Shrub (Child)

"No, please, not again!" he pleaded.

"Yes again, my little shrub!" she shouted back using her pet nickname for him. "You have been 'screwing up by the numbers' again. This is the 7th year in a row that you flunked science. You've been a bad boy and somebody has to punish you."

"Aw, come on, do I have to?"

"Stop being such a baby. Stop your whining. You're a selfish, egotistical, spoiled little rich boy, and somebody has to take you down a peg or two. Now get your butt over my lap for the paddling you deserve."

He tried to hold his ground stamping his foot down, "I won't do it and you can't make me."

She was exasperated, "There's that 'I-know-better-than-everybody-else attitude that gets you in trouble all the time. Are you ever going to learn how to play nice with others? You spend money like there's an endless supply of it. You don't take care of your toys, especially you abuse your soldiers. You've shirked your responsibilities in the past."

She went on, "Personally, I don't see why anyone has put up with you as long as they have. It's no wonder you have no friends and have to go it alone on everything you do. I'm kind of embarrassed to admit I know you. I'm tired of having to apologize to everyone for you. Of course, you'd *never* think of apologizing for yourself. For you, it's always someone else's fault."

"Well I think it's wrong," he protested. "You're just a girl and I'm ..."

"You're what?" she barked back, spreading her legs apart and placing her balled fists on her hips.

"I'm a man. Women aren't supposed to spank men. The Bible says so. It's supposed to be the other way around."

"Oh, so you've suddenly 'found religion' again? You don't even know how to spell 'Bible' yet you drag it out every time you need to make a point. It's an old tune. Please stop playing it. Everybody is tired of hearing it."

She seized him by the wrist and swung him around with his arm behind his back. With her free hand she lowered his shorts. Sitting down, she pulled him over her lap and started administering spank after spank on his vulnerable butt. When she was done, she released him and gave him a final warning.

As every husband knows, when your wife uses your full name, it's usually not a good thing. Laura's warning was, "George W., I want you to go into that corner with your hands on your head and don't come out until I tell you!"

Well, now that the proverbial feline has been freed from its canvas enclosure, I have to say that I had a tough time categorizing this story. It's really adult, but if I posted it as such, it would have telegraphed the ending. However, the rules say nothing about whether a person's age should be judged by his physical age or his emotional age. I opted to go with emotional age.

Hee hee!! I had to stop and think about this one and whether I liked it JUST because of my own political prejudices and decided no I liked the sneaky little one liners too. When I got to the end I mentally kicked myself for not spotting the joke in the title of the story but I think that's a tribute to the way the author masked the read identity so well.

I liked the style of Laura's admonishment and the surprise element of the story. As a story in itself I didn't feel the plot line was strong enough to put it in the top bracket but a commendable and enjoyable effort.

I thought this story was very amusing. I don't think there are many of us left nowadays who would not be delighted at the idea of seeing Mr. Bush receive a hard spanking! I'm sure that will win you bonus points with everyone who reads it. I liked the way you turned the language around to imply that it was a child. This was useful both with the surprise ending and the fact that many of us don't consider Bush's intelligence to be much above a small child's anyway. Perhaps that is better left for a different venue, though....

Oh my Oh my! I am glad you posted this is child, I think it suits is very well. I got to the middle and stopped reading figuring it's just another little boy who fails science and his mother is angry. No! I went back and reread it again and gosh, what an excellent story! The ending was priceless and very original. However, surprise endings aren't very uncommon, I think this one stands out.

I must be slow because I didn't catch on until the end, even though the nickname was a blatant giveaway. Cute story with a nice twist. I have to say I'm not sure if I like it because of the story itself or because I relish the idea of seeing the main character get it. Boy does he ever need it! It is, of course, simply a vehicle for the author's politics but hey...I agree!

I especially liked the line about how he has been abusing his toys. As for the category, others might disagree with its entry in this category but having been in a similar situation I sympathize and agree with it being in the child section. Especially as the language and dialogue do come across as childlike, and it WOULD have ruined the ending a small amount if it had been placed in adult.

I think it would have been more effective to have the line about a wife using his full name, AFTER the next line where she actually says his name and gives it away. It took some of the power away from the reveal to find out it was actually a husband and wife and THEN who it was, but that is a very small issue in an overall good story!

OK! This was a bit strange! It was however well written, described and relatively funny especially the ending when you find out the spanker's name is Laura and the spankee is George W. Bush. I especially like the part where he brought the Bible into it as lots of me do, when it is convenient for them to use it. Again, well written, detailed description and amusements. Everything a great story needs.