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Woot the Wanderer

also Woot · Wanderer

Woot the Wanderer is a young boy traveling through Oz who arrives at the Tin Woodman's castle.

First named in The Tin Woodman of Oz, ch. 1

And now, as the brilliant sun sank low over the Winkie Country of Oz, tinting the glistening tin towers and tin minarets of the tin castle with glorious sunset hues, there approached along a winding pathway Woot the Wanderer, who met at the castle entrance a Winkie servant.

Names in the books

What the books say it is

  • role wanderer 1 chapter
    • For Woot was not very big and not very old and, wanderer though he was, this proved the most gorgeous sight that had ever met his boyish gaze.
      The Tin Woodman of Oz, ch. 1
  • origin come by roundabout ways from his former home in a far corner of the Gillikin Country 1 chapter
    • "I am known as Woot the Wanderer," answered the boy, "and I have come, through many travels and by roundabout ways, from my former home in a far corner of the Gillikin Country of Oz."
      The Tin Woodman of Oz, ch. 1
  • made of meat 1 chapter
    • Once we are free of the barrier, we have Woot the Wanderer to help us, and he can oil your joints and restuff my body, if it becomes necessary, for the boy is made of meat, which neither rusts nor gets soggy or moldy.
      The Tin Woodman of Oz, ch. 23
  • age not very old 1 chapter
  • size not very big 1 chapter
  • eyes big 1 chapter
    • Woot the Wanderer looked at the man servant--all bright and glittering--and at the magnificent castle--all bright and glittering--and as he looked his eyes grew big with wonder.
      The Tin Woodman of Oz, ch. 1
  • trait a heart as kind as that of the Tin Woodman 1 chapter

Appears in

The Tin Woodman of Oz (23 of 24 chapters)

Mentioned in

The Tin Woodman of Oz (1 of 24 chapters)

Connections

  • travels with Polychrome 1 chapter
    • while the Tin Woodman, the Scarecrow, Woot the Wanderer and Polychrome, the Rainbow's Daughter, prepared to push their way through the thick forest.
      The Tin Woodman of Oz, ch. 15
  • transformed into Woot the Monkey 1 chapter
    • "Polychrome," said the Giantess, "permit me to introduce to you a Green Monkey, which used to be a boy called Woot the Wanderer, and a Tin Owl, which used to be a Tin Woodman named Nick Chopper, and a straw-stuffed little Brown Bear which used to be a live Scarecrow."
      The Tin Woodman of Oz, ch. 6

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