The Magic of Oz™

Kuma Party

also Kuma

A Winkie whose hands, feet and head can detach from his body and move independently.

First named in The Gnome King of Oz, ch. 8

My name,” he confided proudly, “is Kuma Party, and I have had the curious gift which seems so to astonish you since early childhood.

Names in the books

  • called Kuma 11 chapters

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    Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz14

  • called Kuma Party 6 chapters

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    Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz14

What the books say it is

  • appearance a hand and a foot without any body at all 1 chapter
  • appearance come-apartishness 1 chapter
    • Now Kuma, in spite of his come-apartishness, seemed so pleasant and jolly that Peter wanted to tell him the whole history of his adventures, but Ruggedo frowned and shook his head, so for the present Peter decided to fall in with the gnome’s plans and merely told Kuma his name and asked him the way to Patch.
      The Gnome King of Oz, ch. 8
  • trait pleasant and jolly 1 chapter
    • Now Kuma, in spite of his come-apartishness, seemed so pleasant and jolly that Peter wanted to tell him the whole history of his adventures, but Ruggedo frowned and shook his head, so for the present Peter decided to fall in with the gnome’s plans and merely told Kuma his name and asked him the way to Patch.
      The Gnome King of Oz, ch. 8

Appears in

The Gnome King of Oz (3 of 20 chapters)

Mentioned in

The Gnome King of Oz (4 of 20 chapters)
Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz (1 of 21 chapters)

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