“Look at that!” says Bandylegs.

“I know. Children don’t believe anymore and now the grownups are melting us down and squeezing us into those!” Pinknose says, pointing to a bottle. “And look, they’ve even put our names in plain view!”

Next to the sink is a bottle of Fairy Liquid.

Martin Shone is a cleaner who is getting very close to being fifty, but he’s only twenty-eight, really.