Feral
by carolynholm
Dear Elsa,
You look so elegant. Who would have guessed your background is feral!
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mum,
Feral doesn’t sound very nice.
Love, Elsa
Dear Elsa,
It just refers to your mother’s lifestyle.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mum,
She had a lifestyle?
Love, Elsa
Dear Elsa,
Your foster mom told me the rescue group trapped you kids with your mom in a feral colony.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mum,
I remember our foster mom! Charlie and I loved her!!!!!
Love, Elsa
Dear Elsa,
She is a wonderful foster mom. I give her credit for the two of you being so confident and affectionate. You are also lucky that you were with your actual mother until you were old enough to go off on your own. Moms are so important! Winston wasn’t as lucky. He was somehow separated from his cat mom, and had to be bottle-fed by his foster mom.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mum,
Is that why he’s sorta weird?
Love, Elsa
Dear Elsa,
Honey, I think he’d have been weird anyway. That might be just how he is.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mum,
So Charlie and I are feral?
Love, Elsa
Dear Elsa,
Not any more! But you were a good daughter and listened to your mom when she told you to be wary of people. On your rescue group’s paperwork someone made the note “Resists Handling.” And even after a year you still don’t want me to pick you up. I hope that changes eventually.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mum,
Charlie doesn’t have rules like that. And we both had the same mother.
Love, Elsa
Dear Elsa,
Your brother is so laid back that I’m sure he never listened to your mother. Not one bit.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mum,
He just wants to have a good time.
Love, Elsa
Dear Elsa,
That’s our Charlie.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mum,
So we’re not feral any more?
Love, Elsa
Dear Elsa,
You are still a bit skittish, and Charlie is a wild doofus, taking the house apart piece by piece. But you two are no longer feral.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mum,
I’m not crazy wild like Charlie. I’m a lady.
Love, Elsa
Dear Elsa,
Most of the time. Except when you are getting a belly rub. The wild way you writhe around and kick your feet then can only be described as downright slutty.
Love, Carolyn
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