The first sentence about Siamese cats is correct because the hypens are correctly placed where you pause when reading. The other answers have misplaced the hypens and they aren't in the appropriate place for pausing.
You should be writing a descriptive essay
Answer:
squeaky now respects gretchan as a worthy opponent
Explanation:
The verb is "trudged".
It's the past simple form of the verb "to trudge" which is a type of a walk, usually slow and heavy as if you have weights on yourself.