Cutlery Stars, livre audio

Mr Knife, Mrs Fork, Ladie plates faithfull friends or guests of this dinner ?A pretty brown table in a mischievous mood got dressed of a pearly tablecloth. A rumor spreads in all the kitchen. Tonight it's a dinner. Everyone is requisitioned but who are all those ingredients as Mr Knife & Mrs Fork,The terrible Little Spoon, Ladies Plates and many others...Are they only simple cutlery, faithfull friends or guests ?