Norman Leonard began writing Cobbler’s Gulch after — and against his wife’s better judgment — showing his then two-year-old daughter The Wizard of Oz. It scared her. Like, a lot. Obviously. His wife insisted he fix it, so he wrote a rhyme for his daughter to recite that made her feel empowered: “Pixie dust, a summer’s day, a rag doll with a crooked stitch, listen closely when I say, 'Be gone, you silly witch!” This began a fairytale mythology that he and his kids played around with for years. And here we are.