Location in The Oz Series
Dunkiton
Also known as the city of the donkeys.
A walled, whitewashed city of talking donkeys reached via a signposted road; travelers pass through an unguarded gate opening and are met by a deafening defensive racket before the donkeys prove polite, if pompous, hosts.
Appears in 2 chapters, first in chapter 95, last in chapter 96.
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What the story establishes
| Acoustics and tone | Assaulted by a harsh, deafening clamor at the gate, likened to cannon fire, thunder, and crashing surf, produced by donkeys kicking suspended metal sheets. |
| Appearance | Enclosed by a high whitewashed wall with a single unguarded gate opening; inside, the town has no streets or numbered houses -- the houses are low, square, and built of brick, neatly whitewashed inside and out, and placed here and there in a haphazard manner rather than in rows, making it puzzling for a stranger to find his way. (as of ch. 96) |
| Controlled by | King Kik-a-bray (as of ch. 95) |
| Physical constraints | Houses are scattered rather than arranged in ordered streets or numbered, making the layout a confusing maze that is puzzling for strangers to navigate without a guide. |
Relationships
- located in ← Dunkiton Donkeys ch. 95The donkeys live inside the whitewashed walled city of Dunkiton, where they were found kicking suspended metal sheets to make a scaring noise.
- rules ← King Kik-a-bray ch. 95King Kik-a-bray is named as the great and glorious ruling monarch of Dunkiton, before whom the grey donkey says the travelers will be brought.
- located in ← Madam de Fayke ch. 96A house in Dunkiton bears a sign reading 'Madam de Fayke, Hoofist,' indicating she is a hoof-fortune-teller residing in the donkey city.
- located in ← road_to_oz_traveling_party (ended) ch. 95–96After passing a signpost reading 'HAF A MYLE TO DUNKITON,' Dorothy's traveling party passes through the whitewashed gate and enters the walled donkey-city of Dunkiton.
From the text
It was like the firing of many cannon, only there were no cannon-balls or other missiles to be seen; it was like the rolling of mighty thunder, only not a cloud was in the sky; it was like the roar of countless breakers on a rugged seashore, only there was no sea or other water anywhere about.Chapter 95
There was a high wall all around, which had been whitewashed, and the gate just before our travelers was a mere opening in the wall, with no bars across it.Chapter 95
The houses were not set in rows, forming regular streets, but placed here and there in a haphazard manner which made it puzzling for a stranger to find his way.Chapter 96