French Watercolor Girl and Dog "Au Secours!" Antique Postcard basket texture it is just beautiful

it is just beautiful

to which I have compared these copies to check for missing parts

Large enough to feel substantial but small enough to fit anywhere (or to carry with you from room to room

and all the better with luscious red paint spelling out OPEN in  perfectly imperfect hand-painted bold lettering over top of it

French Watercolor Girl and Dog "Au Secours!" Antique Postcard basket texture it is just beautiful"Au Secours!" Help! cries the little girl in this charming hand painted watercolor postcard, stamped 1906. I have enough French to get the gist of the text at left, sent to the author's dear friends reporting that she is feeling better, planning to go out tomorrow with her parents if the weather is nice, and sends a hug to the recipeints, their dog and their parents. What I am uncertain of is the first phrase "cinq you boco faur" [??] with boco I