Day 1:
Dear Boudreaux,
Thanks for de bird in de Pear tree. I fix it las' night with dirty rice.
I doan tink de pear tree will grow wid all da heat in the summa.
Marie
Day 2:
Dear Boudreaux,
You letter say you sent two turtle doves, but all I got was two scrawny
pigeons. Anyway, I mixed dem with andouille an made some gumbo out of
dem.
Marie
Day 3
Dear Boudreaux,
Why couldn't you a sent me Crawfish? I'm tired of eating dem darn birds.
I gave two of dose prissy French chickens to Marie Trahan over at Grans
Bayou an fed the tird one to my dog Phideaux. Marie needed some sparring
partners for her fighting rooster.
Marie
Day 4
Dear Boudreaux,
Mon Dieux! I tol you no more xxxxx birds. Deez four, what you call dem
"calling birds" were so noisy you could hear dem all de way to
Napoleonville. I used dere necks for my crab traps, an fed de rest of dem
to de gators.
Marie
Day 5
Dear Boudreaux,
You finally sen' somethin useful. I like dem golden rings, me. I hocked
dem at da pawn shop in Thibodeaux and got enuf money to fix da shaft on
my shrimp boat an buy a round for da boys at de Raisin' Cane Lounge.
Merci Beaucoup! Marie
Day 6
Dear Boudreaux,
Couchon! Back to da birds, you Cajun turkey! Poor egg suckin' Phideaux is
scared to death at dem six geeses. He tried to eat dems eggs and dey peck
de heck out ah his snout. Dey good at eating cockroaches, though. I may
stuff one of dem wit oyster dressing on Christmas day.
Marie
Day 7
Dear Boudreaux,
I'm gonna wring your fool neck next time I see you. Thibeau, da mailman,
is ready to kill ya. The merde from all dem birds is stinkin' up his
mailboat. He afraid someone will slip on dat stuff and sue him good. I
let those seven swans loose to swim on de bayou and some duck hunters
from Mississippi blasted dem out of de water. Talk to you tomorrow.
Marie
Day 8
Dear Boudreaux,
Poor ole Thibeau, he had to make tree trips on his mailboat to deliver
dem 8 maids a milkin and their cows. One of dem cows got spooked by da
alligators and almost tipped over da boat. I doan like dem shiftless
maids, me no. I tolt dem to get to work guttin fish and sweepin the shack
but dey say it wasn't in dair contract. Dey probably think dey too good
ta skin nutrias I caught las night.
Marie
Day 9
Dear Boudreaux,
What you trying to do huh? Thibeau had to borrow the Lutcher ferry to
carry dem jumpin twits you call Lords-a-Leaping across the bayou. As soon
as dey gots here dey wanted a tea break with crumpets. I doan know what
dat means but I says, "Well La Di Da. You get Chicory coffee or nuttin."
Mon Dieu, Emile. What I'm gonna feed all dese bozos? Dey too snooty for
fried nutria, and de cows done eat my turnip greens.
Marie
Day 10
Dear Boudreaux,
You got to be outs you mind! If de mailman don't kill you, I will fo
sure. Today he deliver 10 half nikid floozies from Bourbon Street. Dey
said dey be "Ladies Dancin" but dey doan act like ladies in front of dose
Limey twits. Dey almos left after one of dem got bit by a water moccasin
over by da out-house. I had to butcher 2 cows to feed toute le monde an
had to get toilet paper; the Sears catalog wasn't good enuf fer dose
hoity toity Lords' royal behin'.
Marie
Day 11
Dear Boudreaux,
Where y'at? Cheerio an pip pip. Your 11 pipers piping arrives today from
the House of Blues, second lining as dey got off de boat. We fixed
stuffed goose and beef jambalaya and we having a fais-do-do. Da new
mailman he having a good time, yeah, dancing with de floozies. Thibeau he
jump off de Sunshine Bridge yesterday, screaming your name. If you get a
mysterious, ticking package in de mail, doan open it.
Marie
Day 12
Dear Boudreaux,
I sorry to tell ya but I not your true love anymore, no. After da
fais-do-do, I spent de night with Jacque, de head piper. We decide to
open a restaurant and gentleman's club on de bayou. The floozies, pardon
me, Ladies dancing can make $20 for a table dance, and de Lords can be
waiters an valet park de boats. Since de maids doan have no more cows ta
milk, I trained dem ta set my crab traps, watch my trotlines, an run my
shrimping business. We will probably gross a million nex year.
Marie