It wasn't, we discovered as the

months went by, that Sugieh

was particularly wicked. It was

just that she was a Siamese.

Animal lovers Doreen Tovey and

her husband Charles acquire their first Siamese kitten to rid

themselves of an invasion of

mice, although they worry

about the cat attacking the

birds. But Sugieh is not just any

cat. She's an iron hand in a delicate, blue-pointed glove; an

actress, a prima donna, an

empress of cats, and she quickly

establishes herself as queen of

the house. Finding themselves

thus enslaved, Doreen and Charles try to minimise the

chaos she causes daily:

screaming like a banshee,

chewing up telegrams, and

tearing holes in anything made

of wool. But there is worse to come, as soon Sugieh decides

she is ready to become the

Perfect Mother. She and her

adorable kittens devote

themselves to tightening their

grip on the Tovey household.

The Toveys attempt to settle

down to a quiet life in the

country. Unfortunately for them,

however, their tyrannical

Siamese cats have other ideas.

This is a funny tale for the animal lovers.

Doreen Tovey enchants us again

with stories of life with her

husband Charles in a West

Country village, where they are

driven to distraction by Siamese

cats, Annabel the donkey, nesting swallows, bucking

horses, and the villagers who

still regard them as inept

townsfolk, even after 18 years.

In an effort to get away from it

all, they take a trip to Canada to see the bears and wolves—

much to the alarm of Father

Adams and Miss Wellington. If

they can't handle Siamese cats,

how will they handle a grizzly?

However, after hearing what the villagers have been up to in

their absence, they wonder if

they might have been safer in

Canada. As for the cats, Seeley

and Shebalu start acting

strangely when they develop a taste for dog food. But it is time

for another solemn little Seal

Point to come into their lives—

who takes some settling in.

Tucked away in an idyllic corner

of the West Country, you’d think

Doreen and her husband Charles

would be enjoying a peaceful

life — but far from it. Their wily

Siamese companions still keep them on their toes.

The Toveys are presented with a

new problem when the local

cattery closes down. Where will

they leave Saska and Shebalu

when they go on holiday? And so they buy a caravan to

take the cats away with them,

only to discover that packing up

and leaving home is far from a

holiday when seal-points are

involved…