Headmistress Lorraine runs a tight ship: school starts on time, the girls are well-behaved and all misdemeanours are punished. When one of her seniors earns a caning, Lorraine is disappointed – Samantha has always been such a good girl – but not entirely surprised. It happens to everyone, in the end.

What does surprise her is when one of the girl’s parents shows up in her office with a simple suggestion: cane me instead.

Pandora hates the idea that Samantha will be punished for something that is, ultimately, the responsibility of her parents. After a little negotiation, th...

Headmistress Lorraine runs a tight ship: school starts on time, the girls are well-behaved and all misdemeanours are punished. When one of her seniors earns a caning, Lorraine is disappointed – Samantha has always been such a good girl – but not entirely surprised. It happens to everyone, in the end.

What does surprise her is when one of the girl’s parents shows up in her office with a simple suggestion: cane me instead.

Pandora hates the idea that Samantha will be punished for something that is, ultimately, the responsibility of her parents. After a little negotiation, the Headmistress agrees – just this once, she’ll acquiesce to the remarkable request.

Which is how Pandora finds themself bent over in the Headmistress’s office waiting for six of the best, a fate they’d managed to avoid all throughout their own schooldays. The caning is firm, efficient and startlingly painful, leaving them wincing and remorseful as they try to regain their dignity enough to pull up their trousers and rub their sore bottom. They’re resolved to do better and make sure Samantha is always at school on time – not least because if she’s late again, one of them will have to take another caning!