The Magic of Oz

Nimmie Amee's House

also the house of Nimmie Amee

A small, neatly painted house near the foot of Mount Munch, ringed by an invisible Wall of Solid Air, where Nimmie Amee lives with her husband Chopfyt and where the two tin men finally find her.

First named in The Tin Woodman of Oz, ch. 21

When he emerged from the burrow he found himself but a short distance from the house, in the center of the vegetable garden, where the leaves of rhubarb waving above his head seemed like trees.

Where this is

  • placed In Oz worked out

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

    Ch.21 places it 'near the foot of the mountain' as the party reaches Mount Munch in the Munchkin Country; Nimmie Amee is 'a very pretty Munchkin girl'.

What the books say it is

  • inhabitants Nimmie Amee and her husband Chopfyt 1 chapter
    • "Now, now, gentlemen," interrupted Nimmie Amee, "I must ask you to be more respectful to poor Chopfyt. For, being my guests, it is not polite for you to insult my husband."
      The Tin Woodman of Oz, ch. 22
  • danger ringed by a circular Wall of Solid Air that cannot be crossed 1 chapter
    • "Of course, for the wall is a circle," explained the rabbit. "In the center of the circle stands the house, so you may walk around the Wall of Solid Air, but you can't get to the house."
      The Tin Woodman of Oz, ch. 21
  • appearance a small neatly painted house with flowers around it and vines over the doors and windows, enclosed in an invisible Wall of Solid Air 1 chapter
    • And, for the first time, they perceived, near the foot of the mountain, a charming house, not of great size but neatly painted and with many flowers surrounding it and vines climbing over the doors and windows.
      The Tin Woodman of Oz, ch. 21

Appearances

The Tin Woodman of Oz (3 of 24 chapters)

Seen here