The Sports
by carolynholm
Dear Mommy,
I’m thinking I should try The Sports.
Love, Mia
Dear Mia,
You’re certainly the athlete of the family, now that Molly is retired.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mommy,
And Puffin and Poppy are pathetic.
Love, Mia
Dear Mia,
That’s a little harsh. We’ll just say they are athletically challenged. Which sport did you have in mind?
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mommy,
There’s more than one?!!!
Love, Mia
Dear Mia,
There are lots of sports. Were you thinking of doing something with a ball?
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mommy,
Of course not. Balls are for losers. Balls are something for dogs to slobber on. That’s totally beneath a cat.
Love, Mia
Dear Mia,
Puffin likes playing with tennis balls.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mommy,
It figures. We know he’s a loser. And he’s not really playing in a sportful way with balls. He’s just trying to destroy them.
Love, Mia
Dear Mia,
I stand corrected. But there are plenty of sports that don’t involve balls.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mommy,
Bring them on!
Love, Mia
Dear Mia,
Swimming is probably out.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mommy,
That’s a sport?
Love, Mia
Dear Mia,
It is. There’s track and field.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mommy,
I like fields!
Love, Mia
Dear Mia,
You like to run. That could be your sport.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mommy,
Puffin and I run up and down the hall. I love to do that!!!
Love, Mia
Dear Mia,
We hear you. I don’t know how two little cats can make so much noise galloping up and down on a carpeted floor. From downstairs it sounds like a horse race going on upstairs.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mommy,
You make that sound like a bad thing.
Love, Mia
Dear Mia,
No, just interesting. So running will be your sport.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mommy,
Or dancing!
Love, Mia
Dear Mia,
You do like to dance. Still, not to put too fine a point on it, dancing is generally considered an art, not a sport.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mommy,
We all know I’m an artist.
Love, Mia
Dear Mia,
We do indeed. But hang on, I just thought of another sport. Leaping after the bird on a string. You are the champion of that in this house!
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mommy,
I am! I am the Queen of the Bird Sports!
Love, Mia
Dear Mia,
One day they’ll have Cat Olympics and you’ll take a gold medal.
Love, Carolyn
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