The narrator is on his way home from work when he hears the sound of a bridge going in the distance. He's excited to see the bridge, but he's not sure where it is or what it's about. He wonders why the witch named Lan has come to the village. He hears that the witch cured the village's chief of disease with witchcraft, and he wonders why she would want to come to such a poor village. The narrator tells him that the village has been blessed with a bountiful harvest this year, and that it was the witch who made this possible. The village has finally had its own witch, and the narrator is happy to be able to help.