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	Winkie Country - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Winkie Country is a division of the fictional Land of Oz.
		This was the country ruled by the Wicked Witch of the West before Dorothy melted her with a bucket of water in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz; since then, the Tin Woodman has ruled the Winkies as their Emperor.
		The Winkie Country is separated only by the Deadly Desert from the underground Dominions of the Nome King.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Winkie_Country (434 words)

	Oz: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Oz
		Oz is an imaginary country first introduced in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L.
		Oz is a squarish shaped place, surrounded on all sides by a Deadly Desert and divided into four quadrants: the Gillikin country in the north, the Munchkin country in the east, the Quadling country in the south and the Winkie country in the west.
		Princess Ozma rules the country as a benevolent dictator.
	www.encyclopedian.com /oz/Oz.html (350 words)

	The Tin Woodman of Oz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Tin Woodman and the Scarecrow are regaling each other with tales at the former's palace in the Winkie Country when a Gillikin boy named Woot wanders and is welcomed into their presence.
		They arrive at the farm of Jinjur, who first attacks what she thinks are ravening wild beasts (an act in itself strange in Oz, where birds and beasts talk and think) and then renews her acquaintance with them and sends to the Emerald City for help.
		The four return to the Emerald City and relate their adventures; Woot is allowed free rein to roam where he pleases, Captain Fy-ter is dispatched by Ozma to guard duty in the Gillikin Country, and the Tin Woodman and Scarecrow return to his palace in the Winkie Country where this story began.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Tin_Woodman_of_Oz (1264 words)

	Winkie Country -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Winkie Country is a division of the fictional (Click link for more info and facts about Land of Oz) Land of Oz.
		It is distinguished by the color (The quality or state of the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons) yellow which is worn by most of the local inhabitants as well as the color of their surroundings.
		The Winkie Country is separated only by the (Click link for more info and facts about Deadly Desert) Deadly Desert from the underground Dominions of the (Click link for more info and facts about Nome King) Nome King.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/W/Wi/Winkie_Country.htm (520 words)

	Wicked Witch of the West - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		She rules the Winkie Country in the western part of Oz.
		When young Dorothy is dropped in Oz by a cyclone, The Wizard promises to help her return to her home in Kansas if she and her ragtag group of friends kill the Wicked Witch.
		Dorothy, the brainless Scarecrow, the heartless Tin Woodman, and the Cowardly Lion journey toward her castle and are attacked by wolves, crows, bees, and her Winkie slaves.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wicked_Witch_of_the_West (608 words)

	The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Once Dorothy, Toto, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, and the Cowardly Lion arrive in the Winkie Country, the Wicked Witch sends wolves, crows, bees, and then her Winkie soldiers to attack them; but each threat is dispatched by the travelers.
		Finding himself in a country of witches, the soon-to-be-designated Wizard saw the need to maintain anonymity—hence his appearances to Dorothy and the others, which are revealed as clever (for the dawn of the 20th century) special effects.
		For instance, in some countries where the Hindu religion is practised, abridged versions of the book were published in which the Tin Woodman was replaced with a snake for religious reasons.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Wonderful_Wizard_of_Oz (3285 words)

	Information on OZ
		These are the purple Gillikin Country in the north, the blue Munchkin Country in the east, the red Quadling Country in the south, and the yellow Winkie Country in the west.
		All of Oz is surrounded by a Deadly Desert, and beyond the desert are more countries, and the entire world of Nonestica, the size and location of which are unknown to mere mortals such as myself.
		The Gillikin Country is ruled by Joe King and Queen Hyacinth.
	www.geocities.com /Area51/Corridor/5447/oz.html (768 words)

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		There I was, by trade, a woodchopper, and contributed my share to the comfort of the Oz people by chopping up the trees of the forest to make firewood, with which the women would cook their meals while the children warmed themselves about the fires.
		This is their country, not ours, and since the poor things can't get out of the clearing, they can harm no one save those who venture here out of curiosity, as we did." "Well said, my friend," agreed tile Scarecrow.
		The Munchkin Country was much nicer than the Gillikin Country, and all the fields were separated by blue fences, with grassy lanes and paths of blue ground, and the land seemed well cultivated.
	www.bralyn.net /etext/literature/l.frank.baum/12woz10.txt (21957 words)

	Winkie Country (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		It isdistinguished by the color yellow which is worn by most of the local inhabitants aswell as the color of their surroundings.
		This was the country ruled by the Wicked Witch of the West before Dorothy melted her with a bucket of water in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ; since then, the Tin Woodman has ruled the Winkies as their Emperor.
		The Winkie Country isseparated only by the Deadly Desert from the underground Dominions of the Nome King.
	www.therfcc.org /winkie-country-269935.html (295 words)

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		The country surrounding the Emerald City was thickly settled, and for a while our friends rode over nicely paved roads which wound through a fertile country dotted with beautiful houses, all built in the quaint Oz fashion.
		In the course of a few hours, however, they had left the tilled fields and entered the Country of the Winkies, which occupies a quarter of all the territory in the Land of Oz but is not so well known as many other parts of Ozma's fairyland.
		It is between here and the west branch of the Winkie River that all dangers lie, for that is the unknown territory that is inhabited by terrible, lawless people." "It may be, and it may not be," said the Wizard.
	www.bralyn.net /etext/literature/l.frank.baum/11woz11.txt (23314 words)

	Mira of Oz: Chapter 1
		Far to the North, in the Gillikin Country of Oz sits a deserted castle.
		The second of her possessions was a mirror, made of silver filigree and decorated with a sparkling amethyst at the top.
		Mombi took possession of the Northern half of the Gillikin country, but was replaced by the Good Witch of the North just two years later.
	www.geocities.com /C_Douglas82/mira1.htm (1019 words)

	Wizard of Oz - Frequently Asked Questions - About the Land of Oz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		On this map, the Winkies were shown on the right side, which is traditionally east, and the Munchkins on the left, which is usually west.
		On the first published map of Oz and the surrounding countries (see question 4.4), many locations were shown on both maps that had not been encountered in any of Baum's previous books up to that time.
		The Kingdom of Dreams is on the map of the surrounding countries, sharing borders with Boboland, the land of the Growleywogs, the Ripple Land, and the Deadly Desert.
	www.eskimo.com /~tiktok/faq04.html (2731 words)

	The Tin Woodman of Oz, Mr. L. Frank Baum - HarperChildrens (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Tin Woodman sat on his glittering tin throne in the handsome tin hall of his splendid tin castle in the Winkie Country of the Land of Oz.
		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.
		The servants of the Tin Woodman all wore tin helmets and tin breastplates and uniforms covered with tiny tin discs sewed closely together on silver cloth, so that their bodies sparkled as beautifully as did the tin castle-and almost as beautifully as did the Tin Woodman himself.
	www.harperchildrens.com /catalog/excerpt_xml.asp?isbn=0688149766 (930 words)

	Winkie Country Info - Bored Net - Boredom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Winkie Country Info - Bored Net - Boredom
		The Winkie Country is the eastern division (by the original maps of Oz; later versions make the Winkie Country the western division) of L.
		It is distinguished by the color yellow worn by most of the local inhabitants as well as the color of their surroundings.
	www.borednet.com /e/n/encyclopedia/w/wi/winkie_country.html (303 words)

	The Magic of Oz by L. Frank Baum 22
		When all this is considered, you will not be surprised that the people throughout the Land of Oz, as well as Ozma's most intimate friends and her royal courtiers, were eager to celebrate her birthday, and made preparations for the festival weeks in advance.
		All the brass bands practiced their nicest tunes, for they were to march in the numerous processions to be made in the Winkie Country, the Gillikin Country, the Munchkin Country and the Quadling Country, as well as in the Emerald City.
		The Tin Woodman was the Emperor of the Winkie Country and one of the most important persons in Oz.
	www.classicbookshelf.com /library/l_frank_baum/the_magic_of_oz/22 (1897 words)

	Literature.org - The Online Literature Library
		They were obliged to go down the mountain before they found any path that led in the direction they wanted to go, but among the tumbled rocks at the foot of the mountain was a faint trail which they decided to follow.
		But they knew they were still in the Country of the Quadlings, because everything had a bright red color.
		Not that the trees and grasses were red, but the fences and houses were painted that color and all the wild-flowers that bloomed by the wayside had red blossoms.
	www.literature.org /authors/baum-l-frank/the-patchwork-girl-of-oz/chapter-25.html (1552 words)

	Diary of a Mountie - Jack
		After some discussion in the galley, Miss Poppins had decided that we'd make for the Winkie Country first, on the chance that the Tin Man or the Scarecrow might be found there.
		Even knowing that everything in the Winkie Country was supposed to be yellow, I still barely realised what I was looking at.
		The cluster of ugly grey buildings squatting at the border between the Winkie Country and the desert was the only thing that wasn't...
	www.megaloceros.net /lxg_diary_31.htm (2113 words)

	The Tin Woodman of Oz
		This is their country, not ours, and since the poor things can't get out of the clearing, they can harm no one save those who venture here out of curiosity, as we did." "Well said, my friend," agreed the Scarecrow.
		The Munchkin Country was much nicer than the Gillikin Country, and all the fields were separated by blue fences with grass lanes and paths of blue ground, and the land seemed well cultivated.
		They were on a little hill looking down upon this favored country, but had not quite reached the settled parts, when on turning a bend in the path they were halted by a form that barred their way.
	www.put.com /oz/tinoz.html (23088 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		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 entran ce a Winkie servant.
		This is their country, not ours, and since the poor things ca n't get out of the clearing, they can harm no one save those who venture here out of curiosity, as we did." "Well said, my friend," agreed the Scarecrow.
		We are now in the Munchkin Country, where we are perfectly safe, and if it wa s right for me before our enchantment to marry Nimmie Amee and make her Empress of the Winkies, it must be right now when the enchantment has been broken and I am once more myself.
	www.home.aone.net.au /sk/oz/tinoz.txt (23551 words)

	Wizard of Oz - Frequently Asked Questions - Oz Characters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		He is one of the kindest men in Oz, and rules the Winkie Country.
		In Russia, the Good Witch of the North (also the Witch of the Yellow Country) is Villina, and in The Wiz she is Addaperle on stage, and Miss One on film.
		The Oz character has a wooden body and a pumpkin for a head, and is a farmer in the Winkie Country.
	www.eskimo.com /~tiktok/faq05.html (5129 words)

	Amazon.ca: Books: The Dictionary of Imaginary Places (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		What you'll earn in this book is that Oz is a large rectangular country where everyone works half the time and plays half the time, one that is divided into four smaller countries: Munchkin Country, Winkie Country, Quadling Country, and Gillikin Country.
		Nutopia is a country with no land, no boundaries, no passports, and no laws other than cosmic laws.
		And the Beatles' Pepperland from Yellow Submarine is described as a country 18,000 leagues beneath the Sea of Green, where inhabitants dress in bright colors and rainbows are frequent.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0676971989 (835 words)

	Amazon.ca: Books: The Tin Woodman of Oz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		When restless boy hero Woot The Wanderer happens upon the Tin Woodman's palace in the yellow Winkie country and learns of the emperor's origin and history, his question concerning the fate of Tin Woodman's one-time Munchkin fiancée, Nimmie Amee, spontaneously hatches a plot to discover her fate.
		Uninvited, the three unwisely enter a castle in the purple Gillikin country and are captured by its giant resident, Mrs.
		The recounting of the Tin Woodman's slow transformation from a healthy Munchkin male into a man of tin underscores the multiple amputations that necessitated the slow replacement of his human limbs with those of metal, allowing Baum free reign to discourse on the nature of identity, though the theme of violence goes undressed.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/1891595253 (1330 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		But he liked to be with people, and especially with his own mistress, Dorothy, and having yawned and stretched himself and found the door of the room ajar, he trotted out into the corridor and went down the stately marble stairs to the hall of the p alace, where he met Jellia Jamb.
		The country surrounding the Emerald City was thickly settled, and for a while our friends rode over nicely paved roads which wound through a fertile country dotte d with beautiful houses, all built in the quaint Oz fashion.
		Coming to the edge of the grove, he observed half a mile away a pretty yellow house that was surrounded by a yellow picket fe nce, so he walked toward this house and on entering the yard found a Winkie woman picking up sticks with which to build a fire to cook her morning meal.
	www.home.aone.net.au /sk/oz/prinoz.txt (23267 words)

	Wikipedia: Oz
		This article is about the fictional place, for other meanings see Oz (disambiguation).
		The Tin Woodman(Nick Chopper), an enchanted mechanical man and Emperor of the Winkies
		The Scarecrow, a living man made of straw and King of the Emerald City
	www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/o/oz/oz.html (474 words)

	nude highway driving
		People like you are the reason I don't want to come back to America for a long time.
		People like you are the reason I get embarrassed when I watch the news with my friends from other countries.
		Saw a sign for a Thai restaurant and, being obsessed with that country right now, decided to check it out.
	www.winkie.org (790 words)

	Glinda of Oz
		The Skeezer Country is 'way at the upper edge of the Gillikin Country, with the sandy, impassable desert on one side and the mountains of Oogaboo on another side.
		Around the Emerald City the country is thickly settled in every direction, but the farther away you get from the city, the fewer people there are, until those parts that border on the desert have small populations.
		The least known of all is the Gillikin Country, which harbors many strange bands of people among its mountains and valleys and forests and streams, and Ozma was now bound for the most distant part of the Gillikin Country.
	www.put.com /oz/glind.html (24028 words)

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