Translated from the Meowish.
Copyright December 1979
[Part 2]
Now, for all of the cat's
love of good food, there was one thing--we should say, one person--who could
tear him away from gracious dining. That person was a young ballet student
named Thérèsa (TEAR RESS ZUH) who often stopped off at the café for a Schuss de
l'Orange before class. While she was dreamily sipping her orange juice over ice
shavings and going over and over in her mind the new steps she must get right
every day--professional ballerinas, and those aspiring to be, were required to
dance six days a week--dear Schuss would have a marvelous time, "un temps
merveilleux" (UHN TONP MARE VEIL LOU), hiding under her table and untying
her ballet slippers.
She would almost catch him as he crouched down low to the ground in his own version of "En bas" (OWN BAH), then he would spring across to her shoestrings in a "Jeté" (ZYEH TAY) motion. When he reached for a piece of croissant (KWAH SOH NE--a delicate pastry roll in a half-moon or seashell shape) from the table, he would stretch upward, often turning around on one foot in a "Pirouette" (PEER OU ET), then would give a little hop or "Sauter" (SAW TAY).
His catly self was not designed to perform one of Thérèsa's favorites, the "Arabesque" (AIR AB EHSK), so she sometimes draped a linen napkin over his head and let him look Arab-like. Schuss's favorite ballet step was the "Pas de deux" (PAH DUH DOO--literally a dance step by two dancers), when he got to walk with Thérèsa, side by side, and watch intently the motion of her ballet slippers.
She would almost catch him as he crouched down low to the ground in his own version of "En bas" (OWN BAH), then he would spring across to her shoestrings in a "Jeté" (ZYEH TAY) motion. When he reached for a piece of croissant (KWAH SOH NE--a delicate pastry roll in a half-moon or seashell shape) from the table, he would stretch upward, often turning around on one foot in a "Pirouette" (PEER OU ET), then would give a little hop or "Sauter" (SAW TAY).
His catly self was not designed to perform one of Thérèsa's favorites, the "Arabesque" (AIR AB EHSK), so she sometimes draped a linen napkin over his head and let him look Arab-like. Schuss's favorite ballet step was the "Pas de deux" (PAH DUH DOO--literally a dance step by two dancers), when he got to walk with Thérèsa, side by side, and watch intently the motion of her ballet slippers.
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