By the time she removed it, Billy was quite stiff and grateful to be lying on his stomach. “Ahaa! Just as I suspected, young man. Your temperature is completely normal at 98.6.” “I don’t understand, Belinda, I really do feel like I’m coming down with something.” “Let’s just see how Johnny’s temperature is. Something tells me he’s going to be normal too. … No, stay on your stomach and don’t touch your pjs. They’ll need to stay down for a while longer if Johnny’s temp is normal like yours.” Belinda took the thermometer back into the bathroom, wiped it off with tissue, and washed it carefully. She then returned to the boy’s room, collected the vaseline, and moved over to Johnny’s bed noting he had already rolled over onto his stomach. She then repeated the procedure and soon pronounced Johnny fit as a fiddle too. “All right, you two. I want the truth out of you and I want it right now.
Mrs Wilkins41
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The Slipper in UK Schools27
If a boy was informed that he was going to be slippered did he just accept his fate or...
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Slippering
I was caught playing on the railway line and Mum gave me two ‘train lines’ with a bamboo cane...
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My school spankings3
Not long after this it was discovered that I had learning problems, so I was sent to a special...
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Headmaster’s Memories6
I stood up facing him after he put his cane away, my bottom was stinging badly, and then he...
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Our tree house 3
It seemed like an age but was probably only a few minutes. You can be sure that when we...
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Headmaster’s Memories5
i received my first caning at the age of 12. 2 strokes across the bottom whilst bending over with...
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Dreaming of Nanny’s Paddle3
“Acknowledged, ma’am–and thank you.” Carlton was about to risk his life, so he appreciated a last moment of...
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Another perspective of School Caning9
I have seen small bore guns suitable for boys advertised in Victoian and Edwardian copies of “Boys Own Paper”....