Quite right too. We humans must learn our place.

I am owned by six moggies, one adopted from PAWS, one picked up from the drain in Taman Tun, and four walk-in-but-never-walk-out again cats. They all have strong opinions about everything, which can be exhausting but never dull.

I enjoy your column in the Weekend Star very much indeed. Cats - particularly the unfluffy show-cat types, need all the friends they can get.

Last week you wrote about games to be played with your cat. Here's another which my husband and I like to play with our eldest cat, Muffin, who insists on sleeping on the dining table between us. With her explicit permission (we wouldn't dare otherwise) we take turns to place small objects on her back - paper clips, pencils, reading glasses etc. (our dining table is always pretty messy). when she has had enough she just shakes herself and the whole lot avalanches off. the person who placed the last object is the loser and has to clear the plates.