I am the Witch of the North." "Oh, gracious!" cried Dorothy.

"Are you a real witch ?" "Yes, indeed," answered the little woman.

"But I am a good witch, and the people love me.

I am not as powerful as the Wicked Witch was who ruled here, or I should have set the people free myself." "But I thought all witches were wicked," said the girl, who was half frightened at facing a real witch.

"Oh, no, that is a great mistake.
There were only four witches in all the Land of Oz, and two of them, those who live in the North and the South, are good witches.