![]() ![]() However he manages to come up with random bits of wisdom and common sense often. Jack is not known for his intelligence which seems to depend on the quality and number of the seeds in his pumpkin-head at that time. Instead, she decided to test her new Powder of Life on him. ![]() When Mombi saw Jack, she almost smashed him to pieces. From Mombi's chest he took some old clothes for Jack purple trousers, a red shirt, a pink vest with white polka dots, and stockings, to which he added a pair of his shoes. Jack was made by a little boy named Tip to scare his guardian, an old witch named Mombi. He has a large carved jack-o'-lantern for a head which is where he gets his name (unlike most jack-o'-lanterns, the seeds and other pumpkin guts were not removed so it substitutes for his brain). Jack's incredibly tall and skinny figure is made from tree limbs and jointed with wooden pegs. Jack first appeared as a main character in the second Oz book by Baum, The Marvelous Land of Oz (1904). Jack Pumpkinhead is a fictional character from the Land of Oz and appears in several of the classic children's series of Oz books by American author L.
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