A short story depicting a girl’s judicial punishment. By a new writer to us.
By Christopher Elieson
“Ow!” cried the teenage girl as a sharp, stinging pain erupted on her bum. “That hurts!”
Sarah Saleh looked over her right shoulder and, out of the corner of her eye, caught a glimpse of what had just stung her. A heavyset female guard stood directly behind her, brandishing what resembled a thin, long yellow stick with a curve at the end. Could that have been the ‘cane’ she heard so much about? Sarah shuddered at the sight of it. Being hit with that thing was like being stung by half a dozen bees, all attacking at once.
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