Once upon a time,
in a far off kingdom,
there lay a small village
at the edge of the woods.
I wish
And in this village...
More than anything
...lived a young maiden...
More than life More than jewels
...a carefree young lad...
I wish
More than life
...and a childless baker...
I wish
...with his wife.
- More than anything
- More than the moon
I wish
The King is giving a Festival
More than life
I wish
I wish to go to the Festival
More than riches
And the Ball
I wish my cow would give us some milk
- More than anything
- I wish we had a child
Please, pal
I want a child
I wish to go to the Festival
I wish you'd give us some milk
or even cheese
I wish
You wish to go to the Festival?
The poor girl's
parents had died.
You, Cinderella, the Festival?
You wish to go to the Festival?
The Festival?
The King's Festival?
And now
she lived with her stepmother.
The Festival? Ha!
Who had
two daughters of her own.
- Look at your nails
- Look at your dress
- People would laugh at you
- Nevertheless
She still wants to go to the Festival
And dance before the Prince
All three
were beautiful of face,
but vile and black of heart.
The young lad had no father,
and his mother...
I wish
...well,
she was at her wits' end.
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
Oh! What in heaven's name
are you doing with the cow
inside the house?
I thought if he were nice and warm,
he might produce some milk.
It's a she!
How many times do I have to tell you that
only "she"s can give milk?
And then,
there was a hungry little girl,
who always wore a red cape.
Hey!
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
Cinderella.
If you can pick up these lentils,
and finish your chores in time,
then you may go to the Ball with us.
Come along, ladies.
Yes, Mother.
Good luck.
Come, little birds
Down from the eaves and the leaves
Over fields, out of castles and ponds
No, squeeze, pal
Quick, little birds
Flick through the ashes
Pick and peck, but swiftly
Sift through the ashes
Into the pot
Oh!
Bull's-eye!
What are you doing?
Stop your pretending!
Now listen to me well, son.
Milky-White must be taken to market.
Mother, no!
He's the best cow in the world!
Was. She has been dry for weeks now.
We've no food or money
and no choice but to sell her.
But Milky-White's my best friend!
Look at her!
There are bugs on her dugs
There are flies in her eyes
There's a lump on her rump
Big enough to be a hump
- But, Mother...
- We've no time to sit and dither
While her withers wither with her
And no one keeps a cow for a friend
Sometimes I wonder
what's going on in that head of yours.
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
- Uh-uh-uh-uh!
Into the woods and through the trees
To where I am expected, ma'am
Into the woods, to Grandmother's house
- Stop it.
- I can't just...
Into the woods,
to Grandmother's house
Are you certain of your way?
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?
Yes, we do.
I don't suppose you're planning
on buying any of these?
Oh, shh.
Now, don't stray and be late, all right?
You might save some of those sweets
for Granny.
- Oh, my...
- Just leave it.
She's a thief!
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
To Granny who is sick in bed
Never can tell what lies ahead
For all that I know, she's already dead
But into the woods
Into the woods
Into the woods, to Grandmother's house
And home before dark
Cinderella!
Get up here!
Fly, birds Back to the sky
We're waiting!
Back to the eaves and the leaves
And the fields and the...
Hurry up and do my hair, Cinderella
Are you really wearing that?
Here, I found a little tear, Cinderella
Can't you hide it with a hat?
- You look beautiful
- I know.
- She means me.
- No, she didn't.
Mother said be good
Father said be nice
That was always their advice
So be nice, Cinderella
Good Cinderella
- Nice good, good nice
- Tighter!
What's the good of being good
If everyone is blind
Always leaving you behind
Never mind, Cinderella
Kind Cinderella
Nice, good, nice, kind, good, nice
Ow!
Not that tight! Clod!
Who might that be?
We've sold our last loaf of bread!
It's the Witch from next door.
We have no bread.
I don't want your bread.
Then what is it you wish?
It's not what I wish. It's what you wish.
Nothing cooking in that belly now,
is there?
And there will never be.
Unless
you do exactly as I say.
In three days' time,
a Blue Moon will appear.
Only then can the curse be undone.
What curse?
The one I placed on this house.
What are you talking about?
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 lovely couple.
But not lovely neighbors.
You see, your mother was with child,
and she developed an unusual appetite.
She admired my beautiful garden,
and she told your father
that what she wanted
more than anything in the world...
Was greens, greens
Nothing but greens
Parsley, peppers, cabbages and celery
Asparagus and watercress
And fiddleferns and lettuce
He said, "All right"
But it wasn't, quite
'Cause I caught him in the autumn
In my garden one night
He was robbing me Raping me
Rooting through my rutabaga
Raiding my arugula
And ripping up the rampion
My champion, my favorite
I should've laid a spell
on him right there.
I could've turned him into stone.
Or a dog.
Or a chair.
But I let him have the rampion
I'd lots to spare
In return, however
I said, "Fair is fair
"You can let me have the baby
That your wife will bear
"And we'll call it square"
I had a brother?
No.
But you had a sister.
Where is she?
She's mine now,
and you'll never find her.
A small price to pay
for what else your father stole from me.
It cost me my youth, my beauty.
My mother warned me
she would punish me with the curse
of ugliness if I ever lost any of them.
Lost what?
The beans
- Beans?
- The special beans
I let him go
I didn't know he'd stolen my beans
I was watching him crawl
Back over the wall
When bang, crash
A lightning flash
Well, that's another story
Never mind, anyway
At last, the big day came
I made my claim
"Oh, don't take away the baby"
They shrieked and squeaked
But I did, and I hid her
Where she'll never be reached
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, too, son.
That your family tree would always be
a barren one.
Oh!
How could you do that?
And when your mother died,
your father deserted you.
Your father was no father,
so why should you be?
I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry.
Now 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
Especially the beans
Yeah, but why do we
have to go to the next village?
Because everyone in this village knows
the cow hasn't given
a drop of milk in weeks.
But that's cheating.
We're starving, Jack!
Don't you understand that?
Now, you're not to accept
less than five pounds for her.
Are you listening to me?
Yes.
How much are you to ask?
No more than five pounds.
- Less than five!
- Than five!
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
Into the woods to sell a friend
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 days' time.
'Tis then the Blue Moon reappears,
which comes but once
each hundred years.
Bring them and I guarantee
a child as perfect as child can be.
Oh!
Go to the wood!
Whoa!
Ladies, our carriage awaits!
Now may I go to the Festival?
The Festival?
Darling, those nails
Darling, those clothes
The lentils are one thing
But darling, with those
You'd make us the fools of the Festival
And mortify the Prince
The Festival lasts three nights.
Surely, you can let me be there
for one of them.
The King is trying to find his son a wife,
not a scullery maid!
We must be gone!
Oh!
Stop it!
Come on.
Go!
I wish...
Look what I found. Here, take this.
I'm not wearing that.
- Why?
- It was my father's.
You heard what she said.
This is all his fault.
I want nothing to do with him.
Beans?
Oh, these must be the Witch's beans.
We'll take them with us.
- We?
- Yes.
We? You're not coming.
It's not safe out there.
I can help you!
No, I can do this on my own.
The spell is on my house
Only I can lift the spell
No, no, the spell is on our house
We must lift the spell together
The spell is on our house
Now, remind me,
what am I to return with?
You don't remember?
The cow as white as milk
The cape as red as blood
The hair as yellow as corn
The slipper as pure as gold
The cow as white as milk
The cape as red as blood
The hair as yellow as corn
The slipper as pure as gold
I still wish to go to the Festival
But how am I ever to get to the Festival?
I know, I'll visit Mother's grave
The grave at the willow tree
And tell her I just want to go
To the King's Festival
Into the woods, it's time to go
It may be all in vain, you know
Into the woods, but even so
I have to take the journey
Into the woods, the path is straight
You know it well
But who can tell?
Into the woods to lift the spell
Into the woods to visit Mother
Into the woods to sell the cow
To get the money
To go to the Festival
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
No need to be afraid there
There's something in the glade there
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 to see the King
- To sell the cow
- To make the potion
To see, to sell To get, to bring
To make, to lift
To go to the Festival
Into the woods
To see, to sell, to get, to bring
- Into the woods
- To make, to lift, to go to the Festival
Into the woods Into the woods
Into the woods
Then out of the woods
To see, to sell To get, to bring
To make, to lift
To go to the Festival
Into the woods
Then out of the woods
And home before dark
Deep within the woods
Cinderella had planted a branch
at the grave of her mother.
And she visited there so often,
and wept so much
that her tears watered it
until it had become a magnificent tree.
I wish...
What is it that you wish, child?
Do you know what you wish?
Are you certain what you wish
Is what you want?
If you know what you want
Then make a wish
Ask the tree
And you shall have your wish
Thank you, Mother.
On her path to Granny's,
the little girl suddenly found herself
in a very unusual part of the wood.
Good day, young lady.
Good day, Mr. Wolf.
Whither away so hurriedly?
To my grandmother's.
And what might be in your basket?
Some bread. For Grandmother.
So she'll have something good
to make her strong.
And where might your grandmother live?
A good quarter of a league further
in the woods.
Her house stands
inside a great oak tree.
Look at that flesh
Pink and plump
Hello, little girl
Tender and fresh Not one lump
Hello, little girl
This one's especially lush
Delicious
Hello, little girl
What's your rush?
You're missing all the flowers
The sun won't set for hours
Take your time
Mother said, "Straight ahead"
Not to delay or be misled
But slow, little girl
Hark and hush
The birds are singing sweetly
You'll miss the birds completely
You're traveling so fleetly
Grandmother first
Then Miss Plump
What a delectable couple
Utter perfection
One brittle, one supple
- One moment, my dear
- Mother said, "Come what may
"Follow the path and never stray"
Just so, little girl Any path
So many worth exploring
Just one would be so boring
And look what you're ignoring
Think of those crisp, aging bones
Then something fresh on the palate
Think of that scrumptious carnality
Twice in one day
There's no possible way
To describe what you feel
When you're talking to your meal
For Granny.
Mother said not to stray
Still, I suppose, a small delay
Granny might like a fresh bouquet
Goodbye, Mr. Wolf
Goodbye, little girl
And hello
What are you waiting for? Get the cape!
You frightened me!
Get it, get it, get it, get it!
How am I supposed to get it?
You go up to the little thing,
and you take it!
I can't just take a cloak
from a little girl.
- Why don't you take it?
- It's the rules.
Why do you think I asked you
to do it in the first place?
I'm not allowed to touch
any of the objects.
Get me what I need!
Get me what I need!
Hello there, little girl.
Hello, Mr. Baker.
Have you saved some of those sweets
for Granny?
I ate all the sweets
and half a loaf of bread.
So I see.
Now, tell me, where did you
get that beautiful cape?
- My granny made it for me.
- Is that so?
I would love a red cape like that.
You would look pretty foolish.
I would, wouldn't I?
May I take a look at it?
- No!
- No, I need it badly.
It's mine! Give it back!
Give it back!
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
I just wanted to make sure
that you really loved that cape.
Now off you go to Granny's,
and be careful that
no wolf comes your way.
I'd rather a wolf than you any day!
This is hopeless!
I'm never gonna find that red cape,
or a yellow slipper and a golden cow.
Oh, wait, is it a golden slipper
and a yellow cow?
The cow as white as milk
The cape as red as blood
The hair as yellow as corn
The slipper as pure as...
- What are you doing here?
- You forgot your scarf.
You shouldn't be here.
It's not safe in these woods.
- I want to help.
- No!
- The spell is on my house
- Our house
Only I can lift the spell
- We must lift the spell together
- The spell is on my house
The spell is on...
A cow as white as...
Milk.
Go.
- Hello there, young lad.
- Hello, sir.
What might you be doing
with a cow in the middle of the forest?
I was heading towards market,
but I seem to have lost my way.
"What are you planning on doing there?"
What are you planning on doing there?
Sell my cow, sir.
No less than five pounds.
Five pounds?
Where are we supposed
to get five pounds?
She must be very generous of milk
to fetch five pounds.
Yes, ma'am.
Um, and if you can't fetch that sum,
then what are you to do?
I hadn't thought of that.
This is all we have.
Beans?
Oh, no, we mustn't give up our beans!
Well, if you feel that we must.
Beans in exchange for my cow?
Oh, no, son.
These are no ordinary beans.
These beans, they carry magic.
Magic? What kind of magic?
Tell him.
It's, uh...
- It's a magic that defies description.
- Yes.
- How many beans?
- Six.
- Five.
- Five.
They're worth a pound each, at least.
Could I buy my cow back someday?
- Well... Possibly.
- Yes.
So, yeah,
it seems like we've made a fair trade.
Okay.
Here you go. There's one, two,
three, four, five.
All right, well, good luck,
and pleasure doing business with you.
One day, I'll buy you back.
Promise.
Take the cow and go home.
I was just trying to help.
Magic beans?
We've no reason to believe
they're magic.
Are we to dispel this curse
through deceit?
No one would have given him
more for this creature.
We did him a favor.
At least they'll have some food now.
Five beans?
- Do you want a child or not?
- Of course I do.
We have one chance.
Don't you see that? And if we fail...
I'm not sure I'm cut out to be a father.
Why would you say that?
Because of my father.
You're not him!
I don't know.
If you can't do this for yourself,
can't you at least do it for me?
Okay. Fine.
But will you take the cow and go home?
I will find the rest of the things
on my own.
Stay.
Rapunzel!
Rapunzel!
Let down your hair to me!
Rapunzel?
The old enchantress
had given the name Rapunzel
to the child she had hidden away
and locked in a doorless tower.
But little did she know
that the girl's lilting voice
had caught the attention
of a handsome prince.
Rapunzel.
Don't you look lovely today, my dear.
Thank you, Mother.
I brought your favorite.
Blackberries.
Fresh from the garden.
As the little girl
approached her granny's oak tree,
she was surprised to see
the door standing open.
Oh, dear.
How uneasy I feel.
Perhaps it's all the sweets.
Granny?
Come in, my dearie.
My, Grandmother.
You're looking very strange.
What big ears you have.
The better to hear you with,
my dear.
And with a single bound
the big, bad Wolf had
devoured the little girl.
Well, it was a full day of eating for both.
Help! Get us out!
I can't believe I just did that.
Wait!
Aren't you gonna help us
skin that beast?
No, no. No thanks.
What kind of hunter are you?
I'm a baker.
Wait a minute, I never thanked you!
You need to be more careful,
young lady.
I'm sorry.
I should have known better.
Mother said, "Straight ahead"
Not to delay or be misled
I should have heeded her advice
But he seemed so nice
And he showed me things
Many beautiful things
That I hadn't thought to explore
They were off my path
So I never had dared
I had been so careful
I never had cared
And he made me feel excited
Well, excited and scared
When he said, "Come in"
With that sickening grin
How could I know what was in store?
Once his teeth were bared,
though I really got scared
Well, excited and scared
But he drew me close
And he swallowed me down
Down a dark, slimy path
Where lie secrets
That I never want to know
Whoa!
And when everything familiar
Seemed to disappear forever
At the end of the path
Was Granny once again
So we lay in the dark
Till you came and set us free
And you brought us to the light
And we're back at the start
And I know things now
Many valuable things
That I hadn't known before
Do not put your faith
In a cape and a hood
They will not protect you
The way that they should
And take extra care with strangers
Even flowers have their dangers
And though scary is exciting
Nice is different than good
Mr. Baker, you saved our lives.
Here.
- Are you certain?
- Yes.
Maybe Granny will make me another one
out of the skins of that wolf.
Thank you.
Thank you!
Ugh!
Now I know: Don't be scared
Granny is right, just be prepared
Isn't it nice to know a lot
And a little bit
Not
How could you do this?
What sort of boy exchanges
a cow for beans?
But they're magic. The man said.
Oh, get your head
out of the clouds, Jack!
Ow!
Mother, no!
Go on, get in there!
You and your worthless adventures,
Jack! Will you never learn?
To bed without supper for you!
Beans!
The first night
of the Festival Ball
brought Cinderella her wish.
The Prince danced only with her,
till he turned,
and she had slipped away.
That way!
Quickly!
I must find that girl.
Oh!
Oh!
- Are you all right, miss?
- Yes.
I just need to catch my breath.
Oh, what a beautiful gown!
Were you at the King's Festival?
- Yes.
- Ooh!
Aren't you the lucky one.
Why ever are you in the woods
at this hour?
This way!
Please don't let them know that I'm here.
Oh, my God.
Have you seen a beautiful young woman
in a ball gown pass through?
I don't think so, sir.
If I may, My Lord,
I think I see her over there!
Onward!
I've never lied to royalty before.
I've never anything to royalty before!
Thank you.
If a prince were looking for me,
I certainly wouldn't hide.
Uh...
Well...
What brings you here,
and with a cow?
Oh, um...
Well, my husband's
somewhere in the woods.
He's undoing a spell.
Oh.
Yes.
But tell me, the Prince,
what was he like?
He's a very nice prince
And?
And...
It's a very nice ball
And?
And...
When I entered, they trumpeted
And? The Prince?
- Oh, the Prince
- Yes, the Prince
Well, he's tall
Is that all?
Did you dance?
Is he charming?
They say that he's charming
We did nothing but dance
Yes?
- And?
- And it made a nice change
No, the Prince
- Oh, the Prince
- Yes, the Prince
He has charm for a prince, I guess
You guess?
I don't meet a wide range
And it's all very strange
But why would you run away?
It's not quite what I expected.
What? Princes and castles and gowns?
I have no experience with those things.
But you will return to
the Festival tomorrow eve?
Yes.
No.
I don't know.
You don't know?
Oh,
what I wouldn't give to be in your shoes.
Well, your slippers.
As pure as gold?
I must get home.
No, wait. I need your shoes!
Milky-White!
One midnight gone!
Already?
Get the cow!
Mr. Baker! Mr. Baker!
Good fortune! Good fortune, sir!
Look what I have! Five gold pieces!
How would you come by
five gold pieces?
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've 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 on 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 giant?
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 your 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
There's your money, sir.
Five gold pieces.
Where's my Milky-White?
Uh...
Milky-White is at home with my wife.
- Let's go find them.
- No, wait.
I'm not sure I want to sell.
But you said I could buy her back.
- Do you want more money?
- Well... No.
You keep that, I'll fetch some more.
I'll just go back up the beanstalk.
Wait!
Wait! Wait!
Hey! Wait!
Wait! Wait!
I said wait!
What are you doing here?
Well...
Oh, I see you got the cape!
Yes, I've got the cape.
Only two items left.
Three.
Two.
We've the cape and the cow.
You've got the cape!
What have you done with the cow?
- She ran away.
- What?
I never even reached home.
I've been looking for her all night.
How could you?
Well, she might just as easily
have run away from you.
- Yeah, but she didn't.
- Yeah, but she might have done.
- But she didn't.
- But she might have done!
But she didn't!
Who cares?
Cow's gone! Get it back! Get it back!
We were just about to do that,
but here, in the meantime,
we've got this.
Get away from me with that, you fool!
I can't touch it, remember?
Right. No, I forgot.
By midnight tomorrow
bring me the items,
or that child you wish for
will never see the light of day!
I don't like that woman.
I'm sorry I lost the cow.
I shouldn't have yelled.
Will you go back to the village?
I will make things right.
And we can carry on with our lives.
No more witches or dim-witted boys
or hungry little girls.
Will you go?
Please.
Go.
Ah! Good brother!
I was wondering where you had gone.
I've been searching all night for her.
Her?
The beautiful one
I danced the evening with.
Where did she go?
Disappeared,
like the fine morning mist.
She was lovely?
Oh! The loveliest.
I'm not certain of that.
I must confess, I, too,
have found a lovely maiden.
She lives here, in the woods.
- In the woods?
- Yes!
On top of a tall tower
that has no doors or stairs.
Where?
Two leagues from here, due east,
just beyond the mossy knoll
near the rose thickets.
And how do you manage a visit?
I stand beneath her tower
and I say, "Rapunzel!
Rapunzel, let down your hair to me."
And she lowers the longest,
most beautiful head of hair,
yellow as corn,
which I climb.
Rapunzel?
- Rapunzel?
- Yeah.
What kind of name is that? You jest!
Never heard of such a thing.
I speak the truth!
She's as true as your maiden.
A maiden running from a prince?
None would run from us.
Yet one has.
Did I abuse her?
Or show her disdain?
Why does she run from me?
If I should lose her
How shall I regain
The heart she has won from me?
Agony
Beyond power of speech
When the one thing you want
Is the only thing out of your reach
High in her tower
She sits by the hour
Maintaining her hair
Blithe and becoming
And frequently humming
A lighthearted air
Agony
Far more painful than yours
When you know she would go with you
If there only were doors
Agony
Oh, the torture they teach
What's as intriguing
Or half so fatiguing
As what's out of reach?
Am I not sensitive
Clever, well-mannered, considerate
Passionate, charming
As kind as I'm handsome
And heir to a throne?
You are everything
maidens could wish for
- Then why no?
- Do I know?
The girl must be mad
You know nothing of madness
Till you're climbing her hair
And you see her up there
As you're nearing her
All the while hearing her
Agony
- Misery
- Woe
Though it's different for each
Always ten steps behind
Always ten feet below
And she's just out of reach
Agony
That can cut like a knife
I must have her
To wife
Rapunzel, Rapunzel.
Let down your hair to me.
Is that you at this hour, my Prince?
Yes.
Excuse me for this.
Oh!
As the Baker's wife
bolted from the tower,
the second night
of the Festival was thrown into chaos...
Stop!
...when Cinderella,
once again, ran from the Prince.
What are you doing?
So sorry, I need your shoe.
I see her over there!
Who is she? Where did she go?
I have no idea, sir.
Don't play the fool, woman.
No, I was trying to hold her here for you.
I can capture my own damsel, thank you.
Yes, of course.
There's no sign of her, my liege.
Well, what are you waiting for?
See if you can find her. Go!
The woods can be a dangerous place.
On!
Moo!
I hope that skinny girl
isn't there tomorrow night.
I mean, who was that girl?
Please, if you would be so kind,
may I compare this ear of corn
to your hair?
You savage!
Mongrel!
He is revolting!
Milky-White!
- I thought you were returning home!
- It's you!
You've got the cow!
Yes, I've got the cow.
We've two of the four.
- No, three.
- Two.
Three! Compare this to your corn.
Where did you find it?
Just pulled it from a maiden in a tower.
- Three!
- Three.
And I almost had the fourth,
but she got away.
We've one entire day left.
Surely we can locate the slipper by then.
We?
Do you mean you're
going to let me stay with you?
Perhaps it will take two of us
to have this child.
You've changed You're daring
You're different in the woods
More sure More sharing
You're getting us through the woods
If you could see
You're not the man who started
And much more open-hearted
Than I knew you to be
It takes two
I thought one was enough
It's not true
It takes two of us
You came through
When the journey was rough
It took you
It took two of us It takes care
It takes patience and fear and despair
To change
Though you swear To change
Who can tell if you do?
It takes two
You've changed
You're thriving
There's something about the woods
Not just surviving
You're blossoming in the woods
At home I'd fear
We'd stay the same forever
And then, out here
You're passionate, charming
Considerate, clever
It takes one
To begin
But then once you've begun
It takes two of you It's no fun
But what needs to be done
You can do
When there's two of you
If I dare
It's because I'm becoming
Aware of us
As a pair of us
Each accepting a share
Of what's there
We've changed
We're strangers
I'm meeting you in the woods
Who minds what dangers?
I know we'll get past the woods
And once we're past
Let's hope the changes last
Beyond woods
Beyond witches and slippers and hoods
Just the two of us Beyond lies
Safe at home with our beautiful prize
Just the few of us
It takes trust
It takes just a bit more
And we're done
We want four, we had none
We've got three We need one
It takes two
Stop it! Stop my egg!
Oh, brilliant! My Milky-White!
I've missed you so much!
Where did you get this?
From the giant's hen.
A golden egg!
I've never seen a golden egg before.
And you can have it,
along with the five gold pieces.
What five gold pieces?
Now I'm taking my cow.
No! I do not wish to sell.
But you took the five gold pieces.
- I didn't take, you gave.
- But you said I could have my cow!
Where are the five gold pieces?
I never said you could. I said you might.
You would take money before a child?
No, no, no, it's not like that.
It wasn't like that.
It's not like I've done a deal with him.
- How could you do that?
- It all just happened so fast.
Milky-White!
Milky-White is dead.
What?
Two midnights gone!
As dawn broke
the Baker and his wife
had but one day left
to reverse the Witch's curse.
As for Rapunzel's Prince,
he returned yet again
to the forbidden tower.
No! Bad idea!
Are you all right?
Yep, yeah. Feel fine. Fine.
What did I clearly say?
Children must listen
No! Please!
What were you not to do?
Children must see
No!
And learn
Why could you not obey?
Children should listen
What have I been to you?
What would you have me be?
Handsome like a prince?
But I am old I am ugly
- I embarrass you
- No!
You are ashamed of me
No!
You are ashamed
You don't understand
I'm no longer a child.
I wish to see the world.
Don't you know what's out there
in the world?
Someone has to shield you
from the world
Stay with me
Princes wait there in the world, it's true
Princes, yes,
but wolves and humans, too
Stay at home
I am home
Who out there
Could love you more than I?
What out there
That I cannot supply?
Stay with me
Stay with me
The world is dark and wild
Stay a child
While you can be a child
With me
I gave you protection
and yet you disobeyed me.
No.
Your prince will never
lay eyes on you again.
He will never lay eyes
on anything again.
What did you do to him?
It doesn't matter,
because where you're going
no one will ever see you again!
No! No!
No!
Hey, there. Nice cape.
Stay away from my cape,
or I'll slash you into a thousand bits!
Whoa! I don't want it.
- Where did you get it?
- My granny made it for me
from a wolf that attacked us.
And she gave me this beautiful knife
for protection.
Oh, look what I have. A golden egg.
Where did you get that egg?
I stole a hen that lays golden eggs
from the kingdom of the giant.
I don't believe you.
It's true.
And you should see the giant's toy harp.
It plays the most beautiful tunes
without you even having to touch it.
Of course it does.
Why don't you go up
to the kingdom right now,
bring it back and show it to me?
- I could.
- You could not.
I could!
You could not, Mr. Liar!
I'm not a liar. I'll get
that harp, you'll see!
Jack took
the little girl's dare,
and before he knew it
found himself fleeing from a giant.
Bring back my harp!
I'll grind your bones!
Okay, we don't have much time left.
I don't know where to start.
You can start by buying a new cow
with the money you took from the boy.
Right, okay, and where do I buy a cow?
Just go to the next village.
I'm sure you'll find a cow there.
Okay, and what are you going to do?
I'm going to get the slipper.
- The yellow slipper?
- The golden slipper!
The golden slipper, that's right.
Where are you going to find it?
I've met a maiden,
these two previous nights,
with golden slippers.
- Do you think you can get one?
- I'm sure of it.
Wait.
Why are we always separating?
Because we have to,
if we're going to be together.
What?
The entire kingdom shook
when the beanstalk
came crashing down,
killing the giant.
As for the indecisive Cinderella,
she fled from the Prince.
Again.
After her!
He's a very smart prince
He's a prince who prepares
Knowing this time
I'd run from him
He spread pitch on the stairs
And I'm caught unawares
Well, it means that he cares
This is more than just malice
Better stop and take stock
While you're standing here stuck
On the steps of the palace
All right, what do you want?
Have to make a decision
Why not stay and be caught?
Should I give that a thought?
What would be his response?
But then what if he knew who I am
When I know that I'm not
What he thinks that he wants?
Or then, what if I am
What a prince would envision?
But then how can you know
Who you are till you know
What you want, which I don't?
So then, which do you pick?
Where you're safe out of sight
and yourself
But where everything's wrong?
Or where everything's right
But you know that you'll never belong?
And whichever you pick
Do it quick
'Cause you're starting to stick
To the steps of the palace
It's my first big decision
The choice isn't easy to make
To arrive at a ball
Is exciting and all
Once you're there, though, it's scary
And it's fun to deceive
When you know you can leave
But you have to be wary
There's a lot that's at stake
But I've stalled long enough
'Cause I'm still standing stuck
In the stuff on these steps
Better run along home
And avoid the collision
Though at home, they don't care
I'll be better off there
Where there's nothing to choose
So there's nothing to lose
So I'll pry up my shoes
Wait, though, thinking it through
Things don't have to collide
I know what my decision is
Which is not to decide
I'll just leave him a clue
For example
A shoe
And then see what he'll do
Now it's he and not you
Who'll be stuck with a shoe
In a stew
In the goo
And I've learned something, too
Something I never knew
On the steps of the palace
With me! Quick, men!
She mustn't get away!
The Ball is over. Send everyone home.
And the Princess?
She won't get far with one shoe.
- Don't come any closer to me!
- Please, just stop.
Just hear me out.
- You have attacked me once before.
- I didn't attack you...
I attacked your shoe. I need it.
Look. I have a magic bean
in exchange for it.
Magic bean?
Yes.
Nonsense!
No!
Wait, please! I haven't much time!
I need that shoe, to have a child.
That makes no sense!
Does it make sense
that you're running from a prince?
- Stop! You there, stop!
- I must go!
Here, take my shoes. You'll run faster.
Here.
- Thank you!
- Stop!
Thank you, thank you.
What is that you have in your hand?
Nothing. It's mine.
Lying will cost you your life.
I don't care if it costs me my life,
just get off!
You will pay for this!
No!
Sire, I have succeeded
in obtaining the other slipper.
Please, kind Prince,
let me have the slipper,
and all will come to a happy end.
Step back, peon!
Do as she says, Steward!
We only need one.
- Oh!
- Oh.
Thank you.
We must search immediately
for the maiden who fits this slipper.
Tonight?
This very night! On!
Forward!
And in her haste,
the Baker's wife took no notice
of a second beanstalk
climbing skyward.
Let it be known that
His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince,
will be visiting every house
in this village tonight.
All young maidens
are hereby commanded
to remain in their home
until visited by the Royal Guard.
Open the gates.
His Royal Highness approaches.
The Prince wishes to meet
all the young maidens of this house.
All young maidens
prepare to meet the Prince.
As the Prince anxiously waited,
the Stepmother took matters,
and Florinda's foot, into her own hands.
- Careful, my toe
- Darling, I know
- What'll we do?
- It'll have to go
But when you're his bride
You can sit or ride
You'll never need to walk
Minus one toe,
Florinda mounted the Prince's horse
unaware of the blood dripping
from the slipper.
Lucinda was next.
Why won't it fit?
Darling, be still
Cut off a bit of the heel and it will
And when you're his wife
You'll have such a life
You'll never need to walk
Minus a heel,
Lucinda did her best
to swallow the pain.
It's a perfect fit, Your Highness.
Have you no other daughters?
Only a little, stunted kitchen wench,
which her late father left behind.
But she cannot present herself.
She is too dirty.
I would recognize
these beautiful eyes anywhere.
You.
You are my true bride.
Get down. Get down.
As punishment for their cruelty,
Cinderella's birds swooped down
upon the stepsisters
and blinded them.
As for Rapunzel,
the Witch had banished her to a swamp
in the darkest depths of the forest.
Rapunzel?
Rapunzel!
Rapunzel!
My darling?
My darling!
I'm here!
Rapunzel?
Rapunzel!
Is that you?
I'm blind, I can't see.
How could she do this to you?
Rapunzel?
What?
I can see you.
Your hair!
I like it.
Come on.
We don't have much time.
- Come on!
- I found you!
- You got the cow!
- And you've got the slipper!
- We've got all four!
- Yes, we've got all four!
I see a cow.
- I see a slipper.
- Yes.
And the cape as red as blood.
- And the hair as yellow as corn.
- We've got all four!
Wait a minute.
That cow doesn't look
as white as milk to me.
- Of course she is.
- Of course it is. Come on.
She has to be.
This cow has been covered with flour!
You didn't get a real white cow?
We had a cow as white as milk.
Honestly, we did!
- Then where is she?
- She's dead!
And we thought that you would
prefer a live cow.
Of course I would prefer a live cow!
So, show me the dead cow,
I'll bring her back to life.
Oh. Let's go!
Yeah, okay! It's this way, this way!
Jack!
Jack!
Jack! Oh!
There you are!
I've been worried sick about you!
There's a dead giant in our backyard!
There is?
You know there is!
You could have been crushed!
But, Mother, look!
The most beautiful harp!
You've stolen too much!
You could have been killed
climbing down that plant!
Come on, quick!
We buried her under some leaves!
Here, here, it's here!
What's happening?
She's going to bring
Milky-White back to life.
She can do that?
She's a witch, she can do anything.
Wow.
Stand back.
Milky-White, you're back!
I can't believe it!
It's almost midnight!
Quiet!
Feed the objects to the cow.
What?
You heard me! Feed them to the cow!
- Really?
- Just try it.
Fill that with milk.
I'll do it. She'll only milk for me.
Good boy.
Squeeze, pal. You can do it.
It's not working!
What?
Wrong ingredients.
Forget about your child.
No, no, no!
We followed your instructions.
One, the cow is as white as milk.
- Correct?
- Yes.
Two,
the cape was certainly as red as blood.
- Yes.
- Three, there was the slipper.
And four, I compared the hair
to this ear of corn!
I pulled this from a maiden in a tower.
You what?
What were you doing there?
Nothing, I was passing by.
I touched that hair!
I told you I can't have touched
any of the ingredients!
- Oh!
- How are we supposed...
- The corn! The corn!
- What?
You can use the silky hair off the corn!
- Yes. Pull it from the ear.
- Yes!
Feed it to the cow. Quickly!
It's working!
She's milking!
At last!
That was quick!
And it came to pass
all that seemed wrong was now right.
The Witch succeeded
in reversing her mother's curse.
Cinderella finally stopped
running from her Prince.
Jack was reunited
with his beloved cow,
and his mother could now dress
in the best a golden egg could buy.
And the Baker and his wife
were proud parents
of a strapping baby boy.
Thanks for the slipper!
Attention!
Let us cheer the newlyweds
as they embark...
And so,
with the kingdom filled with joy,
those who deserved to
were destined to live happily ever...
Jack!
Rapunzel!
- Attention! Attention!
- Rapunzel!
Let there be no panic!
No panic!
Jack!
Jack!
The Royal Prince
wishes to address his loyal subjects.
Attention!
There is no need for worry.
It was just an earthquake
in a far quadrant of our kingdom.
Nothing to fear at all.
I will personally investigate
the disturbance.
Now everyone, back to your villages
and on with your lives.
But as they made
their way back into the woods,
their familiar paths
were nowhere to be found.
And their lives were about
to take an unexpected turn.
Here, here, watch out.
I'm sure this is the way home.
Everything's so different.
Oh, look.
Hello, little one.
Hello, Mr. Baker.
Are you all right?
What are you doing here,
with a suitcase?
I'm moving in with my granny.
Our whole village collapsed,
and I couldn't find my mother anywhere,
and now I can't find my granny's cottage.
What do you mean?
Well, I went down the dell,
but I didn't recognize anything.
There was no path!
Where is she? Where's Granny?
- It's okay. It's okay.
- Calm down, calm down.
We can help you find
Granny's without the path.
Will you just hold him
for a few moments?
- Really?
- Yes.
You'll come with us.
Why does he always cry
when I hold him?
Well, you needn't hold him
as though he was so fragile.
He doesn't want me.
He wants his mother.
I can't take care of him all the time.
I will take care of him when he's older.
Mind your head.
Watch your heads.
Who might that be?
It's the Steward
and the royal family.
Hello there.
What brings you into the woods?
The royal quarters have been destroyed.
No!
The kingdom is under attack.
What is the royal family going to do?
How should I know?
I don't make policy, I just carry it out.
I think it best we just go back
to the village. We'll take the girl with us.
Come with us, you're going to be fine.
You are going to come with us, all right?
Oh, my God.
It's a giant!
It's a giant woman!
Where is the lad
who killed my husband?
- There is no lad here!
- We haven't seen him!
We will get him for you right away!
Don't move!
It was you who destroyed our house,
not an earthquake!
And who destroyed my house?
I want him!
Here, would you like a blind girl instead?
How dare you? She wants the boy!
Jack! Oh!
Has anybody seen my Jack?
He ran off again.
Have you seen Jack? What?
She is looking for him, too.
Give him to me!
Jack is just a lad!
We had no food to eat,
so he sold his cow
in exchange for some magic beans.
The boy! I want the boy!
You leave my boy alone!
I'm waiting!
Be quiet, woman,
or you'll get us all killed!
You must be quiet!
Flouncing through our kingdom
in your great big clodhoppers...
Let us not anger the giant!
...destroying everything in your path!
- Let's not anger the giant.
- You're just a big bully!
I'm gonna get my boy and hide him
so you'll never find him!
- You'll never, never, ever...
- Get back, woman!
The boy is hiding in the steeple tower!
- You can find him there!
- Yes!
- That's true!
- Yes!
Yes, we saw him there!
And if he is not,
I will return tonight
and find you.
All of you!
- Are you okay?
- Look.
- What have you done to her?
- What?
I didn't mean to hurt her.
I was just thinking of the greater good.
If we're going to get through this
we're going to do it
if we all stick together.
Some people are cut out to battle giants.
Others are not.
I don't have the constitution.
And as long as I can be of no help,
I'm going to hide.
Let's go.
Everything will work out fine in the end.
Not always.
Come along.
I don't know
where they think they're going.
The giant's already destroyed
the entire village.
Only thing left of my garden
are these beans.
What are we going to do now?
We have no choice.
Find the boy
and give her what she wants.
But if we do, she'll kill Jack!
And if we don't,
she'll kill half the kingdom!
We mustn't let her get Jack!
We're not going to. It's okay.
- You promise?
- I promise.
Just rest.
Rapunzel?
Rapunzel!
You're safe!
Thank goodness!
Who are you?
Surely you remember.
Oh.
Of course,
- you don't recognize me.
- Mother?
This is who I truly am, my dear.
Now you don't have to
be embarrassed by me.
But you must come with me.
- There is a giant in the land.
- My darling!
Are you all right?
- Why did you run off?
- I was afraid.
- Come with me.
- No, no, no!
She is not going with you.
You will come with me.
I will not come with you.
Well, then, you leave me no choice.
No!
No!
- Oh, my God.
- Wait.
You are the one who blinded me.
And locked me in a tower.
To protect you!
And banished me to an island
in the middle of a swamp!
I was just trying to be a good mother.
Rapunzel, no!
You will never be safe with him!
- Take me away from here.
- No!
Don't you understand?
I never want to see you again! Ever!
But, Rapunzel, the giant!
No matter what you say
Children won't listen
No matter what you know
Children refuse
To learn
Guide them along the way
Still they don't listen
Children can only grow
From something you love
To something you lose
Jack!
- Jack!
- Jack!
Jack!
Jack, where are you?
Jack!
We're never going to find him.
I think we should fan out.
It will increase our chances.
- I'm not leaving you on your own.
- I'll be all right.
What if we get lost?
We count our steps from right here.
I'll go, too!
No. You know what?
You are going to stay
right here with the baby.
And we'll be right back.
You would leave our child with her?
He's asleep. He will be safe with the girl.
I'm very
capable of taking care of the baby.
See?
- What if the giant comes back?
- What if, what if!
500 paces. Go.
- One, two, three...
- Wait, wait, wait.
Here.
Let me give you this.
I don't want you to get cold.
Okay.
One, two, three, four, five...
- Jack!
- Six, seven, eight,
nine, ten...
Jack!
167, 168, 169, 170, 171,
172, 173, 174...
Hello, Your Royal Highness.
Well, hello.
Hello, again.
We've met before, actually.
Yes, of course.
Yes.
You must be here to slay the giant.
- The giant?
- Yes.
Haven't you heard?
We have a giant in our midst.
Not an earthquake.
Of course.
The giant.
It's a lady giant.
Which is very unusual.
I should think so.
And why are you alone in the woods?
Um...
Well, I came here with my husband.
And we were...
Well, you see, it's a long story.
And he would let you roam alone
in the woods?
Well, no, actually. It was my choice.
How brave.
Brave?
Yes.
Anything can happen in the woods
May I kiss you?
Any moment we could be crushed
- Um...
- Don't feel rushed
This is ridiculous
What am I doing here?
I'm in the wrong story
Wait, wait, wait, we can't do this!
You have a princess!
- Well, yes, I do.
- And I have a baker.
Of course.
You're right. How foolish.
Foolishness can happen in the woods
- Once again, please
- Um...
Let your hesitations be hushed
Any moment, big or small
Is a moment, after all
Seize the moment, skies may fall
Any moment
But this is not right!
Right and wrong don't matter
in the woods
Only feelings
Let us meet the moment unblushed
Life is often so unpleasant
You must know that, as a peasant
Best to take the moment present
As a present for the moment
476, 477,
478, 479, 480.
481, 482, 483...
Excuse me, ma'am.
You haven't seen a boy anywhere,
have you?
He's about so high.
I'm sorry, may I be of some service?
The tree has fallen.
Mother's grave, destroyed.
I'm sorry.
I shouldn't complain.
I'm sure others have suffered worse
after the earthquake.
No, no, this isn't an earthquake.
There's a giant terrorizing the kingdom.
Then I'm sure the Prince will see to it
that the giant is rid from our land.
The Prince?
No doubt he's off somewhere
seducing some young maiden.
What?
You look like the Princess, but dirty.
Oh, my! You are the...
I didn't recognize you, honestly.
No, no. Please, get up.
I'm not a princess here.
I had to disguise myself.
I'm not permitted to leave
the palace unescorted.
If you'd like, you could come with me.
I mean, you'll be safe in our company.
Thank you.
It's this way. My wife is somewhere.
We decided to walk 500 paces
in one direction...
- I must leave you.
- Oh!
Now I must go off to slay a giant.
I shall not forget you.
How brave you are
to be alone in the woods.
And how alive you've made me feel.
What was that?
Was that me?
Was that him?
Did a prince really kiss me?
And kiss me?
And kiss me?
And did I kiss him back?
Was it wrong?
Am I mad?
Is that all?
Does he miss me?
Was he suddenly
Getting bored with me?
Wake up, stop dreaming
Stop prancing about the woods
It's not beseeming
What is it about the woods?
Back to life, back to sense
Back to child, back to husband
No one lives in the woods
There are vows, there are ties
There are needs, there are standards
There are shouldn'ts and shoulds
Why not both instead?
There's the answer, if you're clever
Have a child for warmth
And a baker for bread
And a prince for whatever
Never
It's these woods
Face the facts, find the boy
Join the group, stop the giant
Just get out of these woods
Was that him? Yes, it was
Was that me? No, it wasn't
Just a trick of the woods
Just a moment
One peculiar, passing moment
Must it all be either less or more?
Either plain or grand?
Is it always "Or"?
Is it never "And"?
That's what woods are for
For those moments in the woods
Oh, if life were made of moments
Even now and then a bad one
But if life were only moments
Then you'd never know you had one
First a witch, then a child
Then a prince, then a moment
Who can live in the woods?
And to get what you wish
Only just for a moment
These are dangerous woods
Let the moment go
Don't forget it for a moment, though
Just remembering you've had an "And"
When you're back to "Or"
Makes the "Or" mean more
Than it did before
Now I understand
And it's time to leave the woods
Which way was it?
172, 173, 174, 175...
172, 173, 174...
She should be back by now.
She wouldn't get lost.
I'm sure she'll return soon.
I'm going to go and look for her.
Will you?
- Look who I found.
- You're hurting me!
Let go of him!
I'll let go of him
when I give him to the giant.
Leave him alone!
Keep away from him!
Stop! Stop! I said stop!
Where did you find this?
I'm sorry, sir.
It's my wife's.
I'm sorry. I came upon her.
She was at the bottom of a cliff.
What are you saying?
How awful.
No.
No!
This is all my fault.
I shouldn't have let her wander off alone.
I should have made her stay with me.
Remorse will get you nowhere.
- My wife is dead!
- Wake up!
When you're dead, you're dead.
It's time we get this boy to the giant
before we're all dead.
Keep away from him!
This is no time
to be soft-hearted!
He's going to the giant
and I'm taking him!
Yes! Yes, he's the one to blame!
It's because of you there's a giant
in our midst, and my wife is dead!
But it isn't my fault
I was given those beans
You persuaded me to trade away
My cow for beans
And without those beans
There'd have been no stalk
To get up to the giants
In the first place
Wait a minute
Magic beans For a cow so old
That you had to tell a lie to sell it
Which you told
Were they worthless beans?
Were they oversold?
Oh, and tell us who persuaded you
To steal that gold
- See, it's your fault
- No!
- Yes, it's your fault
- No!
- Yes, it is
- It's not!
- It's true
- Wait a minute though
I only stole the gold to get my cow back
From you
So it's your fault
- Yes!
- No, it isn't
I'd have kept those beans
But our house was cursed
She made us get a cow
To get the curse reversed
It's his father's fault
That the curse got placed
And the place got cursed
In the first place
- Oh, then it's his fault
- So
- It was his fault
- No!
Yes, it is, it's his
- I guess
- Wait a minute though
I chopped down the beanstalk
Right, that's clear
But without any beanstalk
Then what's queer
Is how did the second giant
Get down here
In the first place Second place?
- Yes.
- How?
Well, who had the other bean?
- The other bean?
- The other bean?
- You pocketed the other bean
- I didn't. Yes, I did
So it's your fault
No, it isn't
'Cause I gave it to my wife
- So it's her fault
- No, it isn't
- Then whose is it?
- Wait a minute
She exchanged that bean
To obtain your shoe
So the one who knows what happened
To the bean is you
You mean that old bean
That your wife... Oh, dear
But I never knew and so I threw...
Well, don't look here
- So it's your fault
- But...
- See, it's her fault
- But...
And it isn't mine at all
But what?
Well, if you hadn't gone
Back up again
We were needy
You were greedy
Did you need that hen?
But I got it for my mother
So it's her fault then
Yes, and what about the harp
In the third place?
The harp, yes
- She went and dared me to
- I dared you to?
- She said that I was scared
- Me?
- So she dared me
- No, I didn't
So it's your fault
- Wait a minute
- If you hadn't dared him to
And you had left the harp alone
If you hadn't thrown away the bean
In the first place
If she hadn't raised them
in the first place
If you hadn't raised them
in the first place
- You raised the beans in the first place
- It's your fault
You're responsible
You're the one to blame
It's your fault
It's the last midnight
It's the last wish
It's the last midnight
Soon it will be boom Squish
Told a little lie
Stole a little gold
Broke a little vow
Did you?
Had to get your prince
Had to get your cow
Had to get your wish
Doesn't matter how
Anyway, it doesn't matter now
It's the last midnight
It's the boom Splat
Nothing but a vast midnight
Everybody smashed flat
Nothing we can do
Not exactly true
We could always give her the boy
No, of course
What really matters is the blame
Someone you can blame
Fine, if that's the thing you enjoy
Placing the blame
If that's the aim
Give me the blame
Just give me the boy
- No!
- No!
No.
You're so nice
You're not good You're not bad
You're just nice
I'm not good I'm not nice
I'm just right
I'm the Witch
You're the world
I'm the hitch
I'm what no one believes
I'm the Witch
You're all liars and thieves
Like his father
Like his son will be, too
Oh, why bother?
You'll just do what you do
It's the last midnight
So goodbye, all
Coming at you fast Midnight
Soon you'll see the sky fall
Here, you want a bean?
Have another bean
Beans were made for making you rich
Plant them and they soar
Here, you want some more?
Listen to the roar
Giants by the score
Oh well, you can blame another witch
It's the last midnight
It's the last verse
Now, before it's past midnight
I'm leaving you my last curse
I'm leaving you alone
You can tend the garden, it's yours
Separate and alone
Everybody down on all fours
All right, Mother, when?
Lost the beans again
Punish me the way you did then
Give me claws and a hunch
Just away from this bunch
And the gloom
And the doom And the boom
Crunch!
Maybe I shouldn't have
stolen from the giant.
Maybe I shouldn't have
strayed from the path.
Maybe I shouldn't have
attended the Ball.
Yeah, maybe you shouldn't have.
- Where are you going?
- Away from here.
But you said we had to find our way
out of this together.
It doesn't matter if we're together
or we're apart.
We need your help.
You don't understand!
I depended on my wife for everything!
She was the one who helped.
You would leave your child?
He'll be happier in the arms
of a princess.
But wait!
What are you doing here?
Son...
I don't want to talk to you.
It's because of you all of this happened!
- Go away!
- I'm sorry. I did a foolish thing.
Why would you do that?
Why did you take the Witch's beans?
They were there
and I wanted them.
I didn't think. I was being careless.
- Selfish.
- Yes.
You stole and you got caught,
and you did what you do.
You just ran away.
When your mother died, I was...
I hated myself.
I ran away from my guilt and my shame.
And your son.
Yes, my son, and I'm sorry for that.
- Then what do you want?
- Aren't you making the same mistake?
Aren't you running away?
Be better than me,
son.
Do better.
See, so this is you,
and you're going to come over here.
If there were just some way
we could surprise the giant.
She's too tall to surprise.
So, that's why I'm going to
be behind here.
Yeah, and then you can come here,
climb on top...
I knew you wouldn't give up.
He wouldn't leave his baby.
It looked like he was going to.
Give me my son.
Hey.
What are we gonna do now?
We need to rid this kingdom
of the giant together.
She'll be back soon, so here's the plan.
We're going to feed Jack to the giant.
- What?
- No!
- We're going to use you as bait!
- Bait?
To lure the giant to the tar pit.
Oh! The birds can help!
Good friends, we need your help
now more than ever.
What of the prince?
That doesn't matter now.
What's important is that
we find a way to defeat the giant.
Yes!
Thank you, birds!
You can talk to birds?
The birds will do their part.
- Okay, we don't have much time.
- I'm excited!
- First, we'll need a weapon.
- I wish I had my sling!
We can make some.
Your father is being very brave.
We're going to be very brave too.
Are you all right, miss?
The giant went in that direction.
My darling!
Oh, my darling!
I did not recognize you.
What are you doing here?
And with a child?
You must get back to the castle at once.
There is a giant on the loose.
I'm well aware of that.
My love, what is it?
Maybe I'm not your only love.
I love you! Truly, I do.
If you love me, why did you stray?
Uh...
I thought that if you were mine,
I would never wish for more.
If this is how you behave as a prince,
what kind of king will you be?
I was raised to be charming, not sincere.
I think you should go.
Is that what you really wish?
My father's house was a nightmare.
Your house a dream.
Now I want something in-between.
I shall always love the maiden
who ran away.
And I the faraway prince.
Careful. Not so fast.
Don't worry.
This is easier than the beanstalk.
They're up in the tree! Over there!
We made slings out of my cape!
I wanted to climb the tree too.
Well, I'm glad you're here to help me.
What's wrong?
I think my granny and my mother
would be upset with me.
Why?
They said to always make them proud.
And here I am, about to kill somebody.
Not somebody.
A giant who's done a lot of harm.
But a giant is a person.
Aren't we to show forgiveness?
Mother cannot guide you
Now you're on your own
Only me beside you
Still you're not alone
No one is alone, truly
No one is alone
I wish...
I know.
Wait until my mother hears
I've slain the giant.
Jack,
there's something you need to know.
It's about your mother.
What?
She didn't make it.
- Was she killed by the giant?
- No.
It wasn't like that.
She was fighting with the giant,
she was trying to protect you,
and she was pushed by the Steward.
And she fell.
- The Steward will pay for this.
- No, Jack!
After we slay the giant, I will slay him!
You'll do nothing of the kind.
What he did was wrong.
He should be punished.
It's not as easy as that.
Mother isn't here now
Wrong things, right things
Who knows what she'd say?
Who can say what's true?
Nothing's quite so clear now
Do things, fight things
Feel you've lost your way?
You decide
But you are not alone
Believe me No one is alone
No one is alone
Believe me
Truly
People make mistakes
Fathers
Mothers
People make mistakes
Holding to their own
Thinking they're alone
Honor their mistakes
Fight for their mistakes
Everybody makes
One another's Terrible mistakes
Witches can be right
Giants can be good
You decide what's right
You decide what's good
Just remember
Just remember
Someone is on your side
JACK AND LITTLE RED Our side
Our side Someone else is not
While we're seeing our side
- Our side
- Our side
Maybe we forgot
They are not alone
No one is alone
Someone is on your side
No one is alo...
Go, Jack.
- Be careful.
- Yeah.
Here she comes.
Where is the boy?
We have him!
Where?
He's hiding in that tree!
Here I am!
You ready?
Ready!
Good birds!
She does not look happy.
Ooh!
- Look out, Jack!
- Jack!
Ahh!
Jack!
Jack?
- Where are they?
- Jack!
Jack!
Mr. Baker!
- Jack!
- Over here!
Jack!
Take him!
Be careful!
- Are you all right?
- Yeah.
Careful, careful!
Where is he?
- He's not with you?
- Jack!
Mr. Baker!
Jack!
Help me!
Jack, I'm here!
- Are you all right?
- Yeah.
- Okay?
- Yeah!
You okay? You all right?
- Yeah.
- All right? Yeah?
We did it.
We did it!
And now we can return home.
What home?
I have no one to take care of me.
And we have nowhere to go.
So we'll move in with you.
Well, it's...
Of course.
Of course you can come
and stay with me.
And you can come too!
- Only if you want to.
- I'll gladly help you with your house.
There are times
I actually enjoy cleaning.
Here.
What's this?
Come on, now.
I know.
I know, you miss your mother.
I miss her too.
Please.
Maybe I just wasn't
meant to have children.
Don't say that.
Of course you were
meant to have children.
But how can I go about being a father
when I had no father to show me?
Just calm the child
Yes, calm the child
Look, tell him the story
Of how it all happened
Be father and mother
You'll know what to do
Alone.
Sometimes people leave you
Halfway through the wood
Do not let it grieve you
No one leaves for good
You are not alone
No one is alone
Hold him to the light now
Let him see the glow
Things will be all right now
Tell him what you know
Once upon a time, in a far off kingdom,
there lay a small village
at the edge of the woods.
Careful the things you say
- And in this village...
- Children will listen
...there lived a young maiden...
- Careful the things you do
- ...a carefree young lad...
Children will see
...and a childless baker...
And learn
...with his wife.
Guide them along the way
Children will glisten
Children will look to you
For which way to turn
To learn what to be
Careful before you say
"Listen to me"
Children will listen
Careful the wish you make
Wishes are children
Careful the path they take
Wishes come true
Not free
Careful the spell you cast
Not just on children
Sometimes the spell may last
Past what you can see
And turn against you
Careful the tale you tell
That is the spell
Children will listen
Though it's fearful
Though it's deep, though it's dark
And though you may lose the path
Though you may encounter wolves
You can't just act
You have to listen
You can't just act
You have to think
There are always wolves
There are always spells
There are always beans
or a giant dwells, and so
Into the woods you go again
You have to every now and then
Into the woods, no telling when
Be ready for the journey
Into the woods, but not too fast
For what you wish, you lose at last
Into the woods, but mind the past
Into the woods, but mind the future
Into the woods, but not to stray
Or tempt the wolf
Or steal from the giant
The way is dark
The light is dim
But now there's you, me, her, and him
The chances look small
The choices look grim
But everything you learn there
Will help when you return there
The light is getting dimmer
I think I see a glimmer
Into the woods you have to grope
But that's the way you learn to cope
Into the woods to find this hope
Of getting through the journey
Into the woods, each time you go
There's more to learn of what you know
Into the woods, but not too slow
Into the woods, it's nearing midnight
Into the woods to mind the wolf
To heed the witch
To honor the giant
To mind, to heed, to find, to think
To teach, to join, to go to the Festival!
Into the woods
Into the woods, then out of the woods
And happy ever after
I wish...