Story arc in The Oz Series

Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz: The Underground World

ch. 69–89

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What happens

An earthquake plunges Dorothy, her cousin Zeb, the horse Jim, and the Wizard of Oz into a series of strange underground countries, from the glass-city Mangaboos to the wooden Gargoyles and a valley of invisible bears. Guided by the Wizard's tricks and the Magic Belt, they climb back to the surface and reach the Emerald City, where the kitten Eureka is tried for eating a piglet.

Turning points

An earthquake drops Dorothy, Zeb, Jim, and the buggy into the underground Land of the Mangaboos (ch.70-72)
The travelers are driven into the Black Pit and pass through hostile valleys of Gargoyles and invisible bears (ch.76-82)
Ozma uses the Magic Belt to transport them to the Emerald City (ch.83-84)
Eureka the kitten is put on trial for the murder of a piglet (ch.88-89)

Who it belongs to

Chapter by chapter

Chapter 69
Dorothy passes several happy weeks in the Land of Oz as Ozma's guest, forming new acquaintances and renewing old ones. One day, sitting in Ozma's private room, she notices a picture on the…
Chapter 70
The train from 'Frisco arrives very late at Hugson's Siding, reaching the open shed station at five o'clock in the gray dawn instead of midnight. A little girl carrying a wicker suitcase, a…
Chapter 71
When Dorothy recovers her senses she and Zeb are still falling, but more slowly, because the buggy top catches the air like a parachute and holds them back so they float downward gently.…
Chapter 72
Zeb drives the horse and buggy through the large doorway of the glass palace into a lofty, beautiful hall, and the glass-city people follow to form a circle around the room, leaving the…
Chapter 73
After the Wizard cleans and disassembles his sword back into its leathern case, the man with the star orders his people to carry the two halves of the Sorcerer to the public gardens. Jim,…
Chapter 74
As the cold vegetable Prince turns away to leave the enclosure, the sad children prepare to follow, but the Wizard touches Dorothy's shoulder and whispers for them to wait. He proposes they…
Chapter 75
When the Wizard awakes the six colored suns still shine as they had since his arrival; rested, he finds Zeb yawning on his bench and asks him to fetch from the balloon's basket-car his…
Chapter 76
The Mangaboos drive Jim the horse, the kitten Eureka, and the piglets into a yawning cave, called the Black Pit, located half way up a rugged, towering mountain of deep green glass, and…
Chapter 77
Passing through the glass mountain brings the travelers to a delightful valley shaped like the hollow of a great cup, bounded by another rugged mountain on the far side and soft green hills…
Chapter 78
The strangers sit willingly at the table, each place holding a fragrant dama-fruit whose sweet perfume tempts them, but Dorothy and her companions resist and satisfy their hunger with the…
Chapter 79
The mountain before them is cone-shaped and so tall its point is lost in the clouds. Directly facing where Jim stopped is an arched opening leading to a broad stairway cut in the rock…
Chapter 80
Another climb brings the adventurers to a third landing with a rift showing only thick rolling clouds. Resting, the Wizard draws out the nine tiny piglets and finds them plainly visible…
Chapter 81
The enemy hesitates to renew the attack, and a few who advance are driven back by another shot from the Wizard's revolver. Zeb thinks they have the Gargoyles on the run, but the Wizard…
Chapter 82
With their eight wings the friends maintain their head start, flying as fast as the pursuing Gargoyles all the way to the great rock; when Jim alights at the mouth of the cavern the…
Chapter 83
The chosen way leads straight upward in a gentle incline, and the wanderers make such good progress they grow hopeful of seeing sunshine, until they come upon a huge rock that blocks the…
Chapter 84
Many servants in handsome uniforms welcome the new arrivals, and when the Wizard steps out of the buggy a pretty green-gowned girl cries that it is Oz the Wonderful Wizard come back again.…
Chapter 85
Jim the Cab-horse finds himself in a large stately room with a green marble floor and carved marble wainscoting, which he accepts as a mere detail; at his command the attendants rub his…
Chapter 86
After breakfast in the Emerald City, Princess Ozma announces a holiday throughout the city in honor of her visitors, centered on the return of the Wizard, a long-time favorite. The plan…
Chapter 87
Several days of festivity follow the holiday, during which old friends reunite and enjoy the country's amusements. Ozma is happy to have Dorothy beside her because there are few girls of…
Chapter 88
At three o'clock the Throne Room is crowded for the trial. Ozma, in splendid robes of state with jeweled sceptre and coronet, sits on the emerald throne, backed by her twenty-eight army…
Chapter 89
Eureka finds herself in disgrace despite not having eaten the piglet, because the folks of Oz know she tried to commit the crime and only an accident prevented her; even the Hungry Tiger…

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