<Li> Children's literature portal </Li> <Li> Fictional characters portal </Li> <P> Eureka is a white kitten found by Dorothy Gale's Uncle Henry, that he gives to her telling her that the name means "I have found it!" She is introduced in Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz . </P> <P> Dorothy carries Eureka in a small cage on a train with her to San Francisco to visit her relatives on Hugson farm . While riding with Bill Hugson's nephew Zeb, an earthquake opens a large chasm in the ground, and Eureka falls with Dorothy, Zeb, and Jim the Cab - Horse into the land of the Mangaboos, people made of vegetable . The strange lights in the Magaboos' cavern create all sorts of odd colors, and Eureka looks pink there . Afterward--perhaps in part due to the chapter's title, "The Pink Kitten"--Eureka is often referred to as a "pink kitten," or sometimes, as in Glinda of Oz, as a "purple kitten ." Explanations of Eureka's color are common in fan fiction . </P>

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