If you tell me what’s really going on, I’ll handle this situation myself and won’t tell Johnny’s mom about all this when she returns this afternoon. But if I think you are still lying, I’ll punish you now and tell Mrs. Wilkins as well, which will certainly mean a little chat in the basement for the next two nights. Johnny was the first to break, perhaps because he hoped his slightly modified temperature would allow him to get off more easily. “Belinda, we just wanted to stay home from church … that’s all. We didn’t mean any harm. We just thought if we said we felt a little off, we could stay here and watch more of our favorite TV shows. I thought if I warmed up the thermometer just a little, it wouldn’t be that bad.” “Yeah,” Billy chimed in. “I didn’t mean to make it go as high as 104.2. We just wanted to get out of church, that’s all.” “Young man, the problem is not that you wanted to avoid church or watch more TV.
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Georgina of the Fifth11
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Witnessed School Paddling18
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Pupils in a Class of their Own for Bad Behaviour24
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Tawsing Stool4
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Caned in Numbers10
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Why Corporal Punishment Has to Had to Go49
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Bedtime Means Bedtime 2
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Mrs Wilkins111
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