The Magic of Oz

Tommy Kwikstep

Tommy Kwikstep is a young Munchkin man who was accidentally given twenty legs by a wish.

First named in The Tin Woodman of Oz, ch. 10

"I sometimes wonder, myself, who I am," replied the many-legged young man; "but, in reality, I am Tommy Kwikstep, and I live in a hollow tree that fell to the ground with age.

What the books say it is

  • age young 1 chapter
    • It had the head of a young man--evidently a Munchkin--with a pleasant face and hair neatly combed. But the body was very long, for it had twenty legs--ten legs on each side--and this caused the body to stretch out and lie in a horizontal position, so that all the legs could touch the ground and stand firm.
      The Tin Woodman of Oz, ch. 10
  • hair neatly combed 1 chapter
    • It had the head of a young man--evidently a Munchkin--with a pleasant face and hair neatly combed. But the body was very long, for it had twenty legs--ten legs on each side--and this caused the body to stretch out and lie in a horizontal position, so that all the legs could touch the ground and stand firm.
      The Tin Woodman of Oz, ch. 10
  • appearance pleasant 1 chapter
    • It had the head of a young man--evidently a Munchkin--with a pleasant face and hair neatly combed. But the body was very long, for it had twenty legs--ten legs on each side--and this caused the body to stretch out and lie in a horizontal position, so that all the legs could touch the ground and stand firm.
      The Tin Woodman of Oz, ch. 10
  • wears a dark blue coat, sky-blue trousers, blue-tinted stockings and blue leather shoes 1 chapter
    • This odd creature was dressed in the regulation clothing of the Munchkin people, a dark blue coat neatly fitting the long body and each pair of legs having a pair of sky-blue trousers, with blue-tinted stockings and blue leather shoes turned up at the pointed toes.
      The Tin Woodman of Oz, ch. 10

Appears in

The Tin Woodman of Oz (1 of 24 chapters)

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