Carolyn Holm

Cher Madame,
The Poppy and I, we greet each other. It is cordial. I enter the room and walk up to her and we do the amiable acknowledgement. I sniff her ear. We do the head bump. C’est une situation heureuse.
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
You two get along very nicely.
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
Oui, nicely. Though, il faut dire, we’re not the true pals like Poppy and Winston. The BFF. But nicely.
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
Those two are great together, aren’t they? Winston is crazy about Poppy. They walk around the house, side by side. It’s very sweet.
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
Oui, sweet. But The Poppy and I, we are cordial. Mostly.
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
Are you leading up to something? You sound like a cat making a point. 
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
C’est ça. Madame can be occasionally perceptive. The point, she is that sometimes the Poppy is transformed. She becomes a crazy animal. About her food. She is rude to this pauvre petit cat.
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
She does carry on when you cats walk past her food.
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
Does she not know that no one wants her food? 
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
She doesn’t know that.
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
Ours is superior.
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
Yours is suitable for a cat. Hers is suitable for a dog.
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
She barks at me! It is rude. It is disconcerting. I hiss “Tais toi!!!” and she barks some more. Then the next time I see her she is back to the normal. She is vraiment two dogs! Is this the Schizophrenic personality? The BiPolar?
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
That’s not how those terms are intended to be used. 
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
This dog, she is just crazy?
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
She’s just being a dog, and dogs are often protective about their food. Don’t take it personally.
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
It is certainement personal. Madame should be aware that when someone attacks you for walking past the food, c’est personal.
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
In that case I suppose you are handling it well, by hissing a very personal, not so cordial, message to her to shut up.
Love, Carolyn

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