I was re-reading “Eyes of the Dragon” by Stephen King, and found an episode I had completely forgotten. The young prince, Peter, protects a sick horse from being put down, by swearing to take care of it himself. Unfortunately, he goes about it in a very non-diplomatic way, so his father, King Roland, is honour-bound to punish him.
Peter was whipped for interfering in the head groom’s affairs, and although it was no solace to his stinging bottom, Peter’s mind understood that his father had afforded him great honor by administering the whipping himself, instead of handing Peter over to an underling who might have tried to curry favor by making it easy on the boy.
Peter could not sleep on his back for three days and was not able to eat sitting down for nearly a week, but the head groom was also right about the horse-Roland allowed Peter to keep her.
This is the sort of spanking that really appeals to me: not done in anger, but because it has to be. And everybody’s happy, even though you can’t sit down for a week.
Ooo, nice startle. And has inspired a post. Thank you!
Exactly my taste as well! Thank you for sharing it!
Loved that book! Love nearly all of Stephen King’s books. I would rather read than do anything else, and would suffer a spanking for the pleasure of it every.single.day.