The p.e master was furious and ordered us all into the gym informing us that the two boys were going to be severely punished.
the two boys who were caught were told to bring the vaulting horse into the center of the gym.
The p.e master then ordered them both to bend over it, one boy over either side, so they both could see each other’s bottom,
he left them in this position while he went to his changing room, we wondered would it be plimsoll or cane, he returned carrying the plimsoll.
I rubbed my bottom furiously it was the first stripe it had ever received. Move your hands or else...
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