NARRATOR   Once upon a time-   later-   CINDERELLA   I wish...   In that same far-off kingdom   More than anything...   Lived a young princess,   More than life...    The lad Jack,   More than footmen...      JACK   I wish...   And the Baker with his family      BABY   Waaah!      JACK    No, I miss...      CINDERELLA & BAKER   I wish...      BABY   Waaah!      JACK   More then anything...      CINDERELLA, JACK, BAKER   More than the moon...      BAKER'S WIFE   There, there...      CINDERELLA   I wish to sponsor a Festival      BABY   Waaah!      BAKER   More then life...      JACK   I miss...      CINDERELLA   The time has come for a Festival...      BABY   Waaah!      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...      BAKER   Another room...      NARRATOR   But despite some minor inconveniences,   they were all quite content...      CINDERELLA   I never thought I'd wed a Prince...      CINDERELLA's PRINCE   I never thought I'd find perfection...      BOTH   I never thought I would be so happy!      CINDERELLA   Not an unhappy moment since...      JACK & MOTHER   I didn't think we'd be this rich...      CINDERELLA'S PRINCE   Not a conceivable objection...      BAKER & WIFE   I never thought we'd have a baby...      CINDERELLA, PRINCE, JACK, MOTHER   I didn't know I could be so happy!      BAKER & WIFE   I'm so happy!      STEPMOTHER   Happy now,   Happy hence,   Happy ever after-      FLORINDA, LUCINDA, STEPMOTHER   We're so happy you're so happy!   Just as long as you stay happy,   We'll stay happy!...      CINDERELLA & PRINCE   Not one row...      JACK'S MOTHER   Pots of pence...      JACK   With my cow...      BAKER & WIFE   Little gurgles....      CINDERELLA'S PRINCE   Darling, I must go now...      JACK'S MOTHER   We should really sell it      BAKER   Where's he 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, JACK, MOTHER, BAKER'S WIFE   I'm going to see that he/she   Is so happy!      ALL   I never though I'd love my life!   I would have settled for another!      CINDERELLA   Then to become a wife...      JACK & MOTHER   Then to be ste for life...      BAKER & WIFE   Then to beget a child...      ALL   That fortune smiled...   I'm so hap-!      (A loud rumbling noise is followed by an    enormous crash. The Baler's house caves in.   He is caught underneath the rubble as    his Wife runs forward with their baby.   The Witch enters.)      BAKER   Have you done this to our house?      WITCH   Always thinking of yourself! Look at my garden.      BAKER   Destroyed!      BAKER's WIFE   Who could do such a thing?      BAKER   Do you think it was a bear?      WITCH   A bear? Bears are sweet.   Besides, you ever see a bear with forty-foot feet?      BAKER'S WIFE   Dragon?      WITCH   No scorch marks,   Usually they're linked      BAKER   Manticore?      WITCH   Imaginary      BAKER & WIFE   Griffin?      WITCH   Extinct      BAKER   Giant?      WITCH   Possible.   Very, very, possible...      NARRATOR   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 RIDING HOOD   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 to late,   It's just another journey...      CINDERELLA   Into the woodsm   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!      BAKER'S WIFE   Into the woods-   To shield the child...      LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD   To flee the winds...      BAKER   To find a future...      BAKER'S WIFE   To shield...      JACK   To slay...      LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD   To flee...      BAKER   To find...      CINDERELLA   To fix...      BAKER'S WIFE   To hide...      LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD   To move...      JACK   To battle...      CINDERELLA   To see what the trouble is...      (Rapunzel screams)