" Tell me a story,' demanded Fireflyer.

'Why? Do you eat them, too, then?'

'Only the ohs and ayes and ees and oos. The Kays are too spikey and the zeds are too buzzzy and the ones with the dots get stuck in your teeth and the esses sometimes slide down inside your vest and tickle. "

― Geraldine McCaughrean , Peter Pan in Scarlet