[NARRATOR]
Once upon a time
In a far-off kingdom
There lay a small village
At the edge of the woods
[CINDERELLA]
I wish...
[NARRATOR]
And in this village 
[CINDERELLA]
More than anything
[NARRATOR]
Lived a young maiden,
[CINDERELLA]
More than life...
More than jewels...
[NARRATOR]
care-free young lad
[JACK]
I wish...
More than life...
[NARRATOR]
And a childless baker
[CINDERELLA & BAKER]
I wish...
[NARRATOR]
With his wife.
[CINDERELLA, BAKER & JACK]
More than anything
More than the moon...
I wish...
[CINDERELLA]
The King is giving a Festival.
[BAKER & WIFE]
More than life...
[JACK]
I wish...
[CINDERELLA]
I wish to go to the Festival.
[BAKER & WIFE]
More than riches...
[CINDERELLA]
And the Ball...
[JACK]
I wish my cow would
Give us some milk.
[BAKER'S WIFE]
More than anything...
[BAKER]
I wish we had a child.
[JACK]
Please, pal-
[BAKER'S WIFE]
I want a child...
[JACK]
Squeeze, pal...
[CINDERELLA]
I wish to go to the Festival.
[JACK]
I wish you'd give us some
Milk or even cheese...
I wish...

[BAKER & WIFE]
I wish we might have a child.
I wish...
[CINDERELLA]
I wish...
[STEPMOTHER]
You wish to go to the Festival?
[NARRATOR]
The poor girl' parents had died,
[STEPMOTHER]
You, Cinderella, the Festival?
[ALL THREE]
What, you wish to go to the Festival?
The Festival?
The King's Festival?
[NARRATOR]
And now she lived with her stepmother
[STEPMOTHER]
The Festival? Ha!
[NARRATOR]
Who had two daughters of her own.
[FLORINDA]
Look at you nails!
[LUCINDA]
Look at your dress!
[STEPMOTHER]
People would laugh at you-
[CINDERELLA]
Nevertheless,
We still wish to go to the Festival
And dance before the Prince.
[NARRATOR]
All three were beautiful of face, 
But vile and black of heart.
The young lad had no father,
And his mother
[JACK'S MOTHER]
I wish...
[NARRATOR]
Well, she was at her wit's end...
[JACK'S MOTHER]
I wish my son were not a fool.
I wish my house was not a mess.
I wish the cow was full of milk.
I wish the walls were full of gold-
I wish a lot of things...
[NARRATOR]
And then there was a hungry little girl
Who always wore a red cape
[LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD]
I wish...
It's not for me,
It's for my Granny in the woods.
loaf of bread, please-
To bring my poor old hungry
Granny in the woods...
Just a loaf of bread, please... [bad word] little birds
Down from the eaves,
And the leaves,
Over fields,
Out castles and ponds...
[JACK]
No, squeeze, pal...
[CINDERELLA]
Quick, little birds,
Flick through the ashes.
Pick and peck, but swiftly,
Sift through the ashes,
Into the pot...
[JACK'S MOTHER]
Look at her.
There are bugs on her dugs.
There are flies in her eyes.
There's a lump on [bad word] Big enough to be a hump-
[JACK]
But-
[JACK'S MOTHER]
Son,
We've no time to sit and dither,
While her wither's wither with her-
And no one keeps a cow for a friend!
[LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD]
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 through the trees
To where I am
Expected ma'am,
Into the woods
To Grandmother's house-
Into the woods
To Grandmother's house-
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?
Into the woods
And down the dell,
The path is 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