Ranging from funny, thoughtful, tender and cheeky to downright silly, they appeal to kid's love of the absurd. At midnight I'd ring an enormous bell and declare all the hard words easy to spell. Ibles or ables, izes or ises would be made simple-no hasty surprises. Down with through and trough and cough.
Longer words use up more pages.
Tricky spelling takes us ages. But all the oldies would huff and puff. Draw a sausage dog. Like a sausage. That doesn't look like a sausage.