It was a perfect summer’s day. They wandered hand in hand around the enchanted garden stopping now and then to look into each other’s eyes and embrace.
Serenaded by songbirds, wrapped in the warmth of the sun, intoxicated by the feelings they had for each other, they were swathed in emotion.
He picked a fragrant bloom and placed it in her hair, held a buttercup beneath her chin, and made a chain of daisies to hang around her neck.
She plucked a blushing apple from a stooping bough and they each took a bite.
Never again were they seen in the garden.
Thanks to Rochelle for hosting and to J Hardy Carroll for the picture.
Prod the frogs to see what others have come up with!
Dear Keith,
I’m not sure where people got the idea it was an apple. It was the fruit plucked from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Hm. At any rate, I enjoyed your take on the prompt and your frog renditions. 😉
Shalom,
Rochelle
There are all kinds of theories as to what the fruit might have been, but I went with Ruben’s 17th-century painting The Fall of Man which features an apple tree! Anyway, I’m pleased you liked it and don’t worry about the frogs – they are only posing. I told them not to take a bite in case they were barred from ever entering my blog again!. Lol
Personally, I blame the guy who planted the fruit and then said they couldn’t eat it. That story always seemed unkind to me
Me too. Very unfair to put temptation in their way! Cheers, Neil.
I guess they didn’t see the sign. Or maybe God forgot to teach them to read? Great story.
They are certainly a couple of plausible theories. Of course, he could just have put a barbed wire fence around it. Anyway, too late now! Thanks for the picture by the way..
Great imagery. I always felt like I there was more to this age-old tale. God seems rather unforgiving, dare I say petty, about these sort of things.
I like the idea of a petty god!
I agree. it was only an apple for goodness sake!
And it was all going so well up until that moment…!
It was, such a shame! Cheers Iain.
Maybe they’re in hospital with indigestion, Keith?
Perhaps A&E stands for Adam and Eve, not Accident and Emergency! I wonder…
Very clever Keith.
That’s very kind of tyou Di, thanks.
I like your take on the prompt. The structure looks very like a biome, and reminded me of the Eden project in Cornwall. I enjoyed your description of Adam and Eve wandering hand in hand in the bliss of romantic love!
I too immediately thought of the Eden Project and that’s what led me to the Garden of Eden! So pleased you liked it, Penny.
Good one.
Thanks Sadje
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I’m with Neil. The whole thing was just a mean setup.
Excellent write, though.
Absolutely, I quite agree – about my excellent writing that is!
I’m not sure him up there approves of boasters, so I take that last but back just in case!
Ha ha ha!
Up to you…
C’est la vie! The good, the bad, and the ugly. Why God wants it that way is a mystery….
It’s in the first book of the Bible – not a good start!
LOL We’ve been rabblerousers for a very long time.
I wondered how ancient apple trees really are.
I bought some apples the other day that were really ancient! Not nice. Cheers Mike.
Sad and bittersweet.
…as is life. Cheers Mimi.
The buttercup and daisy chains reminded me of days long gone. Thank goodness there were no dandelions, with their less pleasant connotations.
I never pick dandelions unless there’s a loo nearby! Remember plucking petals from flowers – loves me, loves me not? There’s probably an app for that nowadays!
Why not an apple, Rochelle? It’s only symbolic anyway. Good story, Keith.
Thanks so much Liz.
… and like they say, the rest is history. 🙂
Indeed! Thank you plaridel.
I guess sometimes too much knowledge is a dangerous thing!
It certainly is. Thanks Linda.
Caught up in the moment, she forgot the Golden Rule.
Indeed she did! Thanks draliman
Wondering if this is the original Fall, or a more recent one. Either way, magically done, Keith and I enjoyed that ambiguity – could be a Biblical tale or the opening of a crime thriller!
Given it would be read by people of different religious persuasions or none at all, I left to the reader to decide! My preference? A crime thriller!
You did is well, Keith
That’s a unique and beautiful view of Adam & Eve. Loved it!
That’s very kind of you, thanks so much.
Then, they realized the apple was blushing because they were naked. They put on some leaves and got out of there.
Ah, so that’s why some apples have pink cheeks!
Ooooo an old story but a good one haha…
A lovely day that turned dark so fast. Nicely told with a lyrical lazydays feel.
Thanks so much Laurie
That original story was a setup. If you want people to do something, you tell them not to do it and raise their curiosity. I like your version, it’s loving and romantic. And I like to think that the bites teleported them out to some better planet without petty gods and that’s why they were never seen again.
Absolutely. I like your version very much, you could be right! Thanks so much.
I think they were too canny to stay in the garden, and to be forever be burdened by guilt. No future in that !
I’d like to think you are right WWM!
The snake, the snake… there has to be a snake to blame somewhere.
I’m sure it had something to do with it! Cheers Björn
Now we know the full story.
That we do! Thanks so much.
LOL…thst was great!
Thanks so much, Dawn