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 poppyco*k 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 j**els. And a tiara of diamonds
MARIE
And on your feet?
ELLA
The most beautiful grosgrain pumps, I'd imagine
MARIE
No. Better. The Venetian gla** that your stepmother so loves in her trinkets and baubles. An entire pair of shoes made only of Venetian gla**
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