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What happens to the Winkies after the Wicked Witch of the West is defeated?

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Illustration by W.W. Denslow showing Dorothy comforting the Cowardly Lion on a yellow brick road, with Toto, the Tin Woodsman, and the Scarecrow nearby in a forest. — The Wonderful Wizard of Oz An illustrated page by W.W. Denslow in L. Frank Baum's *The Wonderful Wizard of Oz*.

After the Wicked Witch of the West is defeated, the Winkies—the people who lived in western Oz and were previously enslaved by the witch—are freed. They assist Dorothy in repairing and rebuilding the Tin Woodman and the Scarecrow, who had been damaged by the Winged Monkeys. Following these events, the Tin Woodman returns to the west to rule over the Winkies.12