11.  A few croutons, some red cabbage shreds and a few wedges of tomato unimaginatively rounded things out.

12.  A few spurts of milk then the thing was at the teat end again, a pinkish-white object peeping through the orifice.

13.  A few, like Cliff Michelmore, went on to bigger things.

14.  A fire would always be an easy thing from which a superhuman creature like the monster could escape.

15.  A funny thing happened to Jane Mendelsohn on the way to the best-seller list.

16.  A funny thing happened to me on the way to work this morning.

17.  A funny thing, the truth.

18.  A healthy competition for places is never a bad thing and only Campbell, Scholes and Beckham are virtually certain of selection.

19.  A kitten, of all things.