Wish Way

A Wish Way is a device that appears in three of the Oz books of

Ruth Plumly Thompson Ruth Plumly Thompson (27 July 1891 – 6 April 1976) was an American writer of children's stories, best known for writing many novels placed in Oz, the fictional land of L. Frank Baum's classic children's novel '' The Wonderful Wizard of Oz' ...

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The Royal Book of Oz ''The Royal Book of Oz'' ( 1921) is the fifteenth in the series of Oz books, and the first to be written after L. Frank Baum's death. Although Baum was credited as the author, it was written entirely by Ruth Plumly Thompson. Beginning in the 198 ...

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The Hungry Tiger of Oz ''The Hungry Tiger of Oz'' (1926) is the twentieth in the series of Oz books created by L. Frank Baum and his successors, and the sixth written by Ruth Plumly Thompson. It was illustrated by John R. Neill. Plot summary Thompson begins with a us ...

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The Lost King of Oz ''The Lost King of Oz'' (1925) is the nineteenth in the series of Oz books created by L. Frank Baum and his successors, and the fifth written by Ruth Plumly Thompson. It was Illustrated by John R. Neill. The book went into the public domain on ...

''. Two Wish Ways are found in distinctly different locations, both in the

Winkie Country The Winkie Country is the western region of the fictional Land of Oz in L. Frank Baum's classic series of Oz books, first introduced in ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' (1900). The Winkie Country is in the West, noted by later being ruled by the Wi ...

. The dust of the road is able to grant any wishes. In ''The Royal Book of Oz'',

Dorothy Gale Dorothy Gale is a fictional character created by American author L. Frank Baum as the protagonist in many of his ''Oz'' novels. She first appears in Baum's classic 1900 children's novel '' The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' and reappears in most of it ...

wishes the

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back in her presence.

Betsy Bobbin This is a list of characters in the original Oz books by American author L. Frank Baum. The majority of characters listed here unless noted otherwise have appeared in multiple books under various plotlines. ''Land of Oz, Oz'' is made up of four ...

encounters a Wish Way in ''

''. In ''The Lost King of Oz'', another Wish Way is found by Dorothy Gale. She uses it to visit

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, where she finds the stunt dummy Humpy (2O2-BE10-B47), uses it to bring him to life, and make a quick getaway back to Oz when she starts to turn from little girl to young lady at a rapid rate. Fictional objects Magic items The Wizard of Oz locations {{Oz-stub