Land of Oz Patchwork Girl of Oz", Dorothy specifies that he cannot speak because he is not a fairy dog. However, in "Ozma of Oz", the chicken Billina acquires speech merely by being swept to the lands near Oz, and in "Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz", the same is true of the kitten Eureka and the cab horse Jim when reaching the land of Mangaboos, a similarly magical land. In "Tik-Tok of Oz", Baum restored the continuity: Toto can speak, and always could, but never bothered to, because it was unnecessary. An additional inconsistency is introduced with "Tik-Tok of Oz": Hank the
The Wizard of Oz (1925 film) a villain who betrays Dorothy, Scarecrow, and the Lion. Some elements of the narrative have their roots in earlier adaptations of "The Wizard of Oz". For example, Prime Minister Kruel has a predecessor in King Krewl, the antagonist in the 1914 film "His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz". The note explaining Princess Dorothea's true heritage is signed "Pastoria", a name used for the exiled King of Oz in the 1902 stage version of "The Wizard of Oz" and for the father of Princess Ozma in Baum's 1904 book "The Marvelous Land of Oz", as well as in his later works