Take a giraffe with a magic neck, a pelican with a retractable beak and a very agile monkey, and what do you have?

The world's finest Ladderless Window-Cleaning Company, of course!

Add in their friend Billy, the Duke and Duchess of Hampshire and the Cobra, the cleverest and most dangerous cat-burglar in the world, and you have all the ingredients for a deliciously funny tale - all in the pursuit of walnuts, salmon and the pink and purple flowers of the tinkle-tinkle tree, not to mention the Grand Opening of The Grubber...