Carolyn Holm

Dear Puffin,
I wish you would stop bullying Winston.
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
This petit cat does not do the bullying.
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
What do you call it, then, when you come up to Winston while he is peacefully taking a nap, loom over him, and give him The Look? So that he nervously jumps up to give you his spot? 
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
C’est an orderly arrangement between the two of us.
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
We’ve talked about this before. Many times. You did the same thing to Mia. Out of the blue you’d go up to her and give her a whack. No one likes a bully.
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
This petit cat does not do the bully.
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
Oh please. You get irritable when you’re hungry, and bite Winston’s tail. You are terrible. 
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
This petit cat knows not what to say. Madame is cruel.
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
I’m just calling you out, sweetie. You’re a bully. Still, you are our bully. 
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame, 
The blonde mutt is the bully. She barks when I walk near her food.
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
You started all that. You used to ambush Poppy. When she first joined our household, she was afraid to walk down the hall. Because of you.
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
And now she barks at me like a moron.
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
She knows you steal her food.
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madam,
The Winston, he sneaks up on this petit cat and whacks me. And then runs away as fast as he can.
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
We love when he does that.
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
The cruel Madame is unfair.
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
Sorry, we should not enjoy that as much as we do. But you have it coming to you. Winston looks up to you now, but one day he will be bigger than you are. Look at those feet of his – they’re enormous. And then he won’t put up with your behavior. You’ll be sorry you bullied him.
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
Toujours everyone turns on this petit cat.
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
No, we don’t, honey. We just enjoy it when you get your just desserts.
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
Desserts? Madame makes no sense, as usual.
Regards, M. Le Poufin

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