[ELLA]
I am in the Royal Palace of all places
When I meet the finest prince you’ve ever seen
And the color on my two stepsister’s faces
Is a queer sort of sour apple green
I am coy and flirtatious
When alone with the Prince—
(short interlude)
I’m the belle of the ball
In my own little corner
All alone
In my own
Little (chair)
[MARIE]
Fol-de-rol and fiddledy-dee
Fiddledy faddledy foddle
All the wishes in the world
Are poppycock and twaddle!
[ELLA]
Oh Crazy Marie. Are you mocking me with your gibberish?
[MARIE]
Fol de rol and fiddledy dee
Fiddledy faddledy foodle
All the dreamers in all the world
Are dizzy in the noodle
[ELLA]
So what if I do have a dream to see the Prince again? And tell him what life in his kingdom is really like? And what it could be
[MARIE]
Exactly. And then to have him fall in love with you
[ELLA]
No one will fall in love with me. Why do you come to visit me tonight?
[MARIE]
I just knew I would find you
In the same little chair
In the pale pink mist of a foolish dream
[ELLA]
I am being foolish
[MARIE]
Then be foolish with me. What would you dream of?
[ELLA]
An invitation to the ball, I guess
[MARIE]
Right here. There’s an invitation
[ELLA]
But it’s torn
[MARIE]
Don’t wait for everything to be perfect, just go! Now, what else would you dream of?
[ELLA]
Oh a white gown, I imagine. A beautiful white gown sewn up with pearls. And jewels. And a tiara of diamonds
[MARIE]
And on your feet?
[ELLA]
The most beautiful grosgrain pumps, I’d imagine
[MARIE]
No. Better. The Venetian glass that your stepmother so loves in her trinkets and baubles. An entire pair of shoes made only of Venetian glass
[ELLA]
Oh how silly. I’d be the envy of all. But how would I get to the ball?
[MARIE]
Well this pumpkin over here?
[ELLA]
Yes?
[MARIE]
I’ll turn it into a golden carriage
[ELLA]
And horses?
[MARIE]
Those mice. Trapped in this cage
[ELLA]
And a fox as a footman and a raccoon as a driver. Oh you are crazy, Marie. Why, in order to do that, you would have to be a fairy godmother
[ELLA]
Marie! Are you really my fairy godmother?
[MARIE]
But of course, my child. Actually, I’m everyone’s fairy godmother. But you’re the only one who’s given me charity. Generosity. And kindness. And now, I must make all the dreams we joked about come true
[ELLA]
But that’s so improbable. Implausible