that's all you really need.

Sam has a new friend. He's small, black and fuzzy and likes to eat his own tail in paroxysms of delighted savagery.

It's a pefect match-they both tend to explode dramatically at the drop of a hat.

They chase each other into the apple tree, all giggles and mrrrrs... Sam says the kitten is sarcastic.

I thought he might be using the word wrong, so I explained the meaning and asked him if he thought the kitten was making fun of us in some sly way...

He said: 'Maybe... dramatic?', but then the bitty thing flipped, rolled and chased him across the yard again and he shrieked: 'he's SO sarcastic!'

Personally, I think he's right on the mark. Cats invented sarcasm.