Carolyn Holm

Cher Madame,
Mon Dieu, what is this?
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
It’s Nepeta. Cat mint. Catnip.
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
Where did this interesting vegetation come from?
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
I brought it in from the garden. As a treat for you two cats.
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
C’est like the magic! I am forgetting what I was about to do.
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
Is it better than food?
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
Ouf, nothing is better than food. Can Madame be serious to ask this? But these petit twigs they are vraiment close. Peut-être this makes a petit cat forget about dinner!
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
That would actually be good. We still need to get your weight down a bit more.
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
La diet she is oppressive. And unfair. Madame lets Mia eat all day long. And then takes her bowl away before this pauvre petit cat can join in. So unfair.
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
Life is unfair, sweetie. Most animals, except humans, understand this.
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
C’est still unfair.
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
You’ve been mooching Mia’s food for far too long. She needs her food. She’s elderly now and we don’t want her to get too skinny.
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
I am going to tell her you said she is elderly.
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
Please don’t, sweetie. She would hate to hear that.
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
Madame should have thought of that.
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
Here, have some more cat mint.
Love, Carolyn

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