The Hungry Tiger of Oz

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name = The Hungry Tiger of Oz


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author = Ruth Plumly Thompson
illustrator = John R. Neill
country = United States
language = English
series = The Oz books
genre = Children's novel
publisher = Reilly & Lee
release_date = 1926
media_type = Print (Hardcover)
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isbn = NA
preceded_by = The Lost King of Oz
followed_by = The Gnome King of Oz

"The Hungry Tiger of Oz" (1926) is the twentieth of the Oz books created by L. Frank Baum and the sixth written by Ruth Plumly Thompson. It was Illustrated by John R. Neill.

Plot summary

Thompson begins, as she sometimes does, with a tyrant—in this case, Irasha the Rough, the Pasha of Rash, a tiny kingdom in the southwest of Ev. The Pasha has a problem: his prison is too full to cram any more Rashers in. His Vizier's solution is to obtain a ferocious animal from nearby Oz to devour the luckless prisoners. Travelling to the Emerald City by his hurry cane, the Vizier lures the Hungry Tiger (first seen in "Ozma of Oz") to Rash, where is made the guard of the prison. As might be expected from his past history, however, the Hungry Tiger is a total failure at eating prisoners.

Meanwhile, through an unfortunate series of events involving a winding road and a pair of Quick Sandals, Betsy Bobbin (introduced in "Tik-Tok of Oz") and her new acquaintance, Carter Green, the Vegetable Man, end up in Rash, and no sooner do they arrive than they're thrown into the crowded prison. There they meet the Scarlet Prince Evered (known as Reddy), the rightful ruler of Rash. Together with the Tiger, they escape, and have varied adventures with Big Wigs and Gnomes in their search for three magic rubies.

Back in Oz, Princess Ozma has troubles of her own: she is confronted by Atmos Fere, a balloon-like being who lives in the upper stratosphere. His plan is to kidnap her up to his own kingdom, to prove to his skeptical fellows that living beings can actually exist on the surface of the Earth. Ozma, however, has a secret weapon (actually, a pin).

In time, the adventurers recover the magic rubies, and Reddy is restored to the Rashian throne. The Pasha and his evil Vizier end up stranded on a desert island in the Nonestic Ocean.

oz books
before=The Lost King of Oz
after=The Gnome King of Oz
title=The Hungry Tiger of Oz
year=1926