Albert Arbuckle was quite certain that, growing in his garden, were leeks such as he had never grown before - leeks beautifully green and thick. Lizzie was determined that Dad should win First Prize at the Little Hemlock and Bilbury Leek Show.

Ever since Lizzie had 'lost' her baby brother, her Mother had been nagging at her. 'She wouldn't carry on at me like this if she knew I'd got a witch for a friend' thought Lizzie.

Just because witches disappear at the drop of a hat, doesn'mean to say there aren'any - or so Lizzie Dripping believes.

Lizzie Dripping is a dreamer, the kind of girl who is always making things up. The trouble is that her dreams have a nasty habit of turning into real adventures.