JACK'S MOTHER
The slotted spoon can catch the potato-

MYSTERIOUS MAN
Every knot was once straight rope

PRINCES
The harder to wake, the better to have

STEWARD
The greater the good, the harder the blow

STEPMOTHER
When going to hide, know how to get there

CINDERELLA'S FATHER
And how to get back

FLORINDA & LUCINDA
And eat first

GRANNY
The knife that is sharp today may be dull by tomorrow

RAPUNZEL
Ah- ah- ah ah- ah-

BABY
Waaah!

BAKER
Maybe I just wasn't meant to have children

BAKER'S WIFE
Don't say that,
Of corse you were meant to have children

BAKER
But how will I go about being a father
with no one to mother my child?

BABY
Waaah!

BAKER'S WIFE
Just calm the child

BAKER
Yes, calm the child

BAKER'S WIFE
Look, tell him the story
Of how it all happened
Be father and mother,
You'll know what to do

BAKER
Alone?

BAKER'S WIFE
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

BABY
Waaah!

BAKER
Shhh Once upon a time in a far-off kingdom
there lived a young maiden a sad young lad
amd a childless baker with his wife

WITCH
Careful the things you say,
Children will listen
Careful the things you do,
Children will see
And learn

Children may not obey,
Buit children will listen
Children will look to you
For which way to tuen,
To learn what to be

Careful before you say,
"Listen to me"
Children will listen

ALL
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 shildren
Sometimes the spell may last
Past what you see
And turn against you

WITCH
Careful the tale you tell
That is the spell
Children will listen

ALL (In 3 groups)
Though it's fearful,
Though it's deep, though it's dark
And though you may lsoe the path,
Though you may encounter wolves,
You can't just act,
You have to listne
You can't just act
You have to think

Though it's dark,
There are always wolves,
There are always spells,
There are always beans,
Or a Giant dwells there

So it's
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
Or 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

BAKER, CINDERELLA, LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD, JACK
The light is getting dimmer-

BAKER
I think I see a glimmer-

ALL
Into the woods-
You have to grope,
But that's the way
You learn to cope
Into the woods
To find there's hope
Of getting through the journey

Into the woods-
Each time you go,
There's more to lern
Of what you knoe

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,
Into the woods,
Then put of the woods
And happy ever after!

CINDERELLA
I wish