Carolyn Holm

Dear Puffin
I love your morning greeting. Even if it is a bit early for me.
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
Early? Surely Madame is making the little joke.
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin
6:00 is on the early side for me. 
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
Madame does like her sleep. 
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin
But still, I love when you jump on the bed at 6:10 and greet me with your cheerful “Good morning! Thank you for the lovely breakfast!” and then you purr and curl up on me, requesting that I give you a quick head scratch before I fall back asleep. 
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
It is a lovely breakfast, without fail, every morning precisely at 6:00. 
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin
Thank heavens we got that automatic feeder. Before we got it, you were driving me nuts. 
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
Surely that is an exaggeration. Madame does tend to exaggerate. 
Regards, M. Le Poufin.

Dear Puffin
Not about this. You used to start lobbying for breakfast at 5:00. 
Love, Carolyn 

Cher Madame,
That was unfortunately quite necessary. 
Regards, M. Le Poufin 

Dear Puffin
It was not necessary, and it was extremely annoying. You made a LOT of noise every morning. 
Love, Carolyn 

Cher Madame,
Once Madame threw a pillow at this petit cat. 
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin
That is all in the past now, isn’t it? We have the automatic feeder now. Thank heavens.
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
There was one time Madame let it go empty. Mon Dieu, Madame, so there was no breakfast deployed. 
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin
Once. Just once. And that won’t happen again. But I have to say, you are a very articulate cat. You made it extremely clear to me then that the breakfast had not been delivered that morning. 
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
The situation she was dire. 
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin
Yes, you were all over me about that. But I have to say, I really do love it that you are so articulate. I’ve never known such a chatty cat. 
Love, Carolyn 

Cher Madame,
Chatty? Madame makes this sound trivial. 
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin
No! It isn’t! Not at all! 
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
So many exclamation points. Madame does not usually use the exclamation points. 
Regards, M. Le Poufin.

Dear Puffin
You don’t either. Unlike Winston and Poppy. But you make yourself quite clear without them. 
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
This petit cat gets right to the point. 
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin
And you can be so graciously chatty.  I especially like it that when you walk in the room, you give me a greeting. 
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
It is the proper thing to do. To enter and say very politely “Bonjour Madame”. 
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin
And when I ask you a question, you always meow me an answer. Or several answers. 
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
Mais bien sûr, of course one provides the answers. 
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin
Sometimes when you are meowing a lot about something, I can ask you what’s up and you respond with a short chirp. A chirp that echoes the tone of my question. That’s so cute! 
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
This petit cat does not know what Madame is going on and on about. 
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin
I’m complimenting you on your conversational skills, you lunkhead. 
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
It is all very civilized behavior. Something that perhaps Madame still needs to learn. 
Regards, M. Le Poufin

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