Rinkitink in Oz

By: Baum, L. Frank

If you have a map of the Land of Oz handy, you will find that the great Nonestic Oceanwashes the shores of the Kingdom of Rinkitink, between which and the Land of Oz lies a strip ofthe country of the Nome King and a Sandy Desert. The Kingdom of Rinkitink isn't very big andlies close to the ocean, all the houses and the King's palace being built near the shore. Thepeople live much upon the water, boating and fishing, and the wealth of Rinkitink is gainedfrom trading along the coast and with the islands nearest it.Four days' journey by boat to the north of Rinkitink is the Island of Pingaree, and as ourstory begins here I must tell you something about this island. At the north end of Pingaree, where it is widest, the land is a mile from shore to shore, but at the south end it is scarcely halfa mile broad; thus, although Pingaree is four miles long, from north to south, it cannot be calleda very big island. It is exceedingly pretty, however, and to the gulls who approach it from thesea it must resemble a huge green wedge lying upon the waters, for its grass and trees give itthe color of an emerald.The grass came to the edge of the sloping shores; the beautiful trees occupied all the centralportion of Pingaree, forming a continuous grove where the branches met high overhead andthere was just space beneath them for the cosy houses of the inhabitants. These houses werescattered everywhere throughout the island, so that there was no town or city, unless thewhole island might be called a city. The canopy of leaves, high overhead, formed a shelter fromsun and rain, and the dwellers in the grove could all look past the straight tree-trunks andacross the grassy slopes to the purple waters of the Nonestic Ocean

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B08FP38RJ8
• ISBN13: 9798674296263
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 8.0"