Story arc in The Oz Series

The Marvelous Land of Oz: Tip's Rebellion and the Return of Ozma

ch. 25–48

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What happens

In the Gillikin Country, the boy Tip flees the witch Mombi, bringing to life Jack Pumpkinhead and the Saw-Horse with the Powder of Life. As General Jinjur's Army of Revolt seizes the Emerald City from the Scarecrow, Tip and his companions flee and enlist Glinda, who forces Mombi to reveal that Tip is truly the enchanted Princess Ozma, rightful ruler of Oz.

Turning points

Tip animates Jack Pumpkinhead and brings the Saw-Horse to life with the Powder of Life (ch.25-29)
General Jinjur's Army of Revolt conquers the Emerald City and dethrones the Scarecrow (ch.31-33)
The party assembles and animates the flying Gump to escape (ch.41-42)
Glinda's army besieges the city and captures Mombi (ch.45-47)
Mombi confesses that Tip is the transformed Princess Ozma, who is restored to her true form (ch.48)

Who it belongs to

Chapter by chapter

Chapter 25
In the Country of the Gillikins, at the North of the Land of Oz, lives a youth called Tip, whose full name old Mombi declares is Tippetarius, though no one uses so long a word. The boy…
Chapter 26
After considering carefully, Tip decides the best place to locate Jack is at the bend in the road a little way from the house. Finding the figure heavy and awkward, he stands Jack on his…
Chapter 27
Tip, a boy living with the old witch Mombi in the Country of the Gillikins, resolves to run away rather than be turned into a marble garden statue as Mombi has threatened. He waits until…
Chapter 28
As they journey on, Jack observes that his wooden joints will wear out with continued walking, and Tip privately regrets not having built Jack's limbs more sturdily, though he ceases…
Chapter 29
The newly living Saw-Horse is astonished and, lacking a neck, spins in circles trying to see its own body; its stiff, kneeless legs cause it to bump into Jack Pumpkinhead and knock him to…
Chapter 30
At daybreak the Pumpkinhead wakes Tip, who bathes in a brook and eats bread and cheese before the party resumes the journey with Jack again perched on the Saw-Horse. Tip notices the purple…
Chapter 31
The Scarecrow, King of the Emerald City, is described as dressed in faded blue clothes with a small straw-stuffed sack for a head bearing a rudely painted face, his straw-stuffed body bumpy…
Chapter 32
Anxious to rejoin Jack and the Saw-Horse, Tip walks half the distance to the Emerald City before finding himself hungry with his crackers and cheese all eaten. He comes upon a girl sitting…
Chapter 33
Tip slips away from the girls and follows the fleeing Soldier with the Green Whiskers, reaching the palace before news of the conquest spreads, because the invading army lingers to dig…
Chapter 34
Soaked and dripping, Tip shouts in the Saw-Horse's ear to keep still, and the horse floats calmly, its wooden body buoyant as a raft. When Tip calls it a fool, the horse asks the word's…
Chapter 35
Tip awakes soon after dawn to find the Scarecrow has already plucked a double-handful of ripe berries, which the boy eats as breakfast before the party resumes its journey. After an hour's…
Chapter 36
General Jinjur, commander of the Army of Revolt, is made uneasy by the Scarecrow's escape, fearing that if he and the Tin Woodman join forces it will endanger her army, since the people of…
Chapter 37
The Woggle-Bug recounts his history, honestly acknowledging he was born an ordinary Woggle-Bug who used arms and legs to crawl under stones and among grass roots, feeding on smaller…
Chapter 38
The party soon finds the Saw-Horse limps because its new leg is slightly too long, so they halt while the Tin Woodman chops it down with his axe, after which the steed paces more…
Chapter 39
Approaching the Emerald City gateway, the travelers find it guarded by two girls of the Army of Revolt who draw knitting-needles from their hair and threaten to prod anyone who comes near.…
Chapter 40
In the throne room of the Emerald City, the Scarecrow reasons aloud that Jinjur is rightfully Queen and that his party has no legitimate claim to occupy her palace. The Woggle-Bug argues…
Chapter 41
The adventurers reassemble on the palace roof, each having brought a queer assortment of items with no clear plan. The Woggle-Bug carried up the antlered head of a Gump taken from over the…
Chapter 42
The newly animated Gump speaks in a squeaky voice, calling its existence the most novel experience it ever heard of. It recalls that its last distinct memory was walking through the forest…
Chapter 43
The Tin Woodman, normally peaceful but capable of fierce fighting, defends the party against the attacking Jackdaws by whirling his axe swiftly around his head. Despite beating off many,…
Chapter 44
The Scarecrow celebrates that they can leave the Jackdaws' nest whenever they please, but the Tin Woodman advises waiting until morning to avoid night-flight trouble. The adventurers pass…
Chapter 45
The Army of Glinda the Good assembles at daybreak before the palace gates, grand and imposing: the girl soldiers wear pretty, gaily colored uniforms and carry silver-tipped spears inlaid…
Chapter 46
The Witch Mombi, at first frightened at being captured by the enemy in the form of the red rose, soon decides she is as safe in the Tin Woodman's buttonhole as on the bush, since no one…
Chapter 47
Glinda tells Mombi she is her prisoner and that further struggle is useless, inviting her to rest before being carried back to the tent. Mombi, breathless, asks why she is sought and…
Chapter 48
When the tidings reach Queen Jinjur—that Mombi the Witch was captured, confessed her crime to Glinda, and that the long-lost Princess Ozma was discovered to be the boy Tip—Jinjur weeps…

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