'Volume 16 – The People's Choice' - The Woody Back to School Unit

55desperately trying not to let them see that they hadhurt her and sniffing back her tears when she foundone of the boys waiting at the foot of the stairs tomake sure she was okay.To her surprise and delight the fact that shewas the first girl ever to be caned who hadn’t criedelevated her to legendary status amongst herschoolmates.Although she continued to enjoy a reputationas a reckless tomboy she was by far the most populargirl in the school. Unlike the other girls who had beencaned and had never gone back for seconds Ellen wascaned on three more occasions. Each time sheincreased her legend with her fearless performancesand never once howled or blubbed.When it came time for her to become a prefectshe held the majority of the popular vote to beappointed Headgirl. However, on the eve of the finalballot her closest opponent managed to fabricateevidence that Ellen was responsible for vandalizingone of the school cloakrooms.Ellen Millar didn’t much care that she wascaned again but she was horrified when she wasinformed that she would no longer even be eligible toact as a prefect. It was a painful year for Ellen. Shethrew caution to the wind and ran with a fast crowd.She established a school record for being caned buther popularity continued to grow.After leaving school she had gone to secretarialcollege and then into the typing pool at a largedepartment store. She hated every moment andmissed the cut and thrust of being the school’sresident tomboy and chief troublemaker. She craved