“The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” is an American children's novel written by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by W. W. Denslow, originally published in 1900 and reprinted several times, often as “The Wizard of Oz”, which is the title of the 1902 Broadway musical adaptation and the famous 1939 film. It is one of the best-known stories in American literature and has been widely translated.

The novel concerns the story of a young farm girl Dorothy in the magical Land of Oz after she and her pet dog Toto are swept away from their home on the Kansas prairie by a tornado. The story is swept along by many fantastic creatures in the magical Land of Oz. Among these are four witches, two good, two bad.

The witch action begins as soon as the tornado deposits them and the farmhouse into Munchkin Country (in Oz). The falling house has killed the Wicked Witch of the East, the evil ruler of the Munchkins. The Good Witch of the North arrives and gives Dorothy the magical silver shoes that once belonged to the Wicked Witch; she tells Dorothy that to return home she must follow the yellow brick road to the Emerald City and ask the Wizard of Oz to help her. The Wizard agrees to help Dorothy and her companions (a tin man, a scarecrow and a cowardly lion) if they kill the Wicked Witch of the West.

Dorothy succeeds in eliminating The Wicked Witch of the West (a bucket of water does the job) but still needs help to get home. She is informed that the Good Witch of the South may be able to help…

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