Vigilant

by carolynholm

Cher Madame, 
Le strange cat who visits us is quite alarming.
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
You were clearly gobsmacked the first time he showed up.
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
This petit cat does not do the gobsmack. That is a rude word.
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
I’m sorry. It’s just an expression. It means you were surprised.
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
We were all surprised, Madame.
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
I think the rest of us were mostly surprised by your yowling and hissing. When you ran up to the patio door and stared out into the night at something the rest of us couldn’t see.
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
Yowling is not a dignified word. This petit cat was warning. Warning the intruder to leave. Immediately. Which he did.
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
Eventually. But he comes back every evening. You did notice, didn’t you, that the intruder is only there when you and Winston are playing with the feather wand in front of the glass doors?
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
This intruder must know that we will be there and comes to mock us. Every evening he comes back. Again and again.
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
And have you noticed that the intruder cat looks exactly like Winston?
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
Winston is a generic style of cat. Madame should know there are many like him. Siamese cats are everywhere. They are as common as kibble. 
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
Have you considered the possibility that the intruder might be Winston reflected in the glass?
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
Always the mocking. Every evening Madame has been snickering at this pauvre petit cat. But she is wrong to laugh. For it was bad enough that the Siamese intruder kept showing up, but then there was a new cat last night. A big ginger cat staring into our house through the patio door windows. 
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
I have to say that the ginger cat was the cherry on top.
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
As usual, Madame makes no sense whatsoever.
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
The whole situation was already hilarious. But to have an actual cat show up was incredible. Dear god, that makes it perfect. What an extraordinary
twist, after we’d been entertained by listening to you yowling at a reflection for four nights in a row. His appearance was truly a case of life imitating art.
Love, Carolyn

Cher Madame,
Madame is beside herself laughing again. But the ginger cat’s appearance was proof that this petit cat has been right all along.
Regards, M. Le Poufin

Dear Puffin,
We’ll give you that. We are all grateful for your vigilance.
Love, Carolyn

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