Operation Scorched Arse - The Woody Back to School Unit

3Running BendersRunning Benders were nothing new. They hadbeen invented by an athletic prefect named GemimaAppleby who wished to teach Claire Brooks a lessonfor rubbishing her.When Ms Lawton got wind of the noveltechnique she had been intrigued and had set up atest range in the gymnasium for Big Gem to give hera demonstration. The Grand Dame had beenimmediately impressed by Gemima’s display ofathleticism and dexterous control of the cane.However, she had some reservations and selectedseveral prefects to participate in the running bendertrials. As she suspected the technique was difficult tocoordinate and even after several practice sessionsfew of the prefects could guarantee a clean caning.Although Ms Lawton was of the opinion thatgals were broad of beam and perfectly designed forbeing caned on the bottom she knew that the caneneeded to land crisply on the crown of the rump. Shehad learned from her own experiences at school that