Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer were a very notorious couple of cats. As knockabout clowns, quick-change comedians, tight-rope walkers, and acrobats. And when you heard a dining-room smash then the family would say: ‘It’s that horrible cat! It was Mungojerrie! and Rumpelteazer!’ – And there’s nothing at all to be done about that!