Living being in The Oz Series
Mr. Tinker
One of the two inventors of the firm of Smith & Tinker in the town of Evna, who built Tiktok the mechanical man. He made a ladder tall enough to reach the moon to pick stars for the king's crown, then decided to live on the moon and pulled the ladder up after himself.
Appears in 1 chapters, first in chapter 53, last in chapter 53.
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What the story establishes
| Affiliation | the firm of Smith & Tinker (inventors) of Evna, Land of Ev (as of ch. 53) |
| Being nature | human inventor |
| Current goal | to live on the moon, having chosen to remain there (as of ch. 53) |
| Equipment | a ladder tall enough to rest against the moon (as of ch. 53) |
| Gender identity | man (as of ch. 53) |
| Is alive | yes (as of ch. 53) |
| Personality | adventurous and whimsical; content to abandon his old life for a lovely new place (as of ch. 53) |
| Referential profile | masculine (as of ch. 53) |
| Sex profile | male (as of ch. 53) |
| Skills | inventing; building a ladder tall enough to reach the moon (as of ch. 53) |
| Status | living on the moon, out of reach (as of ch. 53) |
Relationships
- member of → Smith & Tinker ch. 53Mr. Tinker was one of the two partners of the firm Smith & Tinker; he made a tall ladder to the moon and, finding it lovely, stayed there.
- creates → Tiktok (ended) ch. 53As a partner of Smith & Tinker, Mr. Tinker helped make Tiktok, the only automatic mechanical man the firm ever completed.
From the text
made a lad-der so tall that he could rest the end of it a-gainst the moon, while he stood on the high-est rung and picked the lit-tle stars to set in the points of the king's crownChapter 53
Mister Tinker made a ladder so tall that he could rest the end of it against the moon, while he stood on the highest rung and picked the little stars to set in the points of the king's crown. But when he got to the moon Mister Tinker found it such a lovely place that he decided to live there, so he pulled up the ladder after him and we have never seen him since.Chapter 53
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