The Glass Slipper Page #4

HOP, STEP, STEP, HOP, STEP, STEP,

[HUMMING]

HOP, STEP, STEP,

TWO.

[HUMMING]

AAH!

WHOA!

HA HA HA!

[HUMMING]

[PLAYING TUNE

HE HAD BEEN HUMMING]

CLIMBING ROSE:

ON THE WALL:

PLUCK IT NOW:

BEFORE THE PETALS FALL

APPLE RIPE:

ON THE BOUGH:

TAKE IT, FOR THE TIME

TO TAKE IS NOW:

HAPPY DAY:

SUN OR RAIN:

LIVE IT FOR I NEVER COMES AGAIN

LADS HAVE DIED,

YOUNG AND GAY:

PRETTY MAIDS:

CAN FADE AWAY:

NOTHING IS FOREVER

ALWAYS IS A LIE:

I CAN ONLY LOVE YOU

TILL THE DAY I DIE

SO, MY LOVE

OH, MY LOVE

DREAM NO MORE, MY LOVE,

AWAKE, MY LOVE

OH, MY LOVE,

AWAKE, MY LOVE

TURN TO ME:

AND TAKE MY LOVE

YOU'RE NOT WELL, CHARLES.

YOU'RE NOT YOURSELF.

YOU KNOW WHAT AILS YOU.

CAREFUL, CHARLES.

REMEMBER YOUR:

SPECIAL WEAKNESS.

SHE'S FRIGHTENED,

SAD, AND HURT.

AFRAID TO HOPE,

EXPECTING RIDICULE.

A TENDER HEAR HALF AFRAID TO LOVE.

OH, CAREFUL, CHARLES.

WHY BE CAREFUL?!

EVERY MAN HAS HIS OWN

SPECIAL VULNERABILITY.

I ONCE KNEW A MAN

WHO COULDN'T RESIS FAT WOMEN,

WOMEN WITH ROLLS.

ANOTHER WHO FELL

MADLY IN LOVE:

EVERY TIME A WOMAN

SLAPPED HIS FACE.

WELL, THIS IS MINE.

WHY GO AGAINST NATURE?

[PLAYING]

[THINKING]

THE SON OF THE COOK

OF THE PALACE OF THE DUKE.

THE SON OF THE COOK

OF THE PALACE OF THE DUKE.

THE SON OF THE COOK

OF THE PALACE OF THE DUKE.

THE SON OF THE COOK

OF THE PALACE OF THE DUKE.

THE SON OF THE COOK

OF THE PALACE OF THE DUKE.

[TRUMPETS PLAY FANFARE]

[SNAPS FINGERS]

[LAUGHING]

[HUMMING]

WHY, MRS. TOQUET!

WHY NOT MRS. TOQUET?

WELL, I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU.

[SOFTENS VOICE]

WE MUST BE VERY QUIET.

THEY'RE SLEEPING LATE

THIS MORNING.

THEY WANT TO LOOK THEIR BES AT THE BALL TONIGHT.

THAT'S ONLY

A BROKEN SAUCER.

YES, POOR THING.

LOOK. I'VE GOT SOMETHING

TO SHOW YOU.

LOOK.

IT'S AN INVITATION

TO GO TO THE BALL.

THE SON OF THE COOK

GAVE IT TO ME.

THE SON OF THE PALACE COOK.

I MET HIM IN THE DELL,

AND HE TAUGHT ME HOW TO DANCE.

HE'S VERY BUSY NOW,

YOU KNOW,

MAKING PINK PASTRY

AND EVERYTHING:

WITH HIS FATHER:

FOR THE BALL.

OH, MRS. TOQUET,

IF YOU COULD ONLY SEE HIM

AND--AND HEAR HIM.

HE'S SO BEAUTIFUL.

I'VE GOT SOMETHING

TO HOPE FOR NOW.

WHAT WOULD THAT BE?

TO BE ABLE:

TO SEE HIM AGAIN.

AHH, YES!

WELL, WHEN YOU SEE HIM,

YOU GIVE HIM MY RECIPE

FOR TURNIP FRITTERS.

TELL HIM TO TRY I WITHOUT THE TURNIPS.

IT'S BETTER THAT WAY.

SO YOU'RE GOING

TO THE BALL?

ME? OH, NO.

YOU COULD GO:

TO THE BALL.

GET PAST THE GATEKEEPER

WITH THAT,

THEN SLIP AWAY:

TO THE KITCHEN:

AND SEE THE SON OF THE COOK.

THAT'S STRATEGY.

BUT HE'D BE TOO BUSY

TO TALK TO ME.

THEN YOU DO THE TALKING.

HE'LL LISTEN.

I--I REALLY

DON'T WANT TO GO.

YOU COULD BORROW A DRESS

FROM ONE OF THE SLEEPING BEAUTIES.

I MUST BE GOING.

IT'S VERY BUSY OUT.

I HAVE A FEW THINGS

TO PICK UP.

GOOD-BYE, CINDERELLA.

MRS. TOQUET:
DON'T BE

AFRAID TO LOVE HIM.

NARRATOR:
AT TWO O'CLOCK

THE STEPSISTERS AWOKE,

AND PREPARATIONS

FOR THE GREAT BALL BEGAN.

RUB, RUB, RUB, AND RUB,

20 MINUTES OF RUB AND RUB

WITH OIL OF ROSES,

BUTTER AND CREAM.

TWO TENDER PORTIONS

OF DEAD WHITE MEA WERE BEING CAREFULLY

PREPARED FOR THE DELECTATION

OF HIGH SOCIETY:

AND THE VERY ELIGIBLE

YOUNG PRINCE CHARLES.

AND SO THEY WERE

OFF TO THE BALL:

TO DANCE, TO HEAR MUSIC,

TO BE ADMIRED,

TO BE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS

LIKE OTHER BEAUTIFUL GIRLS

WHO DANCE, HEAR MUSIC

AND ARE ADMIRED.

[SNIFFLES]

[SNAP]

[DOOR OPENS]

WHO'S THERE?

IT'S ONLY ME.

OH, MRS. TOQUET!

WELL, I'M SO GLAD

TO SEE YOU.

I WAS ALL ALONE AND--

COME IN. SIT DOWN.

NO TIME FOR THAT.

YOU'LL BE LATE FOR THE BALL.

OH, BUT I'M NO GOING TO THE BALL.

THEY'VE GONE TO THE BALL.

I, THEY, YOU,

AMO, AMAS, AMAT,

AMAMUS, AMATUS, AMANT.

IT'S ALWAYS THAT WAY.

EVERYBODY'S BEEN THROUGH IT.

YOU DON'T WANT TO GO,

YET WHEN EVERYBODY ELSE GOES

AND LEAVES YOU HOME ALONE,

YOU CAN HARDLY BEAR IT.

OH, BUT I DON'T MIND

BEING ALONE.

I LIKE IT.

YOU LIKE IT, BUT NOT WHEN

EVERYBODY ELSE IS AT THE BALL.

WELL, THAT'S TRUE.

YOU'RE RIGHT.

I USUALLY AM,

99 TIMES OUT OF 10.

[SNAP]

OH, IT'S ANOTHER MOUSE.

WE HAVE A GOOD MANY,

YOU KNOW,

BECAUSE I FEED THEM.

THEN I LET THEM GO.

AH. LET'S LOOK

IN THE BACK GARDEN.

FOR WHAT?

I LEFT IT THERE.

A CORSE IS A FINE THING.

INVENTED BY THE DEVIL,

BUT A FINE THING.

NOW FOR SOME SLIPPERS.

NOW, I JUST HAPPEN

TO HAVE A PAIR THAT I THINK--

PUT IT ON.

OH! ISN'T THAT BEAUTIFUL?

IT'S GLASS!

IT'S VENETIAN GLASS.

MADE BY A GENIUS

IN VENICE,

WHO SOLD THEM:

FOR A GOOD PRICE

TO A BAZAAR KEEPER

WHO SOLD THEM:

AT A GREAT PROFI TO A MERCHANT FROM ROME

WHO SOLD THEM:

AT A GREAT PROFI TO A SHOPKEEPER IN PARIS,

WHO SOLD THEM:

AT A GREAT PROFIT.

EVERYBODY MADE MONEY.

EVERYBODY WAS HAPPY!

THAT'S ECONOMICS.

BUT IT DOES FEEL

STRANGE, YOU KNOW?

DON'T THINK ABOUT IT.

KEEP WALKING.

PRACTICE HELPS.

VINCIT QUI PATITUR.

HE CONQUERS WHO ENDURES.

ALL WOMEN MUST ENDURE

THESE DISCOMFORTS.

WHY?

FOR FASHION.

IT FASCINATES MEN.

MAKES THEM MARVEL

AT WOMEN.

FILLS THEM WITH AWE.

BECAUSE THEY KNOW

THEY COULDN'T STAND IT.

HOW ARE THEY NOW?

THEY'RE MUCH BETTER.

I'M GETTING USED TO THEM.

HEAD UP,

BACK STRAIGHT.

THIS LOOKS FAMILIAR.

PINK AND WHITE...

ROSEBUDS AND CRYSTALS...

OH, DEAR MRS. TOQUET,

WHERE DID YOU GET IT?

I FOUND IT.

NOW, A HEADDRESS.

A LITTLE CROWN:

OF SOME SORT.

A DIADEM!

BUT IF THEY SEE ME

WEARING IT--

OH, BUT...THEY WON'T.

YOU'LL BE IN THE KITCHEN.

YES. YES, I'LL GO

STRAIGHT TO THE KITCHEN.

NOW, THE HAIR AND THE ROUGE

AND THE PERFUME.

OH. THIS PRESENTS

SOMETHING OF A PROBLEM.

HEAD UP, BACK STRAIGHT,

AND VERY, VERY, VERY SLOWLY.

[LAUGHING]

HERE'S YOUR COACH.

OHH, MY COACH.

I MADE A LITTLE ARRANGEMEN WITH THE COACHMEN.

OH, MRS. TOQUET,

NOBODY IN MY WHOLE LIFE

HAS EV--THANK YOU.

YOU'VE ALREADY SAID THA A DOZEN TIMES.

I LOVE YOU.

THAT'S VERY GOOD.

WHEN YOU LEARN:

TO LOVE ONE PERSON,

IT'S THAT MUCH EASIER

TO LOVE OTHERS.

NOW, IN YOU GO.

DOES SHE KNOW ABOU LEAVING AT MIDNIGHT?

AHH, YES.

YOU SEE, HE MUST TAKE YOU

HOME AT MIDNIGH SO THAT HE CAN GO BACK

TO THE PALACE IN TIME

TO PICK UP HIS PEOPLE.

THEY'RE LEAVING AT ONE O'CLOCK.

SO IF YOU LEAVE:

PROMPTLY AT MIDNIGHT,

NOBODY WILL BE THE WISER

AND NOBODY WILL BE ANNOYED

AND EVERYBODY:

WILL BE HAPPY.

THAT'S DIPLOMACY.

I'LL REMEMBER, MIDNIGHT.

THANK YOU.

MIDNIGHT.

[APPLAUSE]

[ALL TALKING]

MAY I HAVE THE HONOR

OF BEING YOUR PARTNER TONIGHT?

I'VE BEEN WATCHING YOU

ALL EVENING.

AND I FIND YOU THE MOS CHARMING YOUNG LADY HERE.

WOULD YOU CARE TO HAVE

SOME REFRESHMENTS?

WHAT PART OF THE COUNTRY

ARE YOU FROM?

I DON'T BELIEVE SEEN YOU BEFORE.

OH, CHARLES WEN RIGHT UP OVER THIS HILL

AND AS FAR OUT ON THE ROAD

AS YOU CAN SEE.

AND THEN THE MOS AMAZING THING--

UH, PLEASE FORGIVE ME.

I WILL BE BACK.

I BEG YOUR PARDON.

SORRY, PARDON ME.

PARDON. PARDON.

OHH! GOOD EVENING,

YOUR HIGHNESS.

GOOD EVENING.

I'M YOUR FATHER'S OLD FRIEND

LOULOU ALTSTERSTRAU.

OH, YES, LOULOU. YES!

SO GOOD OF YOU:

TO REMEMBER.

IT WAS YEARS AGO.

I WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD.

HE SENT ME:

AWAY TO SCHOOL.

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