The Ruby Slippers Confrontation
The Wizard Of Oz
by Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson, Edgar Allen Woolf
Following the death of the Wicked Witch of the East, her sister arrives in Munchkinland to claim the powerful ruby slippers and seek vengeance. Glinda the Good Witch protects Dorothy, revealing that the slippers have already transferred to Dorothy's feet and possess a magic the villainous witch cannot touch while in this realm. The scene establishes the primary conflict of the story as the Witch issues her iconic threat against Dorothy and her dog.