Cher Madame,

Les Chien, the dogs, are they malade? Do they have illness?

Regards,

M. Le Poufin

 

Dear Puffin,

No, not at all. Molly is elderly, and she has a heart murmur and arthritis, but other than that she is doing well for fifteen years old. Poppy is the picture of health. Why do you ask? I didn’t know you cared!

Love, Carolyn

 

Cher Madame,

One makes note of les comings et les goings. One notes les chiens visit the vet every day.

Regards,

M. Le Poufin

 

Dear Puffin,

No they don’t. What made you think that?

Love, Carolyn

 

Cher Madame,

Le vet, le dreaded Dr. Virk who puts one on a diet, this is where one goes when one leaves the house. Tous le monde knows this for un fact. Ainsi donc, leave le house, va to the vet. C’est terrible. C’est un fact de vie.

Regards,

M. Le Poufin

 

Dear Puffin,

No, it’s not. Well, now that I think about it, that may be the case for cats, Puff. But not for the rest of us.

Love, Carolyn

 

Cher Madame,

So je vous en prie, tell me where does Madame go every day with those two clowns?

Regards,

M. Le Poufin

 

Dear Puffin,

We go for a walk.

Love, Carolyn

 

Cher Madame,

Pourquois? Why would you do such a thing?

Regards,

M. Le Poufin

 

Dear Puffin,

The dogs love it. I enjoy it too. It’s nice to get outside.

Love, Carolyn

 

Cher Madame,

Outside, c’est tres lovely, but I must ask why would anyone want to step outside our territory?

Regards,

M. Le Poufin

 

Dear Puffin,

Dogs and people feel differently than cats on this issue. We are not quite as territorial as you are.

Love, Carolyn

 

Cher Madame,

Cats are not territorial. Madame sounds so bourgeois. We cats, nous have a sense that is most powerful, a strong sense of what is ours. You people simply lack cette passion.

Regards,

M. Le Poufin

 

Dear Puffin,

Maybe we just enjoy a larger territory.

Love, Carolyn

 

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