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HE'S A VERY NICE PRINCE
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CINDERELLA
He's a very nice Prince.

BAKER'S WIFE
And-?

CINDERELLA
And-
It's a very nice ball.

BAKER'S WIFE
And-?

CINDERELLA
And-
When I entered they trumpeted.

BAKER'S WIFE
And-?
The Prince-?

CINDERELLA
Oh, the Prince...

BAKER'S WIFE
Yes, the Prince!

CINDERELLA
Well, he's tall.

BAKER'S WIFE
Is that all?
Did you dance?
Is he charming? They say that he's charming.

CINDERELLA
We did nothing but dance.

BAKER'S WIFE
Yes-? And-?

CINDERELLA
And it made a nice change.

BAKER'S WIFE
No, the Prince!

CINDERELLA
Oh, the Prince...

BAKER'S WIFE
Yes, the Prince.

CINDERELLA
He has charm for a Prince, I guess...

BAKER'S WIFE
guess?

CINDERELLA
I don't meet a wide range.

BAKER'S WIFE
Did he bow?
Was he cold and polite?

CINDERELLA
And it's all very strange.

BAKER'S WIFE
Did he speak? Did he flirt?
Could you tell right away he was royalty?
Is he sensitive,
Clever,
Well-mannered,
Considerate,
Passionate,
Charming,
As kind as he's handsome,
As wise as he's rich,
Is he everything you've ever wanted?

CINDERELLA
Would I know?

BAKER'S WIFE
Well, I know.

CINDERELLA
But how can you know what you want
Till you get what you want
And you see if you like it?

BAKER'S WIFE
Would I know?

CINDERELLA
All I know is-

BAKER'S WIFE
I never wish-

CINDERELLA
What I want most of all-

BAKER'S WIFE
Just within reason.

CINDERELLA
Is to know what I want.

BAKER'S WIFE
When you know you can't have what you want,
Where's the profit in wishing?

BOTH
He's a very nice Prince...

BAKER'S WIFE
What I wouldn't give to be in your shoes.

CINDERELLA
Will you look over there, an enormous beanstalk
growing next to that little cottage.

BAKER'S WIFE
I mean slippers as pure as gold.

CINDERELLA
I must get home.

BAKER'S WIFE
I need you shoes.

Wait!

FIRST MIDNIGHT

BAKER
One midnight gone...

MYSTERIOUS MAN
No know unties itself...

WITCH
Sometimes the things you most wish for
are not to be touched...

PRINCES
The harder to get, the better to have...

FLORINDA
Never wear mauve at a ball...

LUCINDA
Or pink...

STEPMOTHER
Or open your mouth...

JACK
The difference between a cow and a bean
Is a bean can begin an adventure...

JACK'S MOTHER
Slotted spoons don't hold much soup...

LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD
The prettier the flower, the farther from the path...

CINDERELLA'S FATHER
The closer to the family, the closer to the wine...

RAPUNZEL
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah...

WITCH
One midnight gone!...

GRANNY
The mouth of a wolf's not the end of the world...

STEWARD
A servant is not just a dog, to a Prince...

CINDERELLA
Opportunity is not a lengthy visitor...

BAKER'S WIFE
You may know what you need,
But to get what you want,
Better see that you keep what you have.

BAKER
One midnight gone...

WITCH
Sometimes the things you most wish for
are not to be touched...

PRINCES
The harder to get,
The better to have...
Agreed.

BAKER
One midnight gone... one midnight gone...

FLORINDA
Never wear mauve at a ball...

LUCINDA
Or pink...

JACK'S MOTHER
Slotted spoons don't hold much soup...

BAKER'S WIFE
To get what you want,
Better keep what you...

LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD
The prettier the flower...

ALL
One midnight gone...

Into the woods,
Into the woods,
Into the woods, then out of the woods
And home before-

GIANTS IN THE SKY

JACK
There are Giants in the sky!
There are big tall terrible Giants
in the sky!

When you're way up high
And you look below
At the world you left
And the things you know,
Little more than a glance
Is enough to show
You just how small you are.

When you're way up high
And you're own your own
In a world like none
That you've ever known,
Where the sky is lead
And the earth is stone,

You're free, to do
Whatever pleases you,
Exploring things you'd never dare
'Cause you don't care,
When suddenly there's

A big tall terrible Giant at the door,
A big tall terrible lady Giant
sweeping the floor.
And she gives you food
And she gives you rest
And she draws you close
To her Giant breast,
And you know things now
that you never knew before,
Not till the sky.

Only just when you've made
A friend and all,
And you know she's big
But you don't feel small,
Someone bigger than her
Comes along the hall
To swallow you for lunch.

And you heart is lead
And your stomach stone
And you're really scared
Being all alone...

And it's then that you miss
All the things you've known
And the world you've left
And the little you own-

The fun is done.
You steal what you can and run.
And you scramble down
And you look below,
And the world you know
Begins to grow:

The roof, the house, and your Mother at the door.
The roof, the house and the world you never thought to explore.
And you think of all of the things you've seen,
And you wish that you could live in between,
And you're back again,
Only different than before,
After the sky.

There are Giants in the sky!
There are big tall terrible awesome scary wonderful
Giants in the sky!

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