Act 1, Scene 1D (The Witches Rap)

Question 1

BAKER”S WIFE & BAKER: We have no bread.

Answer 1

Of course you have no bread!

Question 2

BAKER: What do you wish?

Answer 2

It’s not what I wish. It’s what you wish.

(Points to BAKER’S WIFE’S BELLY)

Nothing cooking in there now, is there?

Question 3

NARRATOR: The old enchantress went on to tell the couple that she had placed a spell on their house.

BAKER: What spell?

Answer 3

In the past, when you were no more than a babe, your father brought his young wife and you to this cottage. They were a handsome couple, but not handsome neighbors. You see, your mother was with child and she had developed an unusual appetite. She took one look at my beautiful garden and told your father that what she wanted more than anything in the world was…

GREENS, GREENS, AND NOTHING BUT GREENS…

AND WE’LL CALL IT SQUARE.

Question 4

BAKER: I had a brother?

Answer 4

No. But you had a sister.

Question 5

NARRATOR: But the Witch refused to tell him any more of his sister. Not even that her name was Rapunzel. She went on:

Answer 5

I thought I had been more than reasonable, and that we all might live happily ever after. But how was I to know what your father had also hidden in his pocket? You see, when I had inherited that garden, my mother had warned me I would be punished if I were ever to lose any of the…

BEANS.

Question 6

BAKER, BAKER’S WIFE:

BEANS?

Answer 6

THE SPECIAL BEANS.
I LET HIM GO, I DIDN’T KNOW HE’D STOLEN MY BEANS…

ESPECIALLY THE BEANS.