Rak 2131885 214299323 2008-05-22T22:52:44Z Cydebot 1215485 Robot - Moving category Fictional species to Fictional life forms per [[WP:CFD|CFD]] at [[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2008 May 17]]. {{for|other uses of this word, see|RAK}} The '''Rak''' is a flying [[fictional creature]] from the pages of [[L. Frank Baum]]'s [[1914]] [[Oz books|Oz book]] ''[[Tik-Tok of Oz]]''. The Rak is described as a large winged creature with glowing red eyes that can fly in the air, run like a [[deer]] and swim like a [[fish]]. Inside its body is a glowing furnace of [[fire]] which allows the creature to breathe out smoke. Its smoky breath blankets the surrounding area like a thick, black [[fog]] with an aroma of [[edible salt|salt]] and [[black pepper|pepper]]. It is bigger than a hundred men and feeds on any living thing. Like most other animals in the [[land of Oz]], the Rak can speak. The Rak's vague descriptions given in the storybook lead one to believe that the Rak is a type of [[dragon]]. In ''Tik-Tok of Oz'', the Rak is briefly encountered by [[Queen Ann Soforth]] and her army and wounded by gunfire. Although its jaw, wing and leg are broken by the attack, the Rak does not die, as everything in the land of Oz lives an [[enchant|enchanted]] life and cannot die. A popular theory is that the Rak is a [[defamiliarization|defamiliarized]] presentation of a [[car]]. {{Oz}} {{Oz-stub}} [[Category:Oz characters ]] [[Category:Fictional life forms]]