An Adult Take on Goldilocks and the Three Bears
This is my contribution to the E-Written Fairy Tale Anthology. Bittle birds, sornum berries, and psyillfortum juice are my own creations, made expressly for the story; however Jonathann Daval, and the raclette dinner at his in-laws' home, are real.
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It was a lovely fall day, more of a late fall day, an almost winter day, since there was a distinct chill in the air, as the days shortened relentlessly. There was nothing to be done, however, since it was mushroom season, and there is nothing like sautéed mushrooms, served up with a little crème fraiche, and on top of brioche toast.
Goldie knew her boyfriend Philipp would go wild if she cooked some up for him, especially if she found some wild morels or chanterelles. Then too, there was the old canard, that mushrooms were an aphrodisiac, not that Goldie believed it; still, wasn't there always a germ of truth in the old, time weathered, persistent beliefs? After all, there's zinc in mushrooms, and doesn't that build up testosterone levels in men? Well, anyway, it couldn't hurt: Worst case, they make delicious eating.
After the mushrooms, it should be a simple matter to channel the delight and enthusiasm of the dish to Philipp's loins, and her loins would meet whatever Philipp's could dish out, she was sure. She giggled happily at the thought, even if she would never -- absolutely never -- let such a thing happen before marriage. Fantasizing, however, was fair game, and playfully, teasingly, resisting an amorous Philipp might be a lot of fun.
Goldie was raised with a fierce sense of morality. She knew her purpose on Earth was to reproduce, preferably creating at least three little, well behaved, perfectly dressed, well-coiffed, and well-groomed children. She hoped she could get pregnant on her wedding night. She couldn't wait to have children! She also, although it was top secret, couldn't wait to have sex!
Sure, Goldie gave the boys hand jobs and blowjobs, and we're not talking only Philipp. Goldie did, after all, have a life before Philipp. She let the boys feel her up and a few special ones even got to finger her to the occasional climax. What she really wanted, even craved, however, was the chance to make love with Philipp, real love, with copulation and the whole shebang. Philipp was the handsome love of her life! She was determined they'd be married within a year, even if Philipp so far had no clue of her marital plans.
Actually, the way Philipp behaved troubled Goldie. He acted like a rake, going after every swirling skirt, and -- as far as Goldie could tell -- often succeeding in taking the owner of the skirt to his bed, where who knows what debauchery ensued! Lord knows he had tried exactly that with Goldie, and a couple of times he had come close, dangerously close, much too close in fact, for comfort and for propriety.
Strasbourg was an unusual part of France: It was the only part of France not dominated by the Catholic Church. Goldie was Catholic, while Philipp was Protestant. It would be a mixed marriage. Goldie knew that Protestant girls were much freer with handing out sexual favors, and she was fairly sure Philipp, who was two years older than she was, was "experienced."
To be fair, there were also Catholic sluts, like -- case in point -- her best friend Mary. She even knew that Philipp and Mary had gotten it on once or twice, or perhaps thrice. Well, she liked that Philipp would know what he was doing on her wedding night, and who better to teach him than a slut like her BFF Mary? She had always had Mary tell her the erotic details. Then she would quietly retreat to be alone and masturbate her little heart out.
Philipp didn't care whether or not Goldie was a virgin; in fact, he wished she weren't. He'd like a bride with a little experience, after all, if she were ever to become his bride. Quite frankly, he had his doubts. Most of all, he wanted to lay Goldie now; he didn't really see the point of waiting. Her steadfast hold on her virginity frustrated him, and challenged him.
Maybe such behavior made sense before there was birth control, but in this day and age? If two people were in love, and Philipp knew he and Goldie were in love, or at least he knew Goldie loved him, then why wait? Her blowjobs were great, and they kept him going, but what he really wanted was to fuck Goldie. Fucking some other sluts was fun, but he wanted Goldie! He wanted to fuck her and fuck her and fuck her, and to make her beg for more!
It meant a lot to Goldie's parents, however, that she remain a virgin until marriage, and most important of all, Goldie felt the same way as her parents. Goldie was not a prude, however. A girl couldn't be one and expect to keep a man like Philipp on the hook. She was a master of the blowjob, and she was even considering proposing anal sex, if need be, to keep Philipp hooked. She'd do anything, anything at all, short of, short of, well, you know.
While waiting for Philipp to propose, Goldie continued with her education, so that once she was his wife she would not embarrass him by her ignorance. Alsatian culture had a strong German influence to it, so Goldie studied philosophy. Philipp and she would have fascinating philosophical discussions late into the night. They were moving on from the great German philosophers to the contemporary French ones, such as Foucault and Derrida. Philippe had trouble letting go of Heidegger, however.
One of her most memorable discussions with Philipp concerned the clitoris. She remembered the discussion well. She had explained it was the only human organ, the part of the body, dedicated exclusively to pleasure. It serves no other function, neither reproductive, nor maternal. In his treatment of medicine in the 16th century, Ambroise Paré erased all mention of the clitoris, and when it reappeared in the work of Sigmund Freud, he called it a female penis!
Indeed, as Goldie explained to Philipp, the philosopher Catherine Malabou wrote that precisely because it did not penetrate, it created a whole new erotic space. Not only erotic, it also created new room for intellectual and political discourse. It was at this point that Philipp burst into laughter. That was the moment Goldie began to doubt, just a little, the preordained nature of their marriage, which so far -- after all -- existed only in her own mind.
Philipp was not just highbrow, however, and certainly not always contemptuous of Goldie's feminist ideas. He also enjoyed discussing with her the fascinating case of Jonathann Daval, who strangled his wife Alexia to death, after Jonathann and Alexia ate raclette with Alexia's parents and then, later, argued with her about having sex. She wanted unprotected sex that very night, in the hope of creating children; he didn't. Jonathann then hid Alexia's body in a forest, thermally amputated a foot, and tried to cremate the body, failing miserably. It took the authorities only two days to find and identify the body. He was sentenced to 25 years in prison.
Philipp could not wrap his head around the idea of a woman's desire for unprotected sex driving a man into a homicidal rage. What man would at least not welcome, if only a little bit, a woman wanting sex with him, even if she were his own wife? Given her own experiences, neither could Goldie easily imagine such a scenario. It had to be the raclette; after all, every single media account of the murder always mentioned that a dinner of raclette had preceded it!
The Daval scandal was centered close to Vesoul, not too far from Strasbourg, on the road to Dijon. Goldie stopped making and serving raclette. Why tempt the fates? All the accounts mentioned raclette; maybe it played a role in making Jonathann homicidal?
Getting back to the fateful day of the mushroom hunt, Goldie bundled up. She grabbed her basket, slipping in her guidebook as to edible versus poisonous mushrooms. It simply wouldn't do, it wouldn't do at all, for her inadvertently to poison Philipp, or for that matter, her parents or herself. She'd had her stomach pumped last year at this time due to the occasional inadvertent toadstool, and for sure that was not going to happen again!
Goldie found herself going further and further into the forest, on the trail of those damn elusive mushrooms. The nineteen-year-old little beauty, with her long, blonde hair, and buxom body, was a sight to see, constantly bending over fallen logs and whatnot, where mushrooms were known to hide. The woodland creatures got lots of delightful views of her panties and her nice, round, and firm behind. It was a pity the woodland creatures didn't care. As the mushroom hunt continued, and her basket got fuller, the shadows got longer and Goldie was glad she had brought a flashlight with her.
Suddenly it happened. A damnable bittle bird was eating sornum berries, and bittle birds are messy eaters. They're very messy eaters. Before she knew what was happening a stream of sornum juice was cascading down from the treetops, right above Goldie, hitting her on her dress in the area of her generous bosom. Goldie knew she had at most a half hour before the stain would set. She was in the middle of the forest, and even though it was only 5:30PM in the evening, it was getting darker, and she knew it would soon be pitch black. She had forgotten there was a new moon, on top of everything else.