Almost to the land of the Quadlings! The forest between the team and the Land of the Quadlings was not a treacherous as I had thought it would be. I suppose there are only so many adventures one can tell about while on a quest. They were met by some Hammerheads on a hill right before their destination who gave the team a good bit of trouble.
This is something that I like about Baum's storytelling. The land of Oz gives him constant creative freedom. He can come up with new characters whenever he pleases.
This happens to be the last time Dorothy can call the winged monkeys. I'm not sure why she couldn't just give the hat to another character. Then they could have had multiple uses of the monkeys. This is a plot hole.
But the monkeys get the team to the land of the Quadlings all safe and sound much to the displeasure of the Hammerheads.
Caption: The Strange Hammerheads
Image by W. W. Denslow
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