Volume 1 Whops and Clobber R Humphries - The Woody Back to ...

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“Remove your blazer and bend over the chair,”
Ms Lawton had instructed Jojo. “I intend to give you
three strokes of the cane for serial malfeasance.”
Joanna Heyworth stared at the straight-backed chair
that stood ominously in front of the fireplace in the
Grand Dame’s study.
Uncertainly Joanna had leaned forward, her
hands on the padded seat, her legs slightly buckled.
The Grand Dame tapped her knees with the cane.
“Straight legs Heyworth, reach down and grasp
the cross bar. I need you to put it up and keep it up,”
she commanded.
Joanna reached downwards, she was keenly
conscious that as she reached towards the crossbar
her bottom was sticking further and further up in the
air. Her heart pounded beneath her blouse as she felt
her skirt being turned back.
It was a historic moment: Jojo Heyworth was
about to become the first Little Brat in the unit’s
history to be caned.
The first stroke of the cane swiped across
Joanna’s bottom. For a second she thought it wasn’t
so bad and then the wave of agitation enveloped her.
She had never experienced anything like it in her life.
The electrifying force of the stripe of the thin stick
seemed to explore nerve endings she was not even
aware existed. Momentarily she felt concussed, then
as the mist of sheer pain subsided she had a second
of lucidity and thought to herself, “Yikes, I hope
there’s not many more from where that came from.”
And then the second stroke landed.