‘Grandad and Nan had thought of a plan.’ They reckoned that a Siamese cat would be good for our family morale.

This epic poem in ‘at least three parts’ tells how Adam and Hattie got ‘Two cats for the price of one’, clever but ugly Winston and pretty but daft Phoebe.

And despite all their quirks, mishaps, and misbehaviours,

We often were heard to say in chorus: ‘Siamese cats were the best thing for us!’