Take Good Care. Rose is in trouble again. She is waiting nervously for Headmaster Tom to come and discuss the problem with her. He comes into the room carrying an article of her clothing. Waving it under her nose, he tells her that today’s lesson is to learn to take good care of her clothing. He can’t understand why a girl of nineteen should be climbing trees in the first place and in her best clothes at that. Therefore, she is to repair the damage while being tawsed.As the tawse falls repeatedly on her bottom, she wriggles and squirms about, while screaming in pain. This means she has great difficulty concentrating on the task at hand. Eventually she tells Headmaster Tom that she has finished the repair. He inspects it and even though he’s not entirely satisfied he decides to let it pass.However, this makes poor Rose think her punishment is over. Unfortunately, it is not. She is told to lean over the arm of the sofa ? putting both her hands flat on the floor. This makes her bare bottom easily accessible for the tawse. She has to count twenty hard strokes and say thank you for each one. Her bottom is getting to be a deeper shade of red each time the tawse makes contact. The headmaster leaves her in that position to reflect on her childish behavior. Behavior that he hopes will not be repeated.