Snif

What the books say it is

• size little 1 chapter

  • Threatening and struggling, Peter and Belfaygor were dragged off to the dungeons in the North tower, Snif doing what he could to release them by biting and scratching the hands and faces of the guards, but he was too little to help much and both were securely locked up.

    Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz, ch. 11
• size small 1 chapter

  • put in Peter, lifting Snif from his shoulder and thoughtfully stroking the small red head.

    Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz, ch. 8
• size big 1 chapter

  • said the little boy, holding the head tightly in both arms, "but now we'll soon fix you up and fly to the Emerald City, for Snif has grown big again and we've all escaped from the tower."

    Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz, ch. 12
• colour sandy red 1 chapter

  • It looked not unlike pictures he had seen of this rare and fabulous monster--being sandy red in color, with a huge lion's body and dragon's claws.

    Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz, ch. 5
• hair mane 1 chapter

  • shuddered Peter, catching hold of Snif's mane.

    Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz, ch. 13
• appearance rare and fabulous 1 chapter

  • It looked not unlike pictures he had seen of this rare and fabulous monster--being sandy red in color, with a huge lion's body and dragon's claws.

    Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz, ch. 5
• trait merry 1 chapter

  • Already Snif seemed to have forgotten his dreadful mishap and to have recovered his former good spirits, and under the influence of the merry little monster the whole party grew quite cheerful and gay.

    Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz, ch. 8