Volume 15 – The Woodettes - The Woody Back to School Unit

51Cassie Cassy focused her attention on a smallarea of Brazilian cherry wood floor and settled in. Sheknew from experience that the effects of the leatherstrap smacking down on the stripes left by a rattancane were far preferable to the reverse. She resolvedto just dig in and suck it up no matter how hot andsweaty events became.Mr Humphries admired Cassie Cassy. She wasbright and cheerful and certifiably barking but shecould take a licking and keep on clicking. She was anotoriously animated wriggler but she never failed toget right back into position and put it up and keep itup. He raised the strap for the sixth time.“Are you ready?” he asked.“Ready and waiting, sir,” she said surprisinglychirpily and wiggled her bum.Lisa Sutton was waiting but she was certainlynot ready. Unlike Jojo, Debs and Cassie, Lisa Suttonwas not in pursuit of whops. She had no desire toscore Bulls or appear prominently on the Hall ofShame. Nonetheless no matter how hard she triedshe seemed to find herself consistently positionedwith her hands on the top of her head and her nosepressed to walls while she waited to be caned.Inspection had been most disagreeable. Katiehad left her bending over the desk in the ante-roomfor almost five minutes. When the unit’s Matron hadfinally pitched up she had been delighted to discoverthe still visible residual stripes resulting from the sixof the best Lisa had received the previous evening forgabbing after lockdown. Predictably Katie took theopportunity to prod and pinch and smack Lisa’s