She was furious to see the four (five if your count Toby) camping in her territory. Furious to the point that she called her pack of wolves.
"See here." She said. "There are trespassers in the West. They are no good to me as slaves so I want to you go kill them. But most importantly, bring me the Ruby Ugh Boots that the girl wears."
It was fortunate that Isaac and Taylor couldn't sleep, for, while their friends were sleeping a great pack of forty, bloodthirsty wolves were surging in their direction.
"I will take care of this." Isaac said.
And Isaac took up his axe and cut off the head of the first wolf to reach him. And the second, third, fourth, and soon until they were all dead.
Daria nearly freaked out the following morning, seeing the bodies. But Isaac explained what had happened and soon they were on their way again.
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The Witch looked to see how her wolves had fared when she got up that morning. Angry to see that they had failed, she called for her flock of crows and ordered them to peck out their eyes and tear them to pieces. But above all else, to bring back the Ruby Ugh Boots.
But when they saw the crows flying towards them, Taylor told his companions to lie down while he scared them off. He was a scarecrow after all!
At first the crows wouldn't come near him. But then they realised that Taylor was just a man made out of straw - not a threat at all. So they attacked. However, when the first one flew at Taylor, he grabbed it and twisted it's neck, so that it would break and the crow died. And he did this to the second, the third and so on until the crows were all dead too.
"I do not much like all this killing." Daria said.
"I know." Isaac said. "I don't like it either, for surely every creature born in the world has a right to live. But these creatures are undoubtedly aligned with the Wicked Witch."
"Who we were sent to kill ourselves. There's been too much bloodshed already."
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The Wicked Witch had seen the defeat of her crows too. Angrily, she ordered her swarm of bees to sting them to death.
But our friends had seen the bees coming. At first they didn't know what to do. Then Taylor had an idea.
"Quick Isaac, pull out all my straw and covered it over Daria, Toby and Zac. You're made of tin so you can't be stung."
This was done. And not only wasn't Isaac stung, but the bees attempts to sting him merely resulted in having their stingers broken off, and they too all died.
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Angry that this plan too failed, the Witch sent out an army of her slaves, the Winkies who were the people of the West. They weren't much for fighters, but, because of their enslavement, they went out to kill the strangers and bring back the Ruby Ugh Boots.
When Zac saw the Winkies coming, he let loose a might roar, sending the Winkies scampering into retreat, terribly frightened.
"Hey! I really scared them didn't I?" Zac said.
"Yeah, you did."
"Oh cool! I'm scary! Whoo hoo!"