Reality

by carolynholm

Dear Puffin,
When you come to tell me it’s dinner time, you forget that I have a watch.
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
Surely there is a point here that Madame would like to make?
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
Of course I have one. My point is I know what time it is. And I know that you are telling me it is dinner time when it is only half past three in the afternoon.
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
There is a problème with the time when she is half past three?
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
Nice try. I know that you know that 3:30 is too early for dinner. If I fed you your dinner then, you’d be complaining that you are hungry at four in the morning.
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
Madame is trop rigid. Toujours too rigid with the dinner times.
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
And you, sweetie, complain too much.
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
Moi, I do not do the complaining. 
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
You complain all the time. You complain about dinner time. You complain that you are on a diet. You complain that Winston gets more attention than you do. You complain that Winston is fed better food, and more often. You complain that Poppy’s barking is annoying. Sweetie, you complain about everything. Your cousins, the cats in France, say that this is how they know you are French. Because it is so very French to complain.
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
My French cousins may say so, but I do not do the complaints. What this petit cat does is explain the réalité. For those like Madame who do not have a proper grasp of it.
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
I think you create your own reality. But we love you anyway.
Love, Carolyn

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

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