They came to W.
"So they got into a ship (I'll show you how to make one out of paper, exactly like W), and sailed up into the sky, for the ship was a Ship of Stars--you make X's for stars; but that's a witch-ship; so it stuck fast in Y, which is a cleft ash-stick, and then came a stroke of lightning, Z, and burnt them all up!" He stopped, out of breath.
"I don't understand the ending at all," said Honoria.

"What is a Ship of Stars ?" "Haven't you ever seen one ?" "No." "I have.

There's a story about it--" "Tell me about it." "I'll tell you lots of stories afterwards; about the Frog-king and Aladdin and Man Friday and The Girl who trod on a Loaf." "And the Ship of Stars ?" "N--no." Taffy felt himself blushing.

"That's one of the stories that won't come--and they're the loveliest of all," he added, in a burst of confidence.
Honoria thought for a moment, but did not understand in the least.
All she said was, "what funny words you use!" She went back to her alphabet--A, house; B, cat.

It came more easily now.
After lessons she made him tell her a story; and Taffy, who wished to be amusing, told her about the "Valiant Tailor who killed Seven at a Blow." To his disgust, it scarcely made her smile.