LIST OF CHAPTERS
1 The Prince of Pingaree 17
2 The Coming of King Rinkitink 29
3 The Warriors from the North 44
4 The Deserted Island 56
5 The Three Pearls 71
6 The Magic Boat 92
7 The Twin Islands 109
8 Rinkitink Makes a Great Mistake 127
9 A Present for Zella 142
10 The Cunning of Queen Cor 153
11 Zella Goes to Coregos 167
12 The Excitement of Bilbil the Goat 175
13 Zella Saves the Prince 180
14 The Escape 192
15 The Flight of the Rulers 210
16 Nikobob Refuses a Crown 216
17 The Nome King 226
18 Inga Parts with his Pink Pearl 237
19 Rinkitink Chuckles 265
20 Dorothy to the Rescue 275
21 The Wizard Finds an Enchantment 281
22 Ozma's Banquet 291
23 The Pearl Kingdom 301
24 The Captive King 307
The Prince of Pingaree
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CHAPTER 1
If you have a map of the Land of Oz handy, you will find that the great
Nonestic Ocean washes the shores of the Kingdom of Rinkitink, between
which and the Land of Oz lies a strip of the country of the Nome King
and a Sandy Desert. The Kingdom of Rinkitink isn't very big and lies
close to the ocean, all the houses and the King's palace being built
near the shore. The people live much upon the water, boating and
fishing, and the wealth of Rinkitink is gained from 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 our story 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 half
a mile broad; thus, although Pingaree is four miles long, from north to
south, it cannot be called a very big island. It is exceedingly pretty,
however, and to the gulls who approach it from the sea it must resemble
a huge green wedge lying upon the waters, for its grass and trees give
it the color of an emerald.
The grass came to the edge of the sloping shores; the beautiful trees
occupied all the central portion of Pingaree, forming a continuous grove
where the branches met high overhead and there was just space beneath
them for the cosy houses of the inhabitants.
