The Magic of Oz™

Ork

also Flipper

The Ork is a strange four-legged, winged flying creature with a propeller-like tail who is swept into the same cavern as Trot and Cap'n Bill.

First named in The Scarecrow of Oz, ch. 3

"Why, I'm an Ork."

Names in the books

  • called Ork 14 chapters

    The Scarecrow of Oz3456789121718192021

    The Lost Princess of Oz7

  • called Flipper 1 chapter

    The Scarecrow of Oz3

What the books say it is

  • size big enough to carry Trot and Cap'n Bill on its back 1 chapter
    • I'm sure not many little girls would have cared to take that awful ride through the huge black cavern on the back of a skinny Ork.
      The Scarecrow of Oz, ch. 3
  • size tiny for a while, after eating the purple berries 1 chapter
  • appearance a tail shaped like a propeller 1 chapter
    • Perhaps the most curious thing about the creature was its tail, or what ought to have been its tail. This queer arrangement of skin, bones and muscle was shaped like the propellers used on boats and airships, having fan-like surfaces and being pivoted to its body.
      The Scarecrow of Oz, ch. 3

Appears in

The Scarecrow of Oz (11 of 24 chapters)

Mentioned in

The Scarecrow of Oz (2 of 24 chapters)
The Lost Princess of Oz (1 of 26 chapters)

Connections

  • rules Orks 1 chapter
  • enemy of Pessim 1 chapter
    • The Ork was provoked by this unkind speech, so he turned his tail toward the little man and made it revolve so fast that the rush of air tumbled Pessim over backward and he rolled several times upon the ground before he could stop himself and sit up.
      The Scarecrow of Oz, ch. 5

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