The Magic of Oz™

Den of the Dragonettes

A vast circular cave inside the mountain beyond the Gargoyle country, where a brood of young dragons sit tethered by their tails in rock pockets waiting for their mother to return with dinner.

First named in Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz, ch. 13

But the little party was both weary and discouraged when at last, on turning a sharp corner, the wanderers found themselves in a vast cave arching high over their heads and having a smooth, level floor.

Where this is

  • placed Beyond the desert worked out

    read out of the chapters cited on this page, not stated in any one sentence of them

    The cave lies inside the great rock at the edge of the Gargoyles' wooden land, underground on the travellers' way up to the earth's surface, well before they reach Oz.

What the books say it is

  • inhabitants dragonettes in rock pockets round the walls 1 chapter
  • danger the dragonettes would eat visitors but are tied by their tails 1 chapter
    • As for that, we dragonettes would love to eat you, my child; but unfortunately mother has tied all our tails around the rocks at the back of our individual caves, so that we can not crawl out to get you.
      Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz, ch. 13
  • appearance circular cave ringed with pairs of dull yellow eyes 1 chapter
    • The cave was circular in shape, and all around its edge, near to the ground, appeared groups of dull yellow lights, two of them being always side by side.
      Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz, ch. 13

Appearances

Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz (1 of 20 chapters)

Seen here