The witch had a cat, a fat tabby, a red braid, and a tall hat... The witch rushes across the sky on a broomstick and drops her cap, magic wand and bow from her red braid to the ground. A dog, a bird, and a frog find all this in turn and ask for a ride on a broomstick as a reward for their service, which the witch willingly does. But the broom breaks: the cat, the dog and the frog fall into the swamp, and the witch falls into the clutches of the dragon; he is about to eat the witch for dinner, when suddenly a terrible, menacing beast appears - the monster of the swamps - and demands to give the witch to him...