(Author's note: Oh, hello! It's you again - Good to see you! I've just remembered that in the first chapter of my autobiography...
[That was 'Some Day, All This Will be Yours' - Ed.]
Yes... well, as I was saying... In there, I promised I'd tell you about learning to masturbate. Well, here's the story, although it didn't turn out quite the way I expected. And in case you are wondering, no one under the age of eighteen (years, that is) engages in any sexual activities in this story... Perish the thought!)
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My parents were away on one of their frequent trips, and they had packed me off to stay with my Gran (whom I just adored) in her cottage in the country. You're right!... It was the same ramshackle old house she left to me when she died. Oh,
how
I miss her!
It was a beautiful evening in early summer, and the setting sun was bathing the fields and trees with a gorgeous rosy glow. I'd had my dinner, done the washing up, finished my homework, and there was nothing worth watching on TV (So what else is new?). I kissed my Gran goodnight and went early to my room.
Oh, I bet you'd like to know how old I was. Let me see...I must have been about...
[Eighteen - Ed.]
[Who are you? And what are you doing in my story? - Author.]
[I'm your editor; and believe me, you were eighteen or more.]
[There, were you? Hiding in the closet, maybe?]
[No, but if you want this story to see the light of day, you were eighteen, minimum. Trust me, I'm an editor and it's my job to know these things.]
[I don't get this...One, this is
not
a story; it's another chapter in my autobiography. And two, you're a complete stranger who claims to know when I first learned to masturbate. Give me a break!]
Anyway, as I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted... I was about
[eighteen -
Ed.] at the time...
[I
cannot
write if you keep on butting in all the time!]
[Do you want this to be published or not?]
[Of course I do. I really enjoy writing about sex, but only if someone's going to read it. And before you ask: No... my brother doesn't count as someone.]
[Well then... either you were eighteen or older, or you must stop
right now
!]
[Get real! I don't believe there's anyone on the planet who didn't discover masturbation before they were eighteen!]
[I didn't. I had a very strict upbringing. My parents used to tie my hands to the bedposts at night.]
[Oh! How awful! You poor guy... Umm, you are a guy, aren't you?]
[I am.]
[So when
did
you learn to masturbate?]
[Umm...Not until a couple of years ago. I was twenty-three, would you believe?]
[Jeez! You must have been chewing the carpet and climbing the walls by then!]
[I was;
and
having wet dreams almost every night...mostly about bondage and rape, funnily enough.]
[Yuck! May I get on with my sto...chapter?]
[Only if you agree that you were eighteen.]
All
right
... Now I remember! I was eighteen at the time, and being an incredibly late developer, I was just becoming aware of my body. My hairless cuntlet...
[No! Stop right there, dammit! I can see exactly what you're doing!]
[What's that, then?]
[You're putting all these illegal, immoral, and probably fattening thoughts into your readers' heads without actually writing anything actionable.
I'm onto you, my girl!]
'In your dreams!' I thought to myself.
[Mister Ed.... One: I am
not