Into The Woods
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I don't own Into the Woods. The musical is owned by….somebody who is not me. Heh. Anyway. I don't own, Zoids, Inuyasha, Ranma ½, Rorouni Kenshin, or Gundam Wing. Nor do I own any of the aforementioned show's characters. Nor do I own the song that I sing in Scene Three. That song is "Eyes Like Yours" and is owned by Shakira. All I own is Chiyumi, Lilli, and Rina. Yume Tenshi owns Miaka and Sharpsnout owns Hawk. MereMew owns nobody here but since she's in the thing I guess I should mention her.
CAPS: Person is singing. (If in verse form)
Normal: Person is speaking.
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Cast:
Narrators: Clear Shadow, Yume Tenshi, Sharpsnout and MereMew
Jack: Himura Kenshin
Baker: Miroku
Cinderella's Stepmother: Irvine
Lucinda: Moonbay
Little Red Ridinghood: Hibiki Miaka
Cinderella's Mother: Rudolf
Wolf: P-Chan
Rapunzel: Maxwell Duo
Cinderella's Prince: Raven
Milky White (Called Yahiko-White for the sake of humor): Yahiko
Cinderella: Lilli
Jack's Mother: Kamiya Karou
Baker's Wife: Chiyumi
Florinda: Fiona
Cinderella's Father: Dr. D
Witch: Maxwell Rina
Mysterious Man: Inuyasha
Granny: Mousse
Rapunzel's Prince: Hawk
Steward: Van
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ACT ONE
Scene One
:: The stage is separated into thirds. On the left is Cinderella's house. Lilli is frozen in place as if sweeping. In the center is Jack's house. Kenshin is frozen in place as if milking Yahiko-White, a pathetic looking cow. In the—::
Yahiko-White: Excuse me?
::Yahiko-White, a pathetic white cow, what? That's what you are::
Yahiko-White: Am not!
::You are in this play, so deal with it or it's hamburgers for lunch!::
Yahiko-White: Gul….ulp.
:: Ahem. As I was saying. On the right side of the stage is the Baker's house. Miroku and Chiyumi are also frozen, making bread and …stuff::
Baker's Wife: That's not a rolling pin.
Baker: It's not?
Baker's Wife: No. That's a spatula. Get it right.
Baker: Sorry.
::Can I continue? Please?::
Baker's Wife: Oh...sorry. Please go on.
::Thank you. Anyway. The four narrators step forward::
Clear Shadow: Once upon a time—
Cinderella: ::No longer frozen, Lilli begins sweeping:: I WISH…
Yume Tenshi: —In a far off kingdom—
Cinderella: MORE THAN ANYTHING…
Sharpsnout: —Lived a young maiden—
Cinderella: MORE THAN LIFE….
MereMew: —A sad young lad—
Cinderella: MORE THAN JEWELS…
Jack: I WISH, that I do…
Clear Shadow: —And a childless baker—
Jack: MORE THAN LIFE…
Cinderella, Baker: I WISH…
Yume Tenshi:—with his wife—
Jack: MORE THAN ANYTHING…
Cinderella, Jack, Baker: MORE THAN THE MOON…
Baker's Wife: I WISH…
Cinderella: THE KING IS GIVING A FESTIVAL
Baker, Baker's Wife: MORE THAN LIFE
Jack: I WISH, that I do…
Cinderella: —I WISH TO GO TO THE FESTIVAL—
Baker, Baker's Wife: MORE THAN RICHES..
Cinderella: —AND THE BALL…
Jack: I WISH MY COW WOULD GIVE US SOME MILK.
Yahiko-White: MOO…
Cinderella, Baker's Wife: MORE THAN ANYTHING…
Baker: I WISH WE HAD A CHILD.
Jack: ::To Yahiko-White:: PLEASE, PAL—
Baker's Wife: I WANT A CHILD.
Jack: SQUEEZE, PAL
Yahiko-White: WHAT?!?!
Cinderella: I WISH TO GO TO THE FESTIVAL.
Jack: ::Overlapping:: I WISH YOU'D GIVE US SOME MILK OR EVEN CHEESE.
Baker, Baker's Wife: I WISH WE MIGHT HAVE A CHILD.
Cinderella, Jack, Baker, Baker's Wife: I WISH…
::Irvine, Fiona and Moonbay enter::
Stepmother: ::Leans into Lilli's face:: You wish to go to the festival?
Cinderella: ::snickers loudly::
Stepmother: Oh shut up. So I'm in a dress.
Cinderella: ::talks through laughter:: Cross-dresser!!
Sharpsnout: Ahem. The poor girl's mother had died—
Stepmother: You. Cinderella, the festival?
Florinda, Lucinda: The festival?!?
Stepmother, Florinda, Lucinda: The King's festival!!!???
Cinderella: What freaking festival did you think?
MereMew: —And her father had taken for his new wife a woman with two daughters of her own. All three were beautiful of face—
Cinderella: Except for Irvine!
Stepmother: Shut up!
MereMew: —But vile and black of heart.
Florinda: LOOK AT YOUR NAILS!
Lucinda: LOOK AT YOUR DRESS!
Stepmother: PEOPLE WOULD LAUGH AT YOU—
Cinderella: NEVERTHELESS—
Cinderella, Stepsisters, Stepmother: I/YOU/SHE STILL WISH/WANT/WANTS TO GO TO THE FESTIVAL—
Stepsisters, Stepmother: —AND DANCE BEFORE THE PRINCE ?!
::Irvine, Moonbay, and Fiona burst into musical laughter as Lilli glares::
Clear Shadow: Jack on the other hand, had no grandmother, and no father and his mother—
Jack's Mother: ::Walks over to Kenshin and Yahiko who are playing patty-cake:: I WISH…
Jack: We're what?
::Playing patty cake. Y'know when you clap your hands then clap one hand with your partners? You never played before?::
Jack: I don't believe so, that I don't.
::Oh…well make something up then::
Clear Shadow: Ahem. Well, she was not quite beautiful—
Jack's Mother: ::Twitches:: I WISH MY SON WHERE NOT A FOOL
I WISH MY HOUSE WAS NOT A MESS—
Yahiko-White: I WISH YOU COULD COOK…
Jack's Mother: ::Hits him with a frying pa— hey where'd you get that?:: Ceres. ::Ceres is in this thing?!?:: No, she's on the support staff. ::Oh. Ok then. Please go on.::
I WISH THE COW WAS FULL OF MILK
I WISH THE WALLS WERE FULL OF GOLD—
I WISH A LOT OF THINGS….
You foolish child! What in heaven's name are you doing with a cow inside the house?
Jack: A warm environment might be just what Yahiko-White needs to produce his milk, that it might.
Jack's Mother: ::Stunned:: It's a she!!
Yahiko-White: Am not!!!
Jack's Mother: How many times must I tell you? Only "She's" give milk!
Yahiko-White: Yeah well, I don't give milk so there you go!
::There are two knocks on the Miroku and Chiyumi's door. Chiyumi opens it and Miaka skips inside::
Baker's Wife: Why come in little girl.
Little Red Ridinghood: I WISH…
IT'S NOT FOR ME
IT'S FOR MY GRANNY IN THE WOODS
A LOAF OF BREAD PLEASE
TO BRING MY POOR OLD HUNGRY
GRANNY IN THE WOODS…
JUST A LOAF OF BREAD, PLEASE
::Miroku hands her a loaf of bread and she sticks it in her pocket::
Thank you.
Yume Tenshi: Cinderella's stepmother had a surprise for her.
::Irvine tosses lentils into the fireplace.::
Stepmother: I threw some lentils into the ashes for you. Pick 'em out in an hour and you can go to the ball.
Cinderella: I thought it was two hours.
Stepmother: That was before you made fun of me.
Cinderella: Oh for crying out—
Stepmother: Wanna make it a half hour?!
::Irvine, Fiona and Moonbay leave::
Little Red Ridinghood: AND PERHAPS A STICKY BUN?
OR FOUR? ::Sheepish grin::
Cinderella: BIRDS IN THE SKY,
BIRDS IN THE EAVES
IN THE LEAVES
IN THE FIELDS
IN THAT CASTLES AND PONDS
Little Red Ridinghood: AND A FEW OF THOSE PIES,
PLEASE
Cinderella: ::Overlapping:: COME, LITTLE BIRDS,
DOWN FROM THE EAVES
AND THE LEAVES,
OVER FIELDS,
OUT OF CASTLES AND PONDS
Jack: NO, SQUEEZE PAL…
Cinderella: ::Falls into a trance:: Huh? ::A trance, you're connecting with nature:: I'm what? ::Would you just do it?:: Alright…. AHHHHHH….
::Birds descend into the fireplace::
Cinderella: QUICK LITTLE BIRDS,
FLICK THROUGH THE ASHES.
PICK AND PECK, BUT SWIFTLY,
SIFT THROUGH THE ASHES
INTO THE POT
Jack's Mother: Listen well, son, Yahiko-White must be taken to market.
Jack: But Miss Karou no, he's the best cow, that he is!
Jack's mother: Was. Was! She's given us no milk for a week—
Yahiko-White: I never gave milk in the first place!! I am not a cow!!!!!
::Shut up would you? You're getting annoying::
Yahiko-White: Make me!
::I WILL!!! AKEMI!!! GET OUT HERE!!!::
Yahiko-White: No! Not her! She'll want to practice swordplay with me!! I'll be good! I'll be good!!!
:: Heh, Heh, Heh. Please Karou, go on. I doubt he'll interrupt again::
Jack's Mother: Thank you. She's given us no milk for a week. We've no food nor money and no choice but to sell her while she can still command a price..
Jack: But Yahiko-White is me best friend in the whole world, that he is!
Jack's Mother: Look at her!
Yahiko-White: ::glare:: MOO!
Jack's mother: THERE ARE BUG ON HER DUGS
THERE ARE FLIES IN HER EYES
THERE'S A LUMP ON HER RUMP
BIG ENOUGH TO BE A HUMP—
Jack: But—
Jack's Mother: WE'VE NO TIME TO SIT AND DITHER,
WHILE HER WITHERS WITHER WITH HER—
AND NO ONE KEEPS A FREELOADER FOR A FRIEND!!!
Sometimes I fear you're touched!
Yahiko-White: I thought I was a cow.
Jack's Mother: Yes, well you're that too.
Little Red Ridinghood: ::Miaka's been eating random sweets, she now wipes her mouth::
INTO THE WOODS
IT'S TIME TO GO
I HATE TO LEAVE
I HAVE TO THOUGH
INTO THE WOODS
IT'S TIME, AND SO
I MUST BEGIN MY JOURNEY
INTO THE WOODS
AND TROUGH THE TREES
TO WHERE I AM
EXPECTED MA'AM.
INTO THE WOODS
TO GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE—
Baker's Wife: You're certain of your way?
Little Red Riding Hood: ::picking up cookies in rhythm with the song and stuffing them in her pockets::
THE WAY IS CLEAR
THE LIGHT IS GOOD
I HAVE NO FEAR
NOR NO ONE SHOULD.
THE WOODS ARE JUST TREES.
THE TREES ARE JUST WOOD.
I SORT OF HATE TO ASK IT ,
BUT DO YOU HAVE A BASKET?
Baker's Wife: Where are you keeping all of those cookies?
Little Red Ridinghood: Ever heard of the Art of Hidden Weapons? My cousin taught me a little bit.
Baker's Wife: Ah. I see.
Baker: Here. ::Hands her a basket, which Miaka fills with all the food:: Now don't stray and be late.
Little Red Ridinghood: INTO THE WOODS
AND DOWN THE DELL,
THE PATH IT STRAIGHT,
I KNOW IT WELL.
INTO THE WOODS,
AND WHO CAN TELL
WHAT'S WAITING ON THE JOURNEY?
INTO THE WOODS
TO BRING SOME BREAD
TO GRANNY WHO
IS SICK IN BED
NEVER CAN TELL
WHAT LIES AHEAD
FOR ALL THAT I KNOW
SHE'S ALREADY DEAD.
::Begins skipping offstage::
BUT INTO THE WOODS
INTO THE WOODS
INTO THE WOODS
TO GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE
AND HOME BEFORE DARK!
Baker's Wife: ::Calls after her:: And save some of those sweets for granny! They'll go right to your hips otherwise!!
::The birds got the lentils for Lilli and are now flying away::
Cinderella: FLY, BIRDS
BACK TO THE SKY,
BACK TO THE EAVES
AND THE LEAVES
AND THE FIELDS
AND THE-
::Moonbay and Fiona enter, dressed for the ball::
Florinda: HURRY UP AND DO MY HAIR, CINDERELLA! ::Looks at Moonbay as Lilli fusses with her hair::
ARE YOU REALLY WEARING THAT?
Lucinda: ::Plucks at her sleeve:: HERE, I FOUND A LITTLE TEAR, CINDERELLA! ::Eyes Fiona's hair::
CAN'T YOU HIDE IT WITH A HAT?
Cinderella: YOU LOOK BEAUTIFUL.
Florinda: I know.
Lucinda: She means me.
Florinda: Put it in a twist.
Lucinda: Who will be there?
Cinderella: ::To herself as Fiona and Moonbay chatter underneath::
MOTHER SAID BE GOOD,
FATHER SAID BE NICE,
THAT WAS ALWAYS THEIR ADVICE.
SO BE NICE, CINDERELLA,
GOOD, CINDERELLA,
NICE GOOD GOOD NICE-
Florinda: Tighter!
Cinderella: ::Glares:: WHAT'S THE GOOD OF BEING GOOD
IF EVERYONE IS BLIND
ALWAYS LEAVING YOU BEHIND?
NEVER MIND, CINDERELLA
KIND CINDERELLA-
::Accenting each word with a twist of hair, twisting tighter and tighter with each word::
NICE GOOD NICE KIND GOOD NICE-
Florinda: Not that tight!
Cinderella: ::Grins evilly:: Sorry.
Florinda: Clod.
Lucinda: Hee hee hee- ::Fiona looks at her:: Hee hee- ::Lilli glares, she stops
Sharpsnout: Because the Baker had lost his mother and father in a baking accident, well, at least that's what he believed—
Clear Shadow: No seriously, what constitutes a baking accident? Getting run over by giant doughnuts? Some burglar stabbing you with stale bread?
Sharpsnout: Shut up.
Clear Shadow: No but seriously.
Sharpsnout, Yume Tenshi: SHUT UP NOW!!!
Clear Shadow: ::puts hands up in surrender:: Ok, ok, ok.
Sharpsnout: Anyway, he was eager to have a family of his own, and was concerned that all efforts until now had failed.
Baker: ::Clasps Chiyumi's hands:: Will you bear my child?
Baker's Wife: No.
Baker: ::clasps Clear Shadow's hands:: Will you bear my child?
Clear Shadow: …. ::thinking:: …..Ok.
Baker's Wife: ::hits Clear Shadow and Miroku with rolling pin:: That's not funny!!!
Clear Shadow: Well you said no!!!
Baker's Wife: That's the joke! I say no so he goes to you, you say no so he goes to Yume. Get it?? "All efforts until now had failed" It's funny!!!
Clear Shadow: ::rubbing head:: Owie…
::Knock on Miroku's door::
Baker: Who might that be? ::looking out the window:: It's the bi—I mean the witch from next door!
Baker's Wife: ::Hits him again:: Don't call her that!!
Baker: Clear Shadow told me to!
Clear Shadow: I most certainly did not! Just because you saw Bryan doing it during practice doesn't mean you get to do it here!!
::After receiving a death glare from Clear Shadow, Miroku opens the door and Rina enters. Then hits him with her staff::
Witch: Don't think I didn't hear that you little creep.
Baker: Will you bear my child?
Baker's Wife: The joke's over Chibi-Monk-Kun.
Baker, Baker's Wife: We have no bread.
Baker's Wife: The little Hibiki girl ate just about everything.
Witch: Of course you have no bread!
Baker: What do you wish?
Witch: It's not what I wish. It's what you wish. ::Pats Chiyumi's stomach, Chiyumi swipes at her:: Nothing cooking in there now, is there?
MereMew: The old—
Witch: I'm not old!! I'm 16!!
MereMew: And your name is Dennis right?
Witch: Huh?
MereMew: Forget it. I know you're 16 but the witch in the play is old. See? Anyway, the old-young enchantress told the couple that she had placed a spell on their house.
Witch: That's better. Thank you.
Baker: What spell?
Witch: In the past, when you were no more than a babe, your father brought his young wife and you to this cottage. They were a handsome couple, but not handsome neighbors. You see, your mother was with child and had developed an unusual appetite. She took one look at my beautiful garden and told your father what she wanted more than anything in the world was…
GREENS, GREENS, AND NOTHING BUT GREENS,
PARSLEY, PEPPERS, CABBAGES AND CELERY
ASPARAGUS AND WATERCRESS AND
FIDDLEFERNS AND LETTUCE—
::Goes into "Rap" mode::
HE SAID, "ALL RIGHT"
BUT IT WASN'T, QUITE,
'CAUSE I CAUGHT IN THE AUTUMN
IN MY GARDEN ONE NIGHT
HE WAS ROBBING ME, RAPING ME—
Baker: Yep that sounds like father. Pretty girl, dark night—
Witch: Not that kind of raping!! Where was I?
Baker's Wife: Being raped.
Witch: Not that kind of- oh forget it.
ROOTING THROUGH MY RUTABAGA,
RAIDING MY ARUGULA AND RIPPING UP THE RAMPION
(MY CHAMPION MY FAVORITE)
I SHOULD HAVE LAID A SPELL ON HIM
RIGHT THERE!
::Waves hand for emphasis and a loaf of bread flies by::
COULD HAVE TURNED HIM INTO STONE
OR A DOG OR A CHAIR…
::Giggles::
BUT I LET HIM HAVE THE RAMPION—
I'D LOTS TO SPARE,
IN RETURN HOW EVER
I SAID "FAIR IS FAIR:
YOU CAN LET ME HAVE THE BABY
THAT YOUR WIFE WILL BEAR.
::two beats::
AND WE'LL CALL IT SQUARE."
Baker: I had a brother?
Witch: No, but you had a sister.
Baker: Will she bear—
Everyone present: ::hits him with random stuff:: That's disgusting!!!!
Baker: I was kidding!
Clear Shadow: But the Witch refused to tell him any more of his sister. Not even that her name was Rapunzel.
Witch: I thought I had been more than reasonable. But how was I to know what your father had also hidden in his pocket?
Baker's Wife: Yes, you were quite reasonable.
Witch: Thanks. I thought so.
::Ahem!::
Baker: What?
Witch: Beans.
Baker, Baker's Wife: Beans?
Witch: The special beans! ::getting excited::
I LET HIM GO
I DIDN'T KNOW
HE'D STOLEN MY BEANS!
I WAS WATCHING HIM CRAWL
BACK OVER THE WALL
AND THEN BANG! CRASH!
AND THE LIGHTNING FLASH!
AND—WELL, THAT'S ANOTHER STORY
NEVERMIND—
ANYWAY, AT LAST
THE BIG DAY CAME
AND I MADE MY CLAIM
"OH DON'T TAKE AWAY THE BABY,"
THEY SHRIEKED AND SCREECHED
BUT I DID! AND I HID HER
WHERE SHE'LL NEVER BE REACHED.
AND YOUR FATHER CRIED
AND YOUR MOTHER DIED
WHEN FOR EXTRA MEASURE—
I ADMIT IT WAS A PLEASURE—
I SAID "SORRY:
I'M STILL NOT MOLLIFIED."
AND I LAID A LITTLE SPELL ON THEM—
YOU TWO SON!
::Waves her hand and a rolling pin flies over and knocks Miroku in the crotch, Miroku doubles over in pain, Chiyumi doubles over in laughter::
That your family tree would always be a barren one…
::bursts in to laughter then calms::
SO THERE'S NO MORE FUSS
AND THERE'S NO MORE SCENES
AND MY GARDEN THRIVES
YOU SHOULD SEE MY NECTARINES!
BUT I'M TELLING YOU THE SAME
I TELL KINGS AND QUEENS
DON'T EVER NEVER EVER
MESS AROUND WITH MY GREENS
::Two beats::
ESPECIALLY THE BEANS!
::Music continues. Kenshin is ready to leave the house::
Jack's Mother: Now you listen. Lead Yahiko-White to market, and fetch the best price you can. Take no less than five pounds…Are you listening to me?
Jack: Yes. No more than five pounds.
::Karou whacks him with her bokken::
Jack: ::oro face:: Oro?
Jack's Mother: Less than five!!
Jack: Ooooorooooo……
Jack's Mother: JACK, JACK, JACK,
HEAD IN A SACK,
THE HOUSE IS GETTING COLDER,
THIS IS NOT A TIME FOR DREAMING.
CHIMNEYSTACK
STARTING TO CRACK,
THE MICE ARE GETTING BOLDER
THE FLOOR'S GONE SLACK
YOUR MOTHER'S GETTING OLDER,
YOUR FATHER'S NOT BACK,
AND YOU CAN'T JUST SIT HERE DREAMING PRETTY DREAMS.
TO WISH AND WAIT
FROM DAY TO DAY
WILL NEVER KEEP
THE WOLVES AWAY.
SO INTO THE WOODS,
THE TIME IS NOW.
WE HAVE TO LIVE,
I DON'T CARE HOW.
INTO THE WOODS
TO SELL THE COW,
YOU MUST BEGIN THE JOURNEY.
STRAIGHT THROUGH THE WOODS
AND DON'T DELAY-
WE HAVE TO FACE
THE MARKETPLACE.
INTO THE WOODS TO JOURNEY'S END-
Jack: INTO THE WOODS TO SELL A FRIEND-
Jack's Mother: Someday, you'll have a real pet, Jack.
Jack: A piggy?
::P-Chan runs by much to the delight of Yume Tenshi::
Jack's Mother: ::groans, shoves him out the door:: Now go!!
Yume Tenshi: Then the witch, for purposes of her own, explained how the Baker might lift the spell:
Witch: YOU WISH TO HAVE
THE CURSE REVERSED?
I'LL NEED A CERTAIN POTION FIRST.
GO TO THE WOOD AND BRING ME BACK
ONE: THE COW AS WHITE AS MILK
TWO: THE CAPE AS RED AS BLOOD
THREE: THE HAIR AS YELLOW AS CORN
FOUR: THE SLIPPER AS PURE AS GOLD
BRING ME THESE
BEFORE THE CHIME
OF MIDNIGHT
IN THREE DAY'S TIME
AND YOU SHALL HAVE
I GUARANTEE,
A CHILD AS PERFECT
AS CHILD CAN BE.
::Miroku does a happy dance of the ferrets::
Go to the woods! ::Waves hand again, this time a frying pan nails Miroku in the head, Rina snickers then exits::
Stepmother: Ladies! ::Fanfare:: Our carriage awaits.
Cinderella: PLEASE MAY I GO TO THE FESTIVAL?
Stepmother: The festival!
DARLING, THOSE NAILS!
DARLING, THOSE CLOTHES!
LENTILS ARE ONE THING BUT
DARLING, WITH THOSE,
YOU'D MAKE US THE FOOLS OF THE FESTIVAL
AND MORTIFY THE PRINCE!
Cinderella's Father: The carriage is waiting!
Stepmother: We must be gone!
Cinderella: Goodnight father.
Cinderella's Father: ::groans drunkenly and leaves::
Cinderella: I WISH… ::sits and cries:: I what? ::You cry.:: Oh no, no way. ::Please? Just a little sniffle?:: Oh fine. ::Sits and cries::
Baker: Look what I found in Father's urn!
Baker's Wife: You went digging around in his ashes?
Baker: We'll he didn't really have any remains as he got sucked in to the mystic wind tunnel ::Has that oh-so-cute "Sad-slash-thoughtful-Miroku" face::
Baker's wife: So what was in the urn?
Baker: Nothing. Except…
Baker's Wife: Six beans?
Baker: I wonder if they are the…
Baker's Wife: Witch's beans? We'll take them with us.
Baker: No, you are not coming.
Baker's Wife: I know you are fearful of the woods at night.
Baker: THE SPELL IS ON MY HOUSE.
ONLY I CAN LIFT THE SPELL,
THE SPELL IS ON MY HOUSE.
Baker's Wife: ::overlapping:: NO, NO, THE SPELL IS ON OUR HOUSE.
WE MUST LIFT THE SPELL TOGETHER,
THE SPELL IS ON OUR HOUSE.
Baker: No! You are not to come and that is final. Now what am I to return with?
Baker's Wife: ::annoyed:: You don't remember? Moron.
THE COW AS WHITE AS MILK,
THE CAPE AS RED AS BLOOD,
THE HAIR AS YELLOW AS CORN,
THE SLIPPER AS PURE AS GOLD…
Baker: ::Memorizing:: THE COW AS WHITE AS MILK
THE CAPE AS RED AS BLOOD
THE HAIR AS YELLOW AS CORN
THE SLIPPER AS PURE AS GOLD…
Sharpsnout: ::As Miroku keeps repeating:: And so the Baker, reluctantly, set off to meet the enchantress' demand. As for Cinderella:
Cinderella: I STILL WISH TO GO TO THE FESTIVAL,
BUT HOW AM I EVER TO GET TO THE FESTIVAL?
Baker: ::Simultaneously muttering as he's getting ready:: THE COW AS WHITE AS MILK,
THE CAPE AS RED AS BLOOD,
THE HAIR AS YELLOW AS CORN—
Baker's Wife: ::Prompting:: The slipper?
Baker: THE SLIPPER AS PURE AS GOLD.
Cinderella: ::Overlapping:: I KNOW!
I'LL VISIT MOTHER'S GRAVE
THE GRAVE AT THE HAZEL TREE
AND TELL I JUST WANT TO
GO TO THE KING'S FESTIVAL.
Baker: THE COW, THE CAPE,
THE SLIPPER AS PURE AS GOLD—
Baker's Wife: THE HAIR! Idiot…
Baker, Cinderella: INTO THE WOODS,
IT'S TIME TO GO,
IT MAY BE ALL
IN VAIN, YOU/I KNOW.
INTO THE WOODS-
BUT EVEN SO,
I HAVE TO TAKE THE JOURNEY.
Baker, Cinderella, Baker's Wife: INTO THE WOODS,
THE PATH IS STRAIGHT,
YOU (I) KNOW IT WELL,
BUT WHO CAN TELL-?
Baker, Baker's Wife: INTO THE WOODS TO LIFT THE SPELL-
Cinderella: INTO THE WOODS TO VISIT MOTHER-
Baker's Wife: INTO THE WOODS TO FETCH THE THINGS-
Baker: TO MAKE THE POTION-
Cinderella: TO GO TO THE FESTIVAL-
Baker, Baker's Wife, Cinderella, Jack, Jack's Mother: INTO THE WOODS
WITHOUT REGRET
THE CHOICE IS MADE
THE TASK IS SET
INTO THE WOODS
BUT NOT FORGETTING
WHY I'M ON THE JOURNEY
INTO THE WOODS
TO GET MY WISH
I DON'T CARE HOW
THE TIME IS NOW
Jack's Mother: INTO THE WOODS TO SELL THE FREELOADER—
Jack: INTO THE WOODS TO GET THE MONEY—
Baker's wife: INTO THE WOODS TO LIFT THE SPELL—
Baker: TO LIFT THE POTION—
Cinderella: TO GO TO THE FESTIVAL—
Little Red Ridinghood: ::Skipping by eating a cookie:: INTO THE WOODS TO GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE
INTO THE WOODS TO GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE
All: THE WAY IS CLEAR
THE LIGHT IS GOOD
I HAVE NO FEAR
NOR NO ONE SHOULD
THE WOODS ARE JUST TREES
THE TRESS ARE JUST WOOD
NO NEED TO BE AFRAID THERE
Baker, Cinderella: ::Spooked:: THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE GLADE THERE…
:: Irvine, Moonbay, Fiona, and Dr. D are seen passing by in the carriage. They make faces at everyone else::
All: INTO THE WOODS
WITHOUT DELAY,
BUT CAREFUL NOT
TO LOSE THE WAY.
INTO THE WOODS,
WHO KNOWS WHAT MAY
BE LURKING ON THE JOURNEY?
INTO THE WOODS
TO GET THE THING
THAT MAKES IT WORTH
THE JOURNEYING
INTO THE WOODS
Stepmother, Florinda, Lucinda: TO SEE THE KING—
Jack, Jack's Mother: TO SELL THE YAHIKO—
Yahiko: Hey!
Baker, Baker's Wife: TO MAKE THE POTION—
All: TO SEE
TO SELL
TO GET
TO BRING
TO MAKE
TO LIFT
TO GO TO THE FESTIVAL
INTO THE WOODS
INTO THE WOODS
INTO THE WOODS
THEN OUT OF THE WOODS
AND HOME BEFORE DARK!
END OF SCENE ONE
