Script

SIDE 1

The Queen is right to be afraid, you know. All the magic in the world won't keep little Aurora safe.

But what else can we do?

Hmm... What about no magic?

What?!?

Maleficent knows it's our job to protect Aurora with our magic, and that's what she'll be looking for. So, why don't we take the Princess to the old woodcutter's cottage in the forest and raise her using no magic at all?

But a princess in a cottage? Princesses are supposed to live in castles.

She won't be a princess! She'll be Briar Rose, our little peasant girl!

(getting the idea)
Then on her sixteenth birthday, we'll tell her the truth and return her to the palace, safe and sound.

Briar Rose? Living in the woods? And no magic? For sixteen years?

(calming MERRYWEATHER down)
Come on, it will be fun!

SIDE 2

(The GOONS run off with MALEFICENT, cackling. The scene shifts to the woodcutter's cottage in the forest. The FAIRIES peruse a big book.)

At last, Briar Rose's sixteenth birthday has arrived!

What about this dress for a birthday surprise?

Oh, that looks difficult... Are you sure we can't use our magic yet?

Come now, Merryweather. Surely you can wait one more day!

(offstage)
Aunties? Where are you?

Shh! Hide it! Here comes the birthday girl now!

And what are you all up to?

Up to?

Up to?

We want you to... pick some berries.

That's it! Berries.

Berries? But I picked berries yesterday.

Well, then - find a nice, big dandelion and make a wish!

Wish?

That's right, dear, for today is your lucky day--

(FAUNA cuts off MERRYWEATHER and pushes BRIAR ROSE out the door.)

Off you go, Rose!

But--

Goodbye!

Goodbye!

Goodbye.
(to herself)
Hmm, they're acting funny.
(shrugs)
But at least it's a beautiful day!
(picks a dandelion)
I wish...
(cheerfully)
I wish I knew what my Aunties were up to...
(thoughtfully)
I wish they would tell me about my mother and father...
(sadly)
And I wish I weren't so lonely sometimes...