A scene from The Wizard of Oz 1939
Wicked Witch

And you, my dear, what an unexpected pleasure. It's so kind of you to visit me in my loneliness.

Dorothy

What are you gonna do with my dog? Give him back to me.

Wicked Witch

All in good time, my little pretty. All in good time.

Dorothy

Oh, please give me back my dog.

Wicked Witch

Certainly, certainly, when you give me those slippers.

Dorothy

But the Good Witch of the North told me not to.

Wicked Witch

Very well. [To her winged-monkey captain] Throw that basket in the river and drown him.

Dorothy

No, no! Here, you can have your old slippers, but give me back Toto!

Wicked Witch

That's a good little girl. I knew you'd see reason.

Dorothy

[The Wicked Witch is zapped when she tries to take the slippers]

Oh, I'm sorry! I didn't do it! Can I still have my dog?

Wicked Witch

No! Fool that I am. I should have remembered. Those slippers will never come off, as long as you're alive. But that's not what's worrying me. It's how to do it. These things must be done delicately, or you hurt the spell.

Dorothy

[Toto leaps out from the basket and runs out the door]

Run Toto, Run!

Wicked Witch

Catch him, you Fool!

Dorothy

[Toto escapes]

He got away! He got away!

Wicked Witch

Ooh, which is more than you will. Drat you and your dog! You've been more trouble to me than you're worth, one way or another, but it'll soon be over now. Do you see that? [She holds up a large hourglass timer] That's how much longer you've got to be alive. And it isn't long, my pretty. It isn't long. I can't wait forever to get those shoes.

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