Object in The Oz Series
Billina's eggs
Also known as that awful egg, the fatal poison, the broken eggs.
Ordinary hen's eggs laid by Billina, which are lethally poisonous to Nomes; the Scarecrow carries two of them in his jacket pocket and hurls them at the Nome King's face to blind and terrify him and his army.
Appears in 2 chapters, first in chapter 65, last in chapter 66.
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What the story establishes
| Appearance | Ordinary-looking hen's eggs that smash and scatter sticky contents on impact. (as of ch. 65) |
| Object type | Artifact |
| Properties | Ordinary hen's eggs from the outside world that are rank poison to Nomes; when smashed against a Nome they blind and terrify with sticky contents, and Nomes near a broken or even unbroken egg flee in panic. (as of ch. 63) |
Relationships
- possesses ← Scarecrow ch. 63The Scarecrow carries Billina's eggs in his jacket pockets, keeping a collection of them.
- used against → the Nome King (ended) ch. 65The Scarecrow threw two of Billina's eggs at the Nome King, smashing them into his left and then right eye and blinding him, since eggs are fatal poison to Nomes.
- fears ← nome_army (ended) ch. 65At the mere sight of an egg thrown at their King, the Nome warriors panicked and fled in terror, calling the egg a fatal poison.
From the text
An egg! an egg! Run for your lives!Chapter 65
the fatal poison of that awful eggChapter 65
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