Into The Woods (2014) Page #4

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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?

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

ls 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?

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?

- No.

You keep that, I'll fetch some more.

I'll just go back up the beanstalk.

Wait!

Wait! Wait!

Wait!

Wait! Wait!

I said wait!

What are you doing here?

Well...

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 90'?

Please.

Go.

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?

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

ls 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.

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!

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.

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