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ACT TWO - SCENE TWOThe castle of the Wicked Witch of the West.

Wicked Witch Music(Orchestra)

A gloomy interior, all stone and cobwebs. Around an immensecauldron are gathered the WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST andTwo VISITING WITCHES, all in traditional witch's dress.There is the sound of cackling laughter.

WICKEDWITCH. Do have another cup of babies' blood.

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VISITOR1. (Putting aside a tea cup) I couldn't take another drop, my dear.

WICKEDWITCH. (To VISITOR 2) You, Mombi?

VISITOR2. No thanks, I've had three already, hon.

WICKEDWITCH. (Offering a dish) Then have a bat's wing?

VISITOR2. I wouldn't dare. I'm having dinner with an old ghoul friend.And if you don't eat everything she puts in front of you she sulks.

WICKEDWITCH. I know that type.

VISITOR1. By the way, Bubonia, I brought you that recipe.

WICKEDWITCH. (Trembling with excitement)Not the one that breaks the Sorceress's mark?!!

VISITOR1. Yes! I clipped it out of the Witches' News for you.

VISITOR 1hands the clipping to the WICKED WITCH.

WICKEDWITCH. (Cackling) I'll show that brat Dorothy! (Reads the recipe)Let's see ... Take the whites of nine snake's eggs- Nine eggs!At these prices! My, this better work!

VISITOR1. Like a charm, my dear.

WICKEDWITCH. Beat ... fold in yolks ... add a chopped toad ...and let's see ... mmmm ... I've got that ... and that ...Well, this don't look so hard ... (Cackles some more)I can't thank you enough, dear! It's just what I've been looking for.

VISITOR2. Well, much as I hate to, I'm afraid I've got to scram.

VISITOR1. You go my way, don't you, Mombi?

VISITOR2. As far as the graveyard.

VISITOR1. (To the WICKED WITCH) Then I think I'll fly on, too, my dear.

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WICKEDWITCH. Oh ... well, drop in again, girls.

The WICKEDWITCHpulls a bell rape.There is a deep, funereal tolling.TIBIA,a skeleton with an impeccable British accent, enters.

TIBIA. You rang, madam?

WICKEDWITCH. Bring the ladies' things, Tibia.

TIBIA. Very good, madam.

TIBIAwithdraws.

VISITOR2. (Approvingly) Hmmmmm. He's new, isn't he, hon?

WICKEDWITCH. Yes, and a jewel, too.

VISITOR1. Where did you ever raise him?

WICKEDWITCH. Through an agency.

VISITOR1. A really good agency?

WICKEDWITCH. Well, medium ...

TIBIAreturns with a broomstick and a vacuum cleaner.

TIBIA. (Handing broom to VISITORI) This is yours, I believe, madam.

VISITOR1. Thank you, Tibia.

TIBIA. (Handing vacuum cleaner to VISITOR2) And yours, madam.

VISITOR2. Thanks. I've been telling Sarah she ought totrade that old broom in for one of these.

VISITOR1. (Rather stiffly) Well, if you know how you looked on that, my dear!

VISITOR2. But it has twice the pjck-up.

VISITOR1 clambers onto a window sill with her broom.

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VISITOR1. This is good enough for me, thank you.

VISITOR2 gets onto the sill, lugging her vacuum cleaner.

VISITOR2. Will we see you at the black mass, hon?

WICKEDWITCH. I think so, though I haven't a thing to wear.

VISITOR1. Itwas charming, my dear.

WICKEDWITCH. Fly in any time ...

VISITOR2. Goodbye now.

VISITOR1mounts her broomstick and jumps out thewindow with a wild laugh. VISITOR2 straddles hervacuum cleaner, starts it (airplane sound effect), and jumps.

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WICKEDWITCH. When you've cleared the things, Tibia,you may walk the werewolf.

TIBIA. Yes, madam.

TIBIA starts to pick up the tea things whenthe WICKED WITCH suddenly emits a bloodcurdling howl.

Ibeg your pardon, madam?

WICKEDWITCH. Danger! Danger threatens! My com hurts.Someone plans me harm, Tibia.

TIBIA. Who, madam?

WICKEDWITCH. We'll see who dares, Tibia.(Cackles and rubs her bony hands together) Tum on the magic picture.

TIBIA. Yes, madam.

TIBIA snaps a light switch. On the wall a large frame becomes visible.The space within the frame fills with a weird, glimmering light.The WICKED WITCH howls an incantation.

WICKEDWITCH. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa ...0000000000000000000000000000000000 ...

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ...Picture! Show who threatens me!!!!

The picture grows brighter. The head of the COWARDLY LIONappears, and he can be heard roaring.In the frame, he looks like a movie-studio trademark.

Who's that, Tibia?

TIBIA. Ibelieve it's Metro Goldwyn Mayer, madam.

As the frame becomes brighter, DOROTHY, the SCARECROWand the TIN WOODMAN become visible next to the LION .•

WICKEDWITCH. Dorothy!!

In the following dialogue, the WICKED WITCH can hear all that issaid in the picture, but those in the picture cannot hear the WITCH.

DOROTHY. What are you roaring about, Lion?

LION. Tryin' to keep my chin up. Idon't like bein' out after dark. (Shivers)

SCARECROW.You know, friend-You should just say to yourself, "1 am not afraid!"

LION. Ain't it bad enough bein' a coward without bein' a liar, too?

DOROTHY. Iwonder how much further we have to go to find the witch's castle.

LION. Don't speak of it will ya, Dorothy?!!•

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