not an unhappy moment since…
[JACK & JACK'S MOTHER]
I didn't think we'd be this rich…
[CINDERELLA'S PRINCE]
Not a conceivable objection…
[BAKER & BAKER’S WIFE]
I never thought we'd have a baby…
[CINDERELLA, CINDERELLA'S PRINCE, JACK, & JACK'S MOTHER]
I never thought I could be so happy!
[BAKER & BAKER’S WIFE, overlapping]
I'm so happy!
[STEPMOTHER]
Happy now
Happy hence
Happy ever after—
[STEPMOTHER, FLORINDA, & LUCINDA]
We're so happy you're so happy!
Just as long as you stay happy
We'll stay happy!
[CINDERELLA & CINDERELLA'S PRINCE]
Not one row…
[JACK'S MOTHER]
Pots of pence…
[JACK]
With my cow…
[BAKER & BAKER’S WIFE]
Little gurgles…
[CINDERELLA'S PRINCE]
Darling, I must go now…
[JACK'S MOTHER]
We should really sell it
[BAKER]
Where's the cheesecloth?
[ALL EXCEPT BAKER]
Wishes may bring problems
Such that you regret them
[ALL]
Better that, though
Than to never get them…
[CINDERELLA]
I'm going to be a perfect wife!
[JACK]
I'm going to be a perfect son!
[BAKER’S WIFE & JACK'S MOTHER]
I'm going to be a perfect mother!
[BAKER]
I'm going to be a perfect father!
I'm so happy!
[CINDERELLA, BAKER’S WIFE, JACK, & JACK'S MOTHER, overlapping]
I'm going to see that he (she)
Is so happy!
[ALL]
I never thought I'd love my life!
I would have settled for another!
[CINDERELLA]
Then to become a wife…
[JACK, & JACK'S MOTHER]
Then to be set for life…
[BAKER & BAKER’S WIFE]
Then to beget a child…
[ALL]
That fortune smiled…
I'm so happy!
[BAKER'S WIFE, spoken]
If only this cottage were a little larger
[BAKER, spoken]
I will expand our quarters in due time
[BAKER'S WIFE, spoken]
Why would we expand when we can simply move to another cottage?
[BAKER, spoken]
We will not move. This was my father's house, now it will be my son's
[BAKER'S WIFE, spoken]
You would raise your child alongside a Witch?
[BAKER, spoken]
Why does he always cry when I hold him?
[BAKER'S WIFE, spoken]
Babies cry. He's fine. You needn't hold him as if he were so fragile
[BAKER, spoken]
He wants his mother. Here
[BAKER'S WIFE, spoken]
I can't take care of him all of the time!
[BAKER, spoken]
I'll care for him when he's older
[BAKER, BAKER'S WIFE, JACK, & JACK'S MOTHER]
We had to go through thick and thin
[STEPMOTHER, LUCINDA, & FLORINDA]
We had to lose a lot to win
[CINDERELLA]
I ventured out and saw within
[ALL]
I never thought
I'd be so much I hadn't been!
I'm so happy...
[BAKER'S WIFE, spoken]
Oh, my goodness
[BAKER, spoken]
Are you all right?
[BAKER'S WIFE, spoken]
I think so
[BAKER, spoken]
And the baby?
[BAKER'S WIFE, spoken]
Yes, he's fine. Are you all right?
[BAKER, spoken]
You! Have you done this to our house?
[WITCH, spoken]
Always thinking of yourself! Look at my garden
[BAKER'S WIFE, spoken]
What of your garden?
[WITCH, spoken]
Look!
[BAKER, spoken]
Destroyed
[BAKER'S WIFE, spoken]
What has happened?
[WITCH, spoken]
I was thrown to the ground. I saw nothing
[BAKER'S WIFE, spoken]
What could do such a thing?
[BAKER, spoken]
An earthquake
[WITCH, spoken]
No earthquake! My garden has been trampled. Those are footprints!
[BAKER'S WIFE, spoken]
Who could do such a thing?
[WITCH, spoken]
Anything that leaves a footprint that large is no "who."
[BAKER, spoken]
Do you think it was a bear?
[WITCH, spoken]
A bear? Bears are sweet
Besides, you ever see a bear with forty-foot feet?
[BAKER'S WIFE, spoken]
A dragon?
[WITCH, spoken]
No scorch marks—
Usually they're linked
[BAKER, spoken]
Manticore?
[WITCH, spoken]
Imaginary
[BAKER’S WIFE & BAKER, spoken]
Griffin?
[WITCH, spoken]
Extinct
[BAKER, spoken]
Giant?
[WITCH]
Possible
Very, very possible…
[NARRATOR, spoken]
More than possible. Their fears would prove to be well-founded
[BAKER]
Into the woods
It's always when
You think at last
You're through, and then
Into the woods you go again
To take another journey
[BAKER’S WIFE]
Into the woods
The weather's clear
We've been before
We've naught to fear…
Into the woods, away from here—
[JACK]
Into the woods, to find a giant—!
[LITTLE RED RIDINGHOOD]
Into the woods to Grandmother's house…
[BAKER]
Into the woods
The path is straight
No reason then
To hesitate—
[BAKER’S WIFE]
Into the woods
It's not so late
It's just another journey…
[CINDERELLA]
Into the woods
But not too long:
The skies are strange
The winds are strong
Into the woods to see what's wrong…
[JACK]
Into the woods to slay the giant!
[JACK, BAKER, CINDERELLA, BAKER'S WIFE, & LITTLE RED RIDINGHOOD]
Into the woods
[BAKER’S WIFE]
To shield the child…
[LITTLE RED RIDINGHOOD]
To flee the winds…
[BAKER]
To find a future…
[BAKER’S WIFE]
To shield…
[JACK]
To slay…
[LITTLE RED RIDINGHOOD]
To flee…
[BAKER'S WIFE]
To find…
[CINDERELLA]
To fix…
[BAKER’S WIFE]
To hide…
[LITTLE RED RIDINGHOOD]
To move…
[JACK]
To battle…
[CINDERELLA]
To see what the trouble is…
