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Cinderella, who has a hard time dancing, never mind running!, in her golden shoes is already beginning to have second thoughts about her desire to be a part of what she perceives as a better life at the Prince's palace, as she runs, for the third and final time, from the ball at midnight.
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The Prince's steward seeks
Cinderella in the woods, but
does not find her. Instead, he discovers the Baker and his wife, who have obtained one of Cinderella's golden shoes (she lost the other on the steps of the palace as she made her escape). More deception occurs when the Baker's wife denies
seeing Cinderella.
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The Prince follows close behind his steward, and claims Cinderella's golden slipper as his own, much to the dismay of the Baker and his wife, who had been jubilant at having all the ingredients to break their spell. The Baker's father appears and urges the Prince to "give them the shoe," which the Prince does because he only needs one, after all, to find his elusive Cinderella.
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"Jack picked up his axe and chopped down the stalk! The giant fell ... But there was no Jack!" Jack's mother is overcome with anguish as she fears her foolishly adventurous son may be dead after felling the giant who now lies dead in their garden.
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The longtime spell that hid the Witch's true self is broken with the combination of the four ingredients gathered by the Baker and his wife. She is restored, as a result, to her "former state of grace and beauty," much to everyone's stunned surprise.
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Witch: "Don't you recognize me?"
Rapunzel: "Mother?!"
Rapunzel and her Prince are shocked by the change in the witch's appearance, but note that it hasn't changed her demeanor; Rapunzel chooses to stay with her Prince.
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"Into the woods we go again, it happens every now and then."
Cinderella has her Prince; Rapunzel has her Prince and twin babies; Jack and his mother are rich beyond their wildest dreams; the Baker and his wife are expecting a child; the Witch has become beautiful . . .
But guess what? This story is "to be continued!"
It's only the end of act one, and there's much more to come!!
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CONTINUE!
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