Pessim's Island
also the island
A small wooded island of melons, cherries, plums and nut trees where Pessim the Observer lives alone in a shed, and where lavender berries shrink whoever eats them while dark purple ones restore them.
First named in The Scarecrow of Oz, ch. 4
"It's an island, all right," said Trot, with a sigh.
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
An island in the ocean beyond the cavern, with no other land in sight; its magic berries and the Ork's onward flight to the Land of Mo mark it as one of the fairy places outside Oz.
What the books say it is
inhabitants Pessim the Observer, left there alone by his neighbours 1 chapter
So they brought me here and left me all alone, saying that if I quarreled with myself, no one else would be made unhappy.
The Scarecrow of Oz, ch. 5
danger lavender berries that shrink the eater to two inches 1 chapter
But one day I ate a lavender berry--as the Ork did--and immediately I grew so small that I was scarcely two inches high.
The Scarecrow of Oz, ch. 5
appearance trees, shrubs, flowers and green turf, with no houses or paths 1 chapter
Trees there were, in plenty, and shrubs and flowers and green turf. But there were no houses; there were no paths; there was no sign of civilization whatever.
The Scarecrow of Oz, ch. 4