Carolyn Holm

Dear Puffin,
I wish I knew what you are trying to tell us when you walk around the house yowling.
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
The cats, we do not yowl.
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
Okay, then. That very loud sound. While you walk around. What does that mean?
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
To what does Madame refer?
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
The moaning. The hollering. The caterwauling.
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
This noise that Madame insists upon describing sounds très vulgar. It must be that of Mia.
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
No, I know it’s you. You were doing it downstairs yesterday. While Mia was sitting right here on my lap.
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
Peut-être c’était la Poppy?
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
Oh please. It wasn’t Poppy. She barks, she doesn’t moan and yowl.
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
Toujours les insults.
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
I’m not trying to insult you. Your cry sounds profoundly sad. This is why I call out to you when I hear it. So I can comfort you. You wail like a lost soul! What is it about?
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
Eh bien. Since Madame she insists. C’est angst. Existential angst. L’angst of a petit cat who is far from his homeland.
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
Oh sweetie! You are homesick! I’m so sorry!
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
Oui, for France. Madame is kind to care.
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
Not France, honey. You were rescued from South Central Los Angeles. A tiny baby plucked from the gutter by a sweet USC student. My daughter took you home and cleaned you up and got you treated for fleas and diarrhea and various parasites. You were a very lucky kitten to end up with her!
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
Toujours Madame brings up les disgusting unmentionables. There is no respect. No dignity.
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
I’m sorry! I just wanted to understand this strange cri de coeur.
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
This angst, c’est because toujours, toujours,Madame refuses to acknowledge that this petit cat is French.
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
Poor boy! I’m sorry. In your depth of being I’m sure you are truly French.
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
So now peut-être Madame could serve some French fromages.
Regards, M. le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
Cheese! Just the thing to sooth the angst of a French cat.
Love, Carolyn

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