Betsy Bobbin
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Betsy Bobbin is a character in the Oz books by L. Frank Baum. She first appears in Tik-Tok of Oz, wherein she teams up with Shaggy Man and together they go to the Nome King's Caverns. In later books, she, Dorothy and Trot are constant companions and allies of Ozma.
Although created as a new character, Betsy has a great deal in common with Dorothy. For example, Dorothy, Kansas, washed up onto the shores of Oz with a chicken named Billina, and Betsy, who is from Oklahoma, arrives in a similar manner with a donkey named Hank. Both girls are headstrong and courageous.
Betsy is usually described as having blonde or light-brown hair, and is said to be one year older than Dorothy Gale. Most agree that this puts her at about 12 or 13 years of age.
Strangely, more than one of the Oz books start or end with the people of Oz celebrating Betsy's birthday.
