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Kabumpo

also Elegant Elephant

Kabumpo is the Elegant Elephant of Pumperdink, adorned with pearls and jewels.

First named in Kabumpo in Oz, ch. 1

But Kabumpo, who swayed along grandly after the Prince—few royal families could boast of so royal and elegant an elephant!

Names in the books

What the books say it is

  • size huge 1 chapter
    • He was huge and gray. On his head he wore jeweled bands and a jeweled court robe billowed out majestically as he walked.
      Kabumpo in Oz, ch. 1
  • colour gray 1 chapter
  • wears jeweled bands and a jeweled court robe 1 chapter
    • On his head he wore jeweled bands and a jeweled court robe billowed out majestically as he walked.
      Kabumpo in Oz, ch. 1
  • wears a headband of pearls 1 chapter
  • wears a pearl head-piece 1 chapter
  • trait good natured 1 chapter
  • trait pompous 1 chapter
    • Peg Amy was growing fonder and fonder of pompous old Kabumpo and by the time he had recovered his breath Wag and the Prince came ambling back together.
      Kabumpo in Oz, ch. 20

Appears in

Kabumpo in Oz (14 of 22 chapters)
The Lost King of Oz (6 of 21 chapters)

Mentioned in

Kabumpo in Oz (1 of 22 chapters)
The Lost King of Oz (2 of 21 chapters)

Connections

  • lives in Pumperdink 1 chapter
    • Kabumpo was the only elephant in Pumperdink, or in any Kingdom near Pumperdink, so no wonder he was a prime favorite at Court.
      Kabumpo in Oz, ch. 1
  • friend of Peg Amy 1 chapter
    • Even in this short time Kabumpo had grown fond of queer wooden Peg and careless as he was somehow he did not want to hurt her feelings again.
      Kabumpo in Oz, ch. 16
  • friend of Prince Pompadore 1 chapter
    • Kabumpo, you know, belongs to the royal family of Pumperdink, a cozy old-fashioned country in the Gilliken country, and he is one of the chief ornaments of its court and a prime favorite of Pompadore, the young Prince.
      The Lost King of Oz, ch. 12
  • travels with Dorothy Gale 1 chapter
    • Concealing, in his pompous and provoking fashion, his real interest and excitement, Kabumpo set Dorothy upon his back and started in a dignified and stately manner toward Tora and Snip.
      The Lost King of Oz, ch. 15
  • travels with Prince Pompadore 1 chapter
    • The voices of the watchmen calling to each other from the great wall came faintly through the darkness, but the Elegant Elephant hurried to a secret unguarded entrance known only to himself and Pompadore and passed like a great shadow through the swinging gates.
      Kabumpo in Oz, ch. 3
  • travels with Snip 1 chapter
  • travels with Tora 1 chapter
    • Concealing, in his pompous and provoking fashion, his real interest and excitement, Kabumpo set Dorothy upon his back and started in a dignified and stately manner toward Tora and Snip.
      The Lost King of Oz, ch. 15
  • gave to Prince of Pumperdink 1 chapter
    • With a jerk of his trunk, Kabumpo pulled a length of the heavy silver thread from his torn robe and handed it up to Pompa.
      Kabumpo in Oz, ch. 12
  • guards Mombi 1 chapter
    • Mombi, suspended precariously in Kabumpo's trunk, smiled darkly to herself, for Mombi, as usual, had a plan to outwit her enemies.
      The Lost King of Oz, ch. 17
  • seeks Ozma 1 chapter
    • Then out through the gates and swiftly through the still sleeping city swept the Elegant Elephant and the Prince of Pumperdink, off to rescue Princess Ozma, a prisoner in Ev!
      Kabumpo in Oz, ch. 12

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