Queen Ann and her officers fall into a pit in the cavern. Queen Ann ordered Tik-Tok to attack the soldiers, but they ran back to the caverns. The dragon, howerver, carried the adventurers higher than the nomes could reach. The Nome soldiers, led by General Guph, attempted to capture the adventurers.
The Nome King and his Chamberlain set out for the tube to attack when the adventurers when the emerge from the tube. Ruggedo and the Royal Chamberlain look through the magic spyglass and see the adventurers and the dragon coming up the tube. Chapter 14: “The Long-Eared Hearer Learns by Listening” The adventurers, now riding Quox, began their long journey yet again. He selected Quox, a young dragon, as the Instrument. The next morning, The Citizen sends the adventurers on their way along with the Instrument of Vengeance (which will take away Ruggedo’s powers and make him a homeless wanderer on earth). Chapter 12: “The Lovely Lady of Light”Īfter leaving the castle, Betsy and the rainbow fairy went to the palace of Queen Erma, Queen of Light. Realizing that Ruggedo was the one to blame, the Citizen agrees to punish Ruggedo and treat the adventurers as their guests for the evening. Someone explains to them that the castle is ruled by the Private Citizen (Tititihoochoo).
The adventurers enter the castle full of kings and queens. Chapter 11: “The Famous Fellowship of Fairies” Once there they meet a gardner named Tubekins and he commands they follow him to the castle. Chapter 10: “A Terrible Tumble Through a Tube”Īfter continuing a long way, the adventurers found themselves sliding down a huge tube toward the other side of the world. They place the entrance to the Hollow Tube in their path and make it invisible. The adventurers cross the Rubber Country and continue on to the caverns while Ruggedo, his Chief Magician, and his minions plan his strategy. Chapter 9: “Ruggedo’s Rage is Rash and Reckless” Ann decides to conquer Ruggedo instead and makes Tik-Tok her new private. Queen Ann tries to conquer Betsy and her friends, but once the Shaggy Man removed the Love Magnet from his pocket, all talk of conquering was forgotten.
Chapter 8: “Tik-Tok Tackles a Tough Task”īetsy and her friends meet Queen Ann and her army. She tells the group that she will help them find Ruggedo’s (the Nome Prince’s) underground caverns. Chapter 7: “Polychrome’s Pitiful Plight”īetsy, Hank, Shaggy and Princess Ozga meet Polychrome (a fairy daughter of the rainbow). The three friends pick a rose princess (Ozga). The Royal Gardner explains that all intruders are to be put to death, and when Betsy wants to run away, Shaggy telles her about his lost brother, the Love Magnet, the Nome King and the Land of Oz. Chapter 6: “Shaggy Seeks His Stray Brother”īetsy, Hank and the Roses meet the Shaggy Man. Chapter 5: “The Roses Repulse the Refugees”īetsy and Hank wander around the country and meet the enchanted Roses who explain that intruders are not welcome in the Rose Kingdom. Chapter 4: “Betsy Braves the Billows”īetsy Bobbin and her friend Hank, a donkey, are shipwrecked and floating on a raft in the ocean when they spot a beautiful country that looked deserted.
They decide to conquer this deserted place and come upon a Rak instead. Upon seeing (in her magic book) Ann’s plan to attack the Emerald City, Glinda casts a spell sending Ann and the Oogaboo army to a different village. Chapter 3: “Magic Mystifies the Marchers” Chapter 2: “Out of Oogaboo”Īnn and the unlikely army prepare and march to the Emerald City. Ann decides to build an army and overtake Ozma’s throne. Queen Ann was the ruler of Oogaboo, the smallest and poorest in the land of Oz (except for the peaceful Emerald City ruled by the young Ozma). To My ReadersĪ message to the readers about the history of the story. Published in 1914, the book actually has little to do with Tik-Tok and is primarily the quest of the Shaggy Man (introduced in The Road to Oz) to rescue his brother, and his resulting conflict with the Nome King.īaum, L. Tik-Tok of Oz is the eighth Land of Oz book written by L.