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Baker: (entering, horrified)
Is harm to come to that little girl...in the red cape?

(WITCH appears, MUSIC under)

Witch: Forget the little girl and get the cape!

Baker: (clutching his chest)
You frightened me.

Witch: That's the cape. Get it. Get it. Get it!

Baker: How am I supposed to get it?

Witch: You go up to the little thing and you take it.

Baker: I can't just take a cloak from a little girl. Why don't you take it!

Witch: If I could, I would! But I...

(we hear RAPUNZEL singing in the distance, sweetly. WITCH listens entranced)

Ahhh, my Rapunzel...listen to her beautiful music... (yelling) Get me what I need. Get me what I need!

(she disappears back up into the tree)

Baker: (distraught) This is ridiculous. I'll never get that red cape, nor find a golden cow, or a yellow slipper--or was it a golden slipper and a yellow cow? Oh, no...

Baker's Wife: (softly, appearing behind the tree)
THE COW AS WHITE AS MILK,
THE CAPE AS RED AS BLOOD,
THE HAIR AS YELLOW AS CORN,
THE SLIPPER AS PURE AS--

Baker: (overlapping) What are you doing here?

Baker's Wife: (Coming forward, takes a scarf and tries to put it around his neck)
You forgot your scarf--

Baker: (taking scarf off)
You have no business being alone in the wood. And you have no idea what I've come upon here. You would be frightened for your life. Now go home immediately!

Baker's Wife: I wish to help.

Baker: NO! THE SPELL IS ON MY HOUSE--

Baker's Wife: OUR HOUSE.

(JACK enters dragging the COW by a rope on its neck)

Baker: ONLY I CAN LIFT THE SPELL,
THE SPELL IS ON MY HOUSE--!

Baker's Wife: (overlapping) WE MUST LIFT THE SPELL TOGETHER THE SPELL IS ON--
(puts hand across BAKER'S mouth, we see JACK at other side of stage)
A COW AS WHITE AS--

Baker: (takes WIFE'S hand away)
--milk.
(BAKER'S WIFE pushes BAKER in JACK'S direction, follows)

Baker: Hello there, young man.

Jack: (looks at BAKER, scared)
Hello, sir.

Baker: What might you be doing with a cow in the middle of the forest?

Jack: I was heading to market--but I seem to have lost my way.

Baker's Wife: (coaching the BAKER) And what are you planning to do there--?

Baker: And what are you planning to do there?

Jack: Sell my cow, sir. No less than five pounds.
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Baker: Five pounds! (to WIFE) Where am I to get five pounds?

Baker's Wife: She must be generous of milk to fetch five pounds?

Jack: (hesitant) Yes Ma'am.

Baker's Wife: And if you can't fetch that sum? Then what are you to do?

Jack: I hadn't thought of that. I suppose my mother and I will have no food to eat.

(BAKER has emptied his pockets. He has a few coins and the beans in hand)

Baker: (to WIFE) This is the sum total.

Baker's Wife: (loudly) BEANS! We mustn't give up our beans! Well...if you feel we must.

Baker: Huh!

Baker's Wife: (to JACK) Beans will bring you food, son.

Jack: Beans in exchange for my cow?

Baker's Wife: Oh, these are no ordinary beans, son. These beans carry magic.

Jack: Magic? What kind of magic?

Baker's Wife: (to BAKER) Tell him.

(MYSTERIOUS MAN enters behind a tree)

Baker: (nervous) Magic that defies description.

Jack: My mum would--

Mysterious Man: ...you'd be lucky to exchange her for a sack of beans.

(BAKER'S WIFE and BAKER hug, frightened by MYSTERIOUS MAN'S voice. MYSTERIOUS MAN exits)

Jack: How many beans?

Baker: Six.

Baker's Wife: Five! We can't part with all of them. We must leave one for ourselves. Besides I'd say they're worth a pound each, at the very least.

Jack: Could I buy my cow back someday?

Baker: (Uneasy) Well...possibly.

(hands JACK the beans, counting out five and keeping one for his pocket; BAKER'S WIFE then takes the cow)

Good luck there, young lad.

Jack: (tearful, to the cow)
I GUESS THIS IS GOODBYE, OLD PAL;
YOU'VE BEEN A PERFECT FRIEND.
I HATE TO SEE US PART, OLD PAL,
SOMEDAY I'LL BUY YOU BACK.
I'LL SEE YOU SOON AGAIN.
I HOPE THAT WHEN I DO,
IT WON'T BE ON A PLATE.

(overcome with emotion, JACK exits.

MUSIC continues under)

Baker: (angry) Take the cow and go home!

Baker's Wife: I was trying to be helpful.

Baker: Magic beans! We've no reason to believe they're magic! Are we going to dispel this curse through deceit?

Baker's Wife: No one would have given him more for that creature. We did him a favor. At least they'll have some food.

Baker: Five beans!

Baker's Wife: IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOU WANT,
THEN YOU GO AND YOU FIND IT AND YOU GET IT--

Baker: (pointing off) HOME.

Baker's Wife: Do we want a child or not?
--AND YOU GIVE AND YOU TAKE
AND YOU BID AND YOU BARGAIN
OR YOU LIVE TO REGRET IT.

Baker: Will you please go home.

Baker's Wife: THERE ARE RIGHTS AND WRONGS AND IN-BETWEENS--
NO ONE WAITS WHEN FORTUNE INTERVENES.
AND MAYBE THEY'RE REALLY MAGIC. WHO KNOWS?

WHY YOU DO WHAT YOU DO. THAT’S THE POINT;
ALL THE REST OF IT IS CHATTER.

Baker: (looking over at MILKY-WHITE)
Look at her she's crying.

Baker's Wife: IF THE THING YOU DO IS PURE IN INTENT,
IF IT'S MEANT,
AND IT'S JUST A LITTLE BENT,
DOES IT MATTER?

Baker: YES.

Baker's Wife: NO, WHAT MATTERS IS THAT EVERYONE TELLS TINY LIES.
WHAT'S IMPORTANT, REALLY, IS THE SIZE.

(pause: no response)

ONLY THREE MORE TRIES AND WE'LL HAVE OUR PRIZE.
WHEN THE END'S IN SIGHT, YOU'LL REALIZE:
IF THE END IS RIGHT, IT JUSTIFIES THE BEANS!

Baker: Take the cow and go home. I will carry this out in my own fashion!

(BAKER and BAKER'S WIFE exit in different directions. NARRATOR enters, RAPUNZEL singing off in the distance. RAPUNZEL'S tower appears)

Narrator: And so the Baker continued his search for the cape as red as blood.

~GG

here teehee thanks for adding a new part~! kudos (fun word)

Sarah

Cool. Thanks for the new rehearsal.

~Arwen~

The Witch is here for rehearsel!

-Lissie