Heritage

by carolynholm

Dear Puffin,
When Poppy and I were in Los Angeles recently we saw your old neighborhood.
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
My old neighborhood? En France?
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
Of course not France, Puff. Los Angeles. Where you were found as a teeny tiny kitten. A wide-eyed toddler, lost and wandering the streets of South Central LA. 
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
Comme d’habitude Madame is mistaken. This petit cat has no recollection of this South Central. Surely Madame meant to say Paris. My heritage is French.
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
We’ve been through this before, honey. Over and over. Unless you were brought to this country when you were still a nursing infant, you are from Los Angeles. That’s where you were found, barely old enough to be away from your mom. 
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
This story of the finding. It may not be true.
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
Of course it’s true. And it’s a sweet story, Puffin! You were rescued from a rough life in the gutter!
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
Mais, this is a tale of the fairies. Does Madame have proof? Of course not. Alors, je ne suis pas of Los Angeles.
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
You were found in a LA gutter by a friend of my daughter’s. You were filthy and crawling with fleas, drinking gutter water, and sick with diarrhea. But sweetie, you were completely adorable. And just think – if they hadn’t rescued you, and if she hadn’t brought you here to us, you’d have grown up to be a tough LA street cat. Instead, look at you! Luscious, indolent, and completely delusional.
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
Toujours sordid, these details of filth. Madame is unkind to insist on them. Je suis Français. 
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
Well, okay Puff honey, you are French in your heart.
Love, Carolyn

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