part one
The power of books, or, What to do to avoid a spanking
***
Growing up,
I was always
getting into some
sort of mischief.
***
I was always
getting caught, too,
and, then,
soundly spanked.
***
“Just wait til your father comes home!” My mother would say to me.
***
And I wondered,
What could I do to avoid any further spankings?
***
And, then,
the answer came to me,
and it came to me,
in the form of a book.
***
And, so, knowing a
spanking was imminent,
I went to the study,
and found the thickest
book on the shelf, and
then
concealed that book
in the
back-side of my pants.
***
Then, later,
as fore-told, my father
came home from work,
heard what I had done,
stormed into my room,
dropped me over his knee,
pulled down my pants,
***
and, then
got lost in a good book.
***
“Son, this is going to
hurt me more than
it’s going to hurt you …
***
… They call me, Ishmael …”
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t r e f o l o g y 
Would a kindle work as well, do you think?
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Never! And thanks, VC
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A whale of a tale
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Thanks, F65
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I believe it. The first half of Moby Dick is incredibly boring.
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True, I was in that position for quite a long while. Thanks, B
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Haha!
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Awesome!
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Thanks, Bf!
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Love this, and the spirit & ingenuity of kids is something never to lose :-)
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Sage words, D. Thanks.
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Haha! A good way to escape spanking.
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I just wished my father could read faster. Thanks, S
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😂
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[…] Modern advice — t r e f o l o g y […]
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Thanks, David
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We did put excercise books inside our trousers when we were going to be caned at school. The teachers knew, but it limited the damage somewhat as long as they avoided the thighs..
Many thanks for following my blog.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Absolutely, Pete. I have been reading your comments to David Miller’s posts for years but never thought to check if you were a writer, as well. Also, glad to see there is some truth to what I writ’.
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No wonder you bookmarked this childhood memory.
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Very nice, Pam. Thanks, as always.
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Did that strategy become A HABit?
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Clever lad. Thanks, D
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Hilarious! Having to read that particular book would have been a better punishment than spanking. :D
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Haha. It drags a bit, doesn’t it? Thanks, as always, for reading, MM.
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Ah, childhood! It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.
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Very, very good, old Crow. Thanks.
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Ishmael’s cure
for the heartbreak of
moby dick
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Thank you, E Sum
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Clever!
I’m just thinking about the days when a parent COULD do that. Sometimes they take the kid away if a parent’s seen disciplining now. The world has gone insane !!!
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Spare the rod, spoil the child! is of a different era, for sure, Eliz. Thanks!
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Yeah, I SHOULD have put a book in my pants to distract my father, lol. I was a very troubled child and got a few licks early on. What else could they do? I deserved it! I forged my report card once when I was about seven years old !!!
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Reblogged this on Nelsapy.
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Thanks, Nelsapy. I very much appreciate it.
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Thank you again for the enjoyable one.
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Sorry for delay in responding, B. And thank you reading. I very much appreciate it.
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“And I only am escaped alone to tell thee.”
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Hey C – sorry for the delay in responding. And yes!! I thought long about how I could use that line, maybe as the title, or an addendum, or something. It is a very nice little line to end a book on.
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Well done!
Today is a different world.
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Thanks, T.
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OMG this was perfect! It brought back so many memories of getting spanked. I didn’t use a book, I always put my hand on my butt and my mother (she did all the spanking) would spank me with her wood stick and hit my hand. Whether it hurt my hand or not I would scream out how bad my hand hurt. She would feel guilty and was done spanking me. Lol
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Sorry for the delay in responding, Diane! Funny enough, I know the hand move well. Haha. And thank you!
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Great!
Childhood memories are always so sweet, even when it’s about some spanking
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Sorry for the delay in responding, Ms. Luisa. And yes, that is absolutely so. Thank you.
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My pleasure!
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Clever! Not what I was expecting, Ishmael. :)
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Haha Hey LuAnne. Sorry for the delay in responding! And thank you for reading.
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Smart, Geo. By the time he finished the book, I’m guessing he’d long-since forgotten what you did.
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Yes, that is true! Another reader even supplied the last line of the book, “And I only am escaped alone to tell thee.” Which, I think is from the bible, too. Thanks for reading and sorry for the delay in responding.
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Haha! Very clever, especially to choose such a thick, heavy book.
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Thank you, SS
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I love books as well but unfortunately in these modern times of social media including WP and YT it got lost in the sea of my book shelves. I still buy books wishing I could have more time to read one haha!
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