Species in The Oz Series
the china people
Also known as the people who lived in this queer country, china folk.
The tiny inhabitants of the dainty china country, all made entirely of china even to their clothes, no taller than Dorothy's knee; they talk and move freely at home but are so brittle they break if handled or startled, and once broken must be mended, never looking as pretty afterward.
Appears in 1 chapters, first in chapter 20, last in chapter 20.
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What the story establishes
| Cultural norms | They live contentedly among themselves, valuing prettiness and free movement; being taken away from their country is dreaded because it stiffens their joints forever. (as of ch. 20) |
| Habitat | The dainty china country, a white, platter-smooth land of small brightly painted china houses, barns, and animals. (as of ch. 20) |
| Innate traits | Made wholly of brittle china; tiny (no higher than Dorothy's knee); able to talk and move at home but easily broken and mendable, though never so pretty once mended, and stiffened permanently if removed from their country. (as of ch. 20) |
Relationships
- species of ← the china Princess ch. 20The china Princess is one of the china people, made of brittle china like the rest.
- species of ← Mr. Joker ch. 20Mr. Joker the clown is one of the china people, mended in a hundred places from breaking his brittle china body.
- located in → the country of the china people ch. 20The china people live throughout the dainty china country, in its small china houses and barns.
- species of ← a china milkmaid ch. 20The china milkmaid is one of the china people, a brittle china figure who chips her elbow when knocked down.
From the text
And, strangest of all, these people were all made of china, even to their clothes, and were so small that the tallest of them was no higher than Dorothy’s knee.Chapter 20
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