A scene from The Wizard of Oz 1939
Glinda

Are you a good witch, or a bad witch?

Dorothy

Who, me? Why, I'm not a witch at all. I'm Dorothy Gale from Kansas.

Glinda

Oh, well, is that a witch [gesturing toward Toto]?

Dorothy

Toto? Toto's my dog.

Glinda

Well, I'm a little muddled. The Munchkins called me because a new witch has just dropped a house on the Wicked Witch of the East. And there's the house, and here you are, and that's all that's left of the Wicked Witch of the East. And so, what the Munchkins want to know is, are you a Good Witch or a Bad Witch?

Dorothy

Oh, but I've already told you, I'm not a witch at all! Witches are old and ugly. [The Munchkins giggle from concealment] What was that?

Glinda

The Munchkins. They're laughing because I am a witch. I'm Glinda, the Witch of the North.

Dorothy

You are?! Oh, I beg your pardon! But I've never heard of a beautiful witch before.

Glinda

Only bad witches are ugly. The Munchkins are happy because you have freed them from the Wicked Witch of the East.

Dorothy

Oh, but if you please, what are Munchkins?

Glinda

The little people who live in this land. It's Munchkinland. And you are their national heroine, my dear.

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