How much is that doggie in the window?

In The Oz Books, the Wicked Witch is the one witch in Oz of which the Wizard of Oz is afraid. She rules the Winkie Country in the western part of Oz. When young Dorothy is dropped in Oz by a cyclone, The Wizard promises to help her return to her home in Kansas if she and her ragtag group of friends kill the Wicked Witch. Dorothy, the brainless Scarecrow, the heartless Tin Woodman, and the Cowardly Lion journey toward her castle and are attacked by wolves, crows, bees, and her Winkie slaves. Dorothy and her companions defeat each threat, but are eventually subdued by the Winged Monkeys that the Wicked Witch commands through the power of the "Golden Cap." Dorothy and the Cowardly Lion are carried to the Wicked Witch's castle. However, The Wicked Witch can't kill Dorothy because the girl is protected by the Good Witch of the North. The Witch tricks Dorothy into tripping over an iron bar and, in anger, Dorothy throws a bucket of water onto the Wicked Witch and causes her to melt.