Melinda and Gerard were walking along the street with their Mum and Dad. Suddenly Dad stopped walking, just before they reached a café that sprawled out on the street.
“Look!” said Dad to Mum, “That’s Claudine, the movie star!”
“Which one? Which one?” said Melinda excitedly, and before you could blink Melinda was standing at the film star’s table.
“My Daddy says you’re a famous film star,” said Melinda.
“Hello,” said Claudine kindly. “What is your name?”
“My name is Melinda, and this is my doll called Cindy.”
“Do you have any other dolls?” asked the film star.
“No,” said Melinda, divulging more family secrets than she need. “We don’t have much money, so I have only one doll.”
Several days later a parcel arrived in the mail for Melinda. It was from the famous film star, Claudine.
“Dear Melinda,” said the letter. “This is my old rag doll from when I was small. Her name is Molly. I know you will love her as much as I did. From your friend, Claudine. XXX.”
Now that Melinda’s brother Gerard is all grown up, he’s seen every porn movie Claudine starred in.
Listen to the story being read HERE!
I know there’s a moral in here somewhere, but the coffee hasn’t kicked in yet so I can’t quite find it. I’ll have to come back later to see what others have to say.
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There doesn’t have to be a “moral”. People are always looking to be taught a lesson! There’s no lesson. It is what it is. It’s just a story!
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I find the morals are switched and assigned to opposite characters between the father and porn star. And the only character with appreciation for it all is Gerard!
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Porn stars can have dolls!
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I didn’t know that!
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Probably life-sized and inflatable dolls. Just sayin’.
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Susanne – you always manage to bring an air of reality to every fantasy!
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It’s even better listening to you read it. Have you recorded many? Wonderful story. Yes I laughed loud and long!
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Thank you, Simon. I think I started recording them around the start of October. I rather enjoy doing the audio bit. I don’t ever redo it – if there’s a mistake or I laugh – that’s it. It still gets posted.
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And when Mum asked Dad what films Claudine had starred in?
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Mum might have said, ah – that takes me back a few years!
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Gerard is obviously the sort of chap who likes to keep in touch.
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LOL! I rather like the fact that Dad recognizes her!
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LOL, great pun, Cynthia! And after all these years, Gerard is chapped.
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The porn star with a heart of gold, I like her very much.
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She was very kind!
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Yes, Claudine is a very giving, always has been one to share herself with the world. Like the time she gave her entire cast the gift that keeps on giving: Herpes.
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Urk!!!
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Did not see that ending coming.
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Hey, every porn star had a childhood, right? I’m just hoping that doll is not anatomically correct and dressed like a hooker!
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No – the dolly was called Molly and not Barbie!
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I can’t find Claudine anywhere on the net
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😀 She’s turned into spam – or is that baloney!
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That site is defunct. She’s since turned a new leaf and changed careers to something more dignified: she’s the producer of toddler beauty pageants.
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Nice one, Oscar. Back with a bang
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Ha! Love it! I didn’t expect that at all Bruce!
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Thanks, Belinda. I think I missed something on your blog: You had “Due to losing all original posts on my website” – was it an accident? That’s terrible.
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Oh Bruce … when I stopped blogging to give my novel a good nudge, I didn’t want to be seen not returning comments etc on my posts. I played around with my site a bit. I was aware I could go into all my blog posts under “Publish” and worked out I could click on “Trash” where the posts would not be published on my site. I thought I would just return them to my site when I returned …. The contents of your “Trash” get removed after 30 days …. I didn’t return to my blog for nearly two months. It’s all the comments that I’ve lost that I’m so upset about. Back-up your blog my friend … 😦
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I took mine off once, but lost all likes, comments, followers (over 2000) but fortunately still had my stories backed up!
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It’s pretty gutting. I have all my stories on Word documents … thankfully!
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I know these two; the mother is so oblivious to father insisting on their daughter’s first names. All five of their daughters are named after porn stars! Jasmine, Keisha, Jacci, Karla ,and Deja.
And the latest from another branch of the tree has named their daughter in the same tradition, Taylor Chanel. All pretty names mind you, but if the wives ever catch wind of their origins…
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I particularly like “Déja” which, if it’s the French word, means “has been.”
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I call all of my nieces by their middle name. This one’s first name is Kaitlyn. But I agree, as a porn name Déjà is more fitting.
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Now that was a wicked twist. I wonder if Gerard had an affair with Claudine’s ragdoll?
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Slugs and snails, and puppy dog’s tails – that’s what little boys are made of.
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You always throw in a creative twist! I commend you for being so prolific. Really nice flash fiction! I’d love it if you could check out some of mine on my blog 🙂
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I shall try to check it out – shortly. Xmas – New Year = such a mess. So not immediately…. but I shall!
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