Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella Script

Act II

GUARD: Your majesty, there are reports of a golden carriage coming from deep within the woods!

(Enter MADAME, CHARLOTTE, GABRIELLE, and the GIRLS.)

MADAME: Your highness, what seems to be the problem?!

TOPHER: She got away!

MADAME/ CHARLOTTE/ GIRLS: She got away?!

TOPHER: I must find her! I need a carriage! You! (Points to MADAME) You have a carriage, don't you?!

MADAME: Me?! Well, yes, but-

TOPHER: We could use yours!

MADAME: But there wouldn't be enough room!

TOPHER: Then, leave one of your daughters behind!

CHARLOTTE/ GABRIELLE: Hey!

TOPHER: Every moment we waste is letting her get farther and farther away!

(TOPHER, LIONEL, GABRIELLE, MADAME, and CHARLOTTE exit. MADAME pushes CHARLOTTE back out onstage.)

CHARLOTTE: Alright, I've had it up to here! Just who does she think she is?! Are we going to let her just walk in and steal our chance?!

GIRLS: No!

CHARLOTTE: Do we have a choice?!

GIRLS: ... Not really!

CHARLOTTE: Oy.

STEPSISTERS' LAMENT

CHARLOTTE:

WHY WOULD A FELLOW WANT A GIRL LIKE HER,

A FRAIL AND FLUFFY BEAUTY?

WHY CAN'T A FELLOW EVER ONCE PREFER

A SOLID GIRL LIKE ME?

SHE'S A FROTHY LITTLE BUBBLE...

GIRL ONE:

WITH A FLIMSY KIND OF CHARM,

AND WITH VERY LITTLE TROUBLE, I COULD BREAK HER LITTLE ARM!

CHARLOTTE:

OH! OH, WHY WOULD A FELLOW WANT A GIRL LIKE HER,

SO OBVIOUSLY UNUSUAL?

WHY CAN'T A FELLOW EVER ONCE PREFER

A USUAL GIRL LIKE ME?

GIRL TWO:

HER CHEEKS ARE A PRETTY SHADE OF PINK,

CHARLOTTE:

BUT NOT ANY PINKER THAN A ROSE IS!

GIRL THREE:

HER SKIN MAY BE DELICATE AND SOFT,

CHARLOTTE:

BUT NOT ANY SOFTER THAN A DOE'S IS!

GIRL FOUR:

HER NECK IS NO WHITER THAN A SWAN'S!

GIRL ONE: SHE'S ONLY AS DAINTY AS A DAISY!

CHARLOTTE:

SHE'S ONLY AS GRACEFUL AS A BIRD,

SO WHY IS THE FELLOW GOING CRAZY?!

ALL:

OH, WHY WOULD A FELLOW WANT A GIRL LIKE HER,

A GIRL WHO'S MERELY LOVELY?!

WHY CAN'T A FELLOW EVER ONCE PREFER