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

75that every stroke of the cane had been exceedinglypainful.Deborah stretched herself into a full drape,arms and legs out straight. She felt Suzy turning backthe skirt of her gymslip and she waited for the pain tocommence.Debs didn’t have long to wait. She heard anominous whistle from above and then the white hotslice of heat and pain as it etched from one side ofher backside to the other. She shook her head andclenched her fists as the searing agony took control ofher senses.Ms Scott focused on her target and raised theviolin bow for a second time. She hated being forcedto beat Deborah again but she was determined toexecute the job efficiently. She swung the bowthrough the air with unerring accuracy.Debs had done her best to prepare herself.She knew exactly what to expect, but when thestroke landed she was still astonished by the pain.The art of fine caning is defined by thetightness of the formation in which the strokes aredelivered. Although Ms Lawton was fond of declaringwomen born broad of beam and perfectly designed toabsorb six of the best, the target area was actuallyquite small; the sweet spot of the rump a mere sixinches across the cusp.