Kingdom of the Middlings
also Middlings
A dark underground cavern partway down the magic bean pole where the Middlings, rough men of mud, dig in the earth and demand a toll from anything falling past their door.
First named in The Royal Book of Oz, ch. 3
They began whispering excitedly together, but the Scarecrow made no reply, for looking over their shoulder he glimpsed a dark, forbidding cavern lighted only by the flashing red eyes of thousands of Middlings.
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
It lies inside the earth between the Munchkin Country above and the Silver Islands below, ruled by its own mud King with no reference to Ozma.
What the books say it is
inhabitants men made entirely of mud 1 chapter
Now that he had a better view, he saw that _the two were entirely men of mud,_ and very roughly put together.
The Royal Book of Oz, ch. 3
appearance dark, forbidding cavern lit only by red eyes 1 chapter
They began whispering excitedly together, but the Scarecrow made no reply, for looking over their shoulder he glimpsed a dark, forbidding cavern lighted only by the flashing red eyes of thousands of Middlings.
The Royal Book of Oz, ch. 3