When I listen I believe every word of them; I like them better than books, too, because they always end happily.

But I can't repeat them a bit.

As soon as I begin they fall to pieces, and the pieces get mixed up, and, worst of all, the life goes right out of them.

But Taffy, he takes the pieces and puts them together, and the tale is better than ever: quite different, and new, too.

That's the puzzle.