Le Safe Place
by carolynholm
Cher Madame,
My life est tout à l’envers, tout upside down. Madame has encore hidden le cuddly furry blankie.
Regards,
M. Le Poufin
Dear Puffin,
Please calm down, Puff honey, I’ve just put it in the laundry.
Love, Carolyn
Cher Madame,
Le laundry?
Regards,
M. Le Poufin
Dear Puffin,
Where I wash the clothes. The big machines in the room with your litterboxes.
Love, Carolyn
Cher Madame,
Ah, Madame refers to les orgeres.
Regards,
M. Le Poufin
Dear Puffin
Orgeres?
Love, Carolyn
Cher Madame,
Les orgeres. Les grandes monstres.
Regards,
M. Le Poufin
Dear Puffin,
I think you mean ogres.
Love, Carolyn
Cher Madame,
C’est what I said.
Regards,
M. Le Poufin
Dear Puffin,
That’s a very strange and sophisticated word for you to be using.
Love, Carolyn
Cher Madame,
Madame has very craftily changé le sujet. Je voudrais you return my cuddly white blanket.
Regards,
M. Le Poufin
Dear Puffin,
I will, Puff honey, but I need to wash it first.
Love, Carolyn
Cher Madame,
Le blanket, c’est très necessaire for moi. C’est ma place de la refuge. Le Safe Place.
Regards,
M. Le Poufin
Dear Puffin,
You lead a very comfortable life, Puff. Why would you need a safe place?
Love, Carolyn
Cher Madame,
La vie, c’est dangereux. Il y a beaucoup de choses dangerous.
Regards,
M. Le Poufin
Dear Puffin,
Oh please. What dangers are in your life?
Love, Carolyn
Cher Madame,
Les ogres de laundry. Ils sont très, très noisy. Noise, c’est le mark de danger. Et Le Vacuum, c’est très noisy, très alarming. Et le chat de la neighbor. That cat, il n’est pas noisy mais he is un bully.
Regards,
M. Le Poufin
Dear Puffin,
None of those are really dangerous.
Love, Carolyn
Cher Madame,
Est surtout, La Poppy.
Regards,
M. Le Poufin
Dear Puffin,
Our Poppy? She’s no threat, Puffin. She lunges at you, but she just wants to play.
Love, Carolyn
Cher Madame,
Poppy lunges et barks comme une bête enragée. Like a mad beast. Madame has been deluding herself. Poppy quite certainment has les thoughts dangereux.
Regards,
M. Le Poufin
Dear Puffin,
I don’t think Poppy has any deep thoughts at all regarding you cats.
Love, Carolyn
Cher Madame,
For once Madame is correct. Cette Poppy, she is un moron. She is pathétique.
Regards,
M. Le Poufin
Dear Puffin,
That’s not what I meant. I meant you’re reading too much into this, Puff. But you can calm down now, your blankie is in the dryer. You’ll have it back soon.
Love, Carolyn
Cher Madame,
Quelle relief. Madame finally comes through for her pauvres chat to restore le Safe Place.
Regards,
M. Le Poufin
Dear Puffin,
Well, that and it keeps your hair off the sofa.
Love, Carolyn
Cher Madame,
Qu’est-ce que c’est? Un motif ulterior? Madame as usual is très sneaky.
Regards,
M. Le Poufin
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