Matilda's Step-Mum drags her to see the Headmistress, but not because she is angry with Matilda- she is angry with the Headmistress! Matilda has come home with cane marks, and has admitted to taking the cane at school, but she claims it was just for failing to hand in her homework. Matilda's Step-Mum is furious that the school is so strict that her darling has been punished so harshly just for this. Headmistress Johnson politely explains that, in fact, Matilda is in trouble because she was caught cheating in an exam. An exam that she had lied to her Step-Mum about, and told her she'd done r...

Matilda's Step-Mum drags her to see the Headmistress, but not because she is angry with Matilda- she is angry with the Headmistress! Matilda has come home with cane marks, and has admitted to taking the cane at school, but she claims it was just for failing to hand in her homework. Matilda's Step-Mum is furious that the school is so strict that her darling has been punished so harshly just for this. Headmistress Johnson politely explains that, in fact, Matilda is in trouble because she was caught cheating in an exam. An exam that she had lied to her Step-Mum about, and told her she'd done really well.

Matilda is now in even more trouble, and her Step-Mum gives absolute permission for Headmistress Johnson to spanker her OTK, give her a dose of the school slipper and the cane, and then, just for good measure, Step-Mum spanks Matilda herself, before dragging her home, with the threat of' punished at school, punished at home'.