Carolyn Holm

Cher Madame,

This petit cat overhead Madame slander moi.

Regards,

M. Le Poufin

 

Dear Puffin,

Slander? Puffin honey, what are you talking about?

Love, Carolyn

 

Cher Madame,

The tiny ears they heard this. When Madame was talking to a neighbor.

Regards,

M. Le Poufin

 

Dear Puffin

Is your tiny head thinking about the comment I made about how destructive you were as a kitten?

Love, Carolyn

 

Cher Madame,

Oui! When you said M. Le Poufin was the most destructive youngster you’d ever known.

Regards,

M. Le Poufin

 

Dear Puffin,

I should think you’d be proud of the distinction!

Love, Carolyn

 

Cher Madame,

May I remind Madame that this petit cat is a cat of great dignity, culture and refinement.

Regards,

M. Le Poufin

 

Dear Puffin,

You certainly are more dignified than you were as a kitten. You once brought down a five-foot-tall potted palm. There was dirt scattered everywhere. On the carpet I might add.

Love, Carolyn

 

Cher Madame,

C’est un ACCIDENT. The tree she took a great leap and toppled over.

Regards,

M. Le Poufin

 

Dear Puffin,

And you kept pulling out the water plants from the aquarium. Several times I came home to find dried out aquarium plants all over the kitchen floor. And that poor goldfish cowering in the corner of the tank.

Love, Carolyn

 

Cher Madame,

Le goldfish was extremely difficult to catch.

Regards,

M. Le Poufin

 

Dear Puffin,

Well, not for lack of trying. I’ve never seen a cat reach into a tank of water, all the way up to the shoulder. And then jump down soaking wet to track water around the house.

Love, Carolyn

 

Cher Madame,

The tank was deep, Madame, so it required the full reach to catch the fish.

Regards,

M. Le Poufin

 

Dear Puffin,

And catch it you finally did. But that wasn’t all. There were all the shoestrings you chewed through. Monsieur was exasperated with you.

Love, Carolyn

 

Cher Madame,

Les shoe strings, they were replaced, n’est pas?

Regards,

M. Le Poufin

 

Dear Puffin,

But it’s annoying! Then you destroyed my laptop charger cord. That was an expensive chew.

Love, Carolyn

 

Cher Madame,

Monsieur and Madame made too much of all this.

Regards,

M. Le Poufin

 

Dear Puffin,

Then there were all the houseplants you frayed with your chewing. There was the paper towel roll that you hugged and kicked with your hind claws until it completely shredded into tiny bits, all over the living room. And the countless times you unrolled toilet paper rolls around the house. But probably the most astonishing thing was your fascination with toilets.

Love, Carolyn

 

Cher Madame,

Always, always, Madame brings up les subjects sordid.

Regards,

M. Le Poufin

 

Dear Puffin,

I’ve never known another cat to come running at the sound of the toilet flushing, to jump on the seat and actually reach in to the swirling water.

Love, Carolyn

 

Cher Madame,

Le swirling water was exciting, and a cat will always want to chase the things that move!

Regards,

M. Le Poufin

 

Dear Puffin,

Fortunately we always managed to intervene before you scooped anything out. It’s amazing what we put up with when you were young. But you were always entertaining.

Love, Carolyn

 

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