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The Marvelous Land of Oz
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Chapters 13-18Chapter Summaries & Analyses
Chapter 13 Summary: “A Highly Magnified History”
The Woggle-Bug recounts his past. He lived as an ordinary insect in a schoolhouse, where he listened to Professor Nowitall lecture for three years. After discovering and capturing the Woggle-Bug, the professor projected a magnified image of him for the class. The Woggle-Bug bowed on screen, startling two girls and causing them to fall from a window. In the confusion, he escaped and found that he was now permanently enlarged. The group invites him to join them, and he agrees. He proposes using one of Jack’s legs to repair the Saw-Horse, and the Tin Woodman performs the transplant.
Chapter 14 Summary: “Old Mombi Indulges in Witchcraft”
The party halts when they find that the Saw-Horse’s new leg is too long. The Tin Woodman shortens it and then summons the Queen of the Field Mice. The Scarecrow arranges for 12 mice to hide in the straw stuffing of his body for a later plan. The Queen guides the party past a series of magical illusions that Mombi has set to block the road, including a phantom river, an illusory wall, a maze of roads, and a sheet of fire. They reach the gates of the Emerald City, and the Queen departs.
