Object in The Oz Series
sand-boat
A boat built on the spot by Johnny Dooit from a freshly felled tree, about twelve feet long and four feet wide, fitted with a mast and a canvas sail; it has runners like a sled so it can glide over the deadly desert sand without the sand touching a rider's flesh.
Appears in 1 chapters, first in chapter 100, last in chapter 100.
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What the story establishes
| Appearance | About twelve feet long and four feet wide, built of nailed wooden boards with a slender pole mast fixed upright at the center and a canvas sail rigged to be raised or lowered; left unpainted. (as of ch. 100) |
| Enchantments | Its sled-like runners let it glide over the deadly desert sand so that the sand never touches a rider's flesh, allowing safe passage across ground that would otherwise turn living flesh to dust. |
| Object type | Artifact |
| Properties | Has runners like a sled for gliding over sand and sails like a ship to catch the wind, with a raisable and lowerable canvas sail on a central mast; propelled purely by wind. (as of ch. 100) |
Relationships
- possesses ← the Shaggy Man ch. 100Once Johnny Dooit finishes building the sand-boat, the shaggy man takes charge of it, declaring he only cares that it can carry the group across the desert, and Johnny instructs him to sail it himself.
- creates ← Johnny Dooit (ended) ch. 100Johnny Dooit fells a tree with an axe, saws the trunk into boards, nails them into a hull about twelve feet long and four feet wide, and rigs a mast and canvas sail, building a sand-boat so the group can cross the deadly desert.
From the text
"The wind will blow you swiftly across the desert and the sand cannot touch your flesh to turn it into dust."Chapter 100
"In a sand-boat, which has runners like a sled and sails like a ship."Chapter 100