Neglect

by carolynholm

Cher Madame,
You went to Paris again WITHOUT MOI. C’est un outrage.
Regards,
M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
Calm down, sweetie. It was just a stopover. We never even left the Paris airport. We were on our way to Bonn.
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
C’est un outrage regardless. Just a stopover? And yet before she left Madame was brushing up on her French. I found this book.
Regards,
M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
No I wasn’t brushing up on my French, I was just looking up a word. How did you even know about this book? Is this how you learned the little French you know?
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
Toujours les insults. Madame has no respect for this petit cat’s French heritage.
Regards,
M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
We’ve been through this before, sweetie. You are not from France. When you were a tiny kitten, just a baby, you were rescued in Los Angeles. Picked up from the gritty gutters of South LA. Literally from the gutter. But I admire your delusional tenacity.
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
I dismiss les comments of Madame. And meanwhile, while Madame and Monsieur galivanted around Europe, at home, ici, we were sadly neglected.
Regards,
M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
You were not. Cathie came twice a day to take care of the three of you. She fed you, gave you treats and played with you. She is wonderful.
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
But that woman starved us. The food suddenly it stopped. It ran out. C’était un catastrophe.
Regards,
M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
And I am truly sorry about that. It was my mistake. I thought there was enough food for the duration of our trip. I felt terrible when Cathie texted me that there was not enough. It was sweet of her to bring some from home for you.
Love Carolyn

Cher Madame,
C’était le wrong food. Wrong wrong wrong.
Regards,
M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
Yes, she told me you wouldn’t eat it. I don’t know why. Mia was fine with it.
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
What does la moron Mia know? This petit cat does not eat le strange food. C’était neglect.
Regards,
M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
You are such a doofus.
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
Perhaps this neglect could be offset. Did Madame bring us some French tidbits? Fois gras, peut-être?
Regards,
M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
No sweetie, no fois gras. We got some chocolates for Cathie, but that was about it. We were traveling light.
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
Toujours le neglect.
Regards,
M. Le Poufin

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