- Stepmother: [last lines; as she and her daughter bid farewell to Yeh-Shen and the king, who are being transported by palanquin to the palace] Isn't it wonderful? I certainly brought her up right.
- [waves to Yeh-Shen]
- Stepmother: We'll come visit you at the palace, Yeh-Shen, my dear!
- King's Manservant: [seeing Yeh-Shen transformed into the same outfit she wore to the festival, and realizing he danced with her then] She's the one I danced with!
- Gold Eyes: [as his spirit rises from the golden slippers to the heavens] Thank you, Yeh-Shen. Now I can go. Your dreams are about to come true. Farewell, my friend.
- Stepmother: [to all the young men waiting to select prospective brides] Now how can you ignore this fine example of--of--of--?
- [she and her daughter notice Yeh-Shen arriving at the festival, but don't recognize her]
- Stepmother: *There's* a prize winner; *she'll* get the handsomest, richest husband. She'll make *her* mother a very happy woman!
- [to her daughter]
- Stepmother: Why can't *you* look like that?
- Stepdaughter: Because I was born to *you*!
- [She gets a hard pinch from her mother]
- Stepdaughter: Ow!
- Stepdaughter: [CUTTING-ROOM FLOOR-LINE] It's not fair! Give me one good reason why I should do those things!
- Stepmother: [CUTTING-ROOM FLOOR-LINE] Because Yeh-Shen is no longer here to do them, that's why! So close your sorry mouth, and GET TO WORK!
- [She waves a switch at her daughter]
- Stepmother: And if you don't like it, I'll swat you until *I* get sore! Now start washing these clothes, and after that...!
- Stepmother: [capturing Gold Eyes for her and her daughter's dinner] Since you can talk, perhaps you can tell me the best way to cook you!
- Stepmother: [before she and her daughter depart for the festival] And don't you budge out of this cave, or you'll get the beating of your life, understand?
- Yeh-Shen: Yes, Stepmother.
- Stepmother: [as she and her daughter climb down their cave's ladder] Let me hear positive thinking.
- Stepdaughter: I *will* find a husband, I *will* be a bride. I *will* find a husband, I *will* be a bride.