Carolyn Holm

Dear Puffin,

Yesterday when Poppy and I got home from our walk, it was after five, and Monsieur had already fed you two, but he said you wouldn’t eat. What’s up with that?

Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,

Monsieur broke le protocol.

Regards,

M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,

He did not! He told me he fed you both right at five. That’s the official time.

Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,

Mais, il faut dire, c’était wrong.

Regards,

M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,

How was it wrong? He told me he also gave Mia her pill.

Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,

Le Protocol, c’est very important.

Regards,

M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,

Monsieur followed every step. Perfectly.

Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,

Non, it was not perfect. Madame is supposed to offer le meds, then le hairball goop, and then le dinner.

Regards,

M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,

Monsieur didn’t know where the goop was. But he gave you everything else. And at the right time.

Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,

Mais Monsieur is not Madame.

Regards,

M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,

So no substitutions? But you are perfectly happy to let Monsieur feed you breakfast! Every morning you and Mia are waiting to pounce on whoever wakes up first. And tuck right into your breakfast as if we’ve neglected to feed you for days. Poor starving cats!

Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,

Toujours le sarcasm. But il faut dire, La Breakfast she is informal. Dinner, c’est un occasion formal, so requires le protocol. We are talking here about Le Protocol of Les Meds and Le Dinner at Five.  And non, no substitutions, Madame.

Regards,

M. Le Poufin

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