# Ozma of Oz — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Ozma of Oz by L. Frank Baum.

- [Dedication](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ozma_of_oz_se/chapters/dedication.md): The author dedicates the book to all the boys and girls who read his stories, with special mention to those named Dorothy.
- [Author's Note](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ozma_of_oz_se/chapters/author-s-note.md): L. Frank Baum addresses his young readers, acknowledging that their letters inspired this new Oz book. He responds to requests for more stories about Dorothy, the Cowardly Lion, Ozma, and other familiar characters, and i
- [Ozma of Oz](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ozma_of_oz_se/chapters/ozma-of-oz.md): Dorothy Gale, while traveling by sea with Uncle Henry, is swept overboard during a storm and washes ashore in the magical Land of Ev. She meets Billina, a talking yellow hen, and together they encounter the mechanical ma
- [The Girl in the Chicken-Coop](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ozma_of_oz_se/chapters/i-the-girl-in-the-chicken-coop.md): Dorothy Gale, traveling with her Uncle Henry to Australia, is swept overboard during a violent storm when she goes on deck to find him. She clings to a chicken-coop that becomes her makeshift raft, and after the storm su
- [The Yellow Hen](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ozma_of_oz_se/chapters/ii-the-yellow-hen.md): Dorothy awakens in the hen coop adrift at sea and discovers a talking yellow hen named Billina. They discuss the hen's ability to speak, her egg-laying habit, and their shared hunger. They drift to a beautiful but uninha
- [Letters in the Sand](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ozma_of_oz_se/chapters/iii-letters-in-the-sand.md): Dorothy and Billina discover a warning written in the sand: 'Beware the Wheelers!' They explore a strange forest where lunch-boxes and dinner-pails grow on trees. After picking food, they are chased by a group of Wheeler
- [IV: Tiktok the Machine Man](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ozma_of_oz_se/chapters/iv-tiktok-the-machine-man.md): Dorothy and Billina discover a hidden path on the hill, leading to a rock door that Dorothy unlocks with the golden key she found on the shore. Inside, they find a copper mechanical man named Tiktok, who explains he was 
- [Dorothy Opens the Dinner-Pail](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ozma_of_oz_se/chapters/v-dorothy-opens-the-dinner-pail.md): Dorothy, Billina, and Tiktok are trapped on a rock surrounded by Wheelers. Tiktok runs down and Dorothy rewinds him, learning that the Wheelers are not truly dangerous. While eating from a dinner-pail marked with the roy
- [The Heads of Langwidere](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ozma_of_oz_se/chapters/vi-the-heads-of-langwidere.md): Dorothy, Tiktok, and Billina gain an audience with Princess Langwidere, who possesses a collection of thirty interchangeable heads. The Princess, after changing to her most beautiful head, demands Dorothy's head for her 
- [VII: Ozma of Oz to the Rescue](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ozma_of_oz_se/chapters/vii-ozma-of-oz-to-the-rescue.md): Dorothy is imprisoned in a tower by Princess Langwidere, who wants to exchange her head. From her window, Dorothy sees a magical procession crossing the desert: a chariot drawn by a Lion and Tiger carrying Ozma, followed
- [VIII: The Hungry Tiger](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ozma_of_oz_se/chapters/viii-the-hungry-tiger.md): Dorothy reunites with the Scarecrow and Tin Woodman, introduces Tiktok, and retrieves Billina from the chicken house after a fight. She meets the Hungry Tiger, who struggles with his conscience about eating living creatu
- [The Royal Family of Ev](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ozma_of_oz_se/chapters/ix-the-royal-family-of-ev.md): Ozma and her companions learn the true story of the royal family of Ev, who were sold to the Nome King by the wicked King Evoldo. Despite the danger, they resolve to journey to the Nome King's underground palace to free 
- [The Giant with the Hammer](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ozma_of_oz_se/chapters/x-the-giant-with-the-hammer.md): The travelers encounter a giant iron man who pounds the path with a massive hammer, blocking their way. After careful planning, they cross one by one under the hammer's rhythm, with the Cowardly Lion, Tiger, Scarecrow, T
- [The Nome King](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ozma_of_oz_se/chapters/xi-the-nome-king.md): Ozma, Dorothy, and their companions confront the Nome King in his underground kingdom to demand the release of the Queen of Ev and her ten children. The Nome King explains that he purchased them as slaves from the King o
- [XII: The Eleven Guesses](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ozma_of_oz_se/chapters/xii-the-eleven-guesses.md): Ozma bravely accepts the Nome King's challenge to guess which ornaments in his palace are the transformed royal family of Ev, using eleven guesses. Despite her careful search and desperate final blind guess, she fails an
- [XIII: The Nome King Laughs](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ozma_of_oz_se/chapters/xiii-the-nome-king-laughs.md): After Ozma fails her guess and becomes an ornament, the Nome King laughs as the Tin Woodman is also transformed. One by one, the officers and private enter the palace to guess and are turned into ornaments. Dorothy, the 
- [XIV: Dorothy Tries to Be Brave](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ozma_of_oz_se/chapters/xiv-dorothy-tries-to-be-brave.md): Dorothy enters the Nome King's palace to make her guesses, winds up Tiktok, and successfully transforms a purple kitten back into Prince Evring, saving him from being an ornament. She continues guessing but fails further
- [XV: Billina Frightens the Nome King](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ozma_of_oz_se/chapters/xv-billina-frightens-the-nome-king.md): Billina the hen lays an egg in the Nome King's throne room, terrifying him because eggs are poison to Nomes. She bargains for the right to guess the King's enchantments in the palace, and after Dorothy successfully guess
- [Purple, Green, and Gold](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ozma_of_oz_se/chapters/xvi-purple-green-and-gold.md): Billina, the yellow hen, uses her knowledge of the Nome King's transformations to restore the Queen of Ev and her children, as well as the people of Oz, by correctly identifying the purple and green ornaments. She frees 
- [The Scarecrow Wins the Fight](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ozma_of_oz_se/chapters/xvii-the-scarecrow-wins-the-fight.md): Billina successfully guesses the transformations, breaking the Nome King's enchantments and restoring Ozma, the royal family of Ev, and others. The Nome King, enraged, summons his warriors, but the Scarecrow uses Billina
- [The Fate of the Tin Woodman](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ozma_of_oz_se/chapters/xviii-the-fate-of-the-tin-woodman.md): Dorothy uses the magic belt to open the passage out of the Nome King's cavern, but the Tin Woodman cannot be found. The Nome King is forced to admit he is missing, and the party sorrowfully departs without him, using the
- [XIX: The King of Ev](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ozma_of_oz_se/chapters/xix-the-king-of-ev.md): The adventurers return from the Nome Kingdom to Ev, where they reunite with the Tin Woodman after discovering he was enchanted as a whistle in Prince Evring's pocket. They arrive at the royal palace, where the Queen proc
- [The Emerald City](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ozma_of_oz_se/chapters/xx-the-emerald-city.md): Dorothy accepts Ozma's invitation to return to the Land of Oz. The party crosses the desert via magic carpet, passes through Munchkin territory, and travels the yellow brick road to the Emerald City. They are greeted by 
- [Dorothy's Magic Belt](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ozma_of_oz_se/chapters/xxi-dorothy-s-magic-belt.md): Dorothy spends happy weeks in Oz but grows concerned for Uncle Henry after seeing him in Ozma's magic picture. She consults Glinda, who advises that the magic belt's power only works in fairyland. Dorothy decides to give
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ozma_of_oz_se/chapters/endnotes.md): A brief endnote humorously observes that even princesses must darn their stockings, though it is considered impolite to mention such mundane matters.

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