The Furniture Store
by zprymantis@smilingwithteeth.com



Beth was eight years old, and full of energy, and excited about shopping for furniture. Every store that she and mom shopped at that day, had bunk beds to climb, and rocking chairs to try out, drawers to open, and nooks and crannies to explore. As the day wore on, and her mom got more frustrated and tired, Beth seemed to become more energized, and by the time they reached Hanson's Furniture and Bedding Shop, Beth knew the routine.

First they wandered up and down the aisles of furniture, as her mom held her hand and explained what she was looking for to the salesman, then they would sit on a couch, and discuss price, size, and delivery options. This was Beth's chance to wander away to test out the bunk beds. At Monatana Furniture store, a salesman had even opened up a sofa bed and told her to "hop aboard." At Willards, a salesman had given her a sample book of fabrics and placed the huge book on her lap, which was very entertaining.

Here at Hanson's the mood was a bit different, and when she started climbing up the bunk bed ladder, she heard the salesman say something about safety and dirty shoes.

When mom told her to behave, Beth climbed back off the bunk bed, and wandered over toward the recliners. As an interested inquisitive shopper, she wanted to see how these opened. At Milbury Furniture, the salesman had even showed her which button to push on the remote to make a chair vibrate!

Beth climbed into the chair, and started pushing buttons. She heard the salesman sigh as he looked her way, just as the chair leaned back. Beth stared at the ceiling for a few minutes, pretending to be asleep. She fully expected to hear the salesman remark how cute she looked as she remained still, pretending to be sound sleep.

After about one minute of silence, Beth peeked out from beneath her eyelids, and saw her mother checking under the sofa cushions while the salesman wrote on his clipboard. Deciding that asking this particular salesman to show her which button closed the chair might be considered interrupting, Beth just climbed out of the chair, going right over the back. Unfortunately, she hadn't figured her weight would topple the chair, and it flipped backwards like a see-saw.

Though nothing broke, and really, it wasn't such a big deal, somehow it seemed like a really big deal at the time, because Beth's mother was picking her up and smacking her bottom through her jeans, it seemed, before the back of the chair had even smacked into the floor!

"Just wait until I get you home, young lady."

Beth could have sworn she saw a smirk flitter across the salesman's lips.

All the way home, Beth was lectured about her behavior while shopping. She was told to walk straight into the house and directly into the bathroom for her bath, and then after her spanking she would be put straight to bed.

Beth dawdled in the bathtub, washing her arms twice, and running the wash cloth between each toe, as if somehow, being extra clean meant being extra good. She fantasized that mom might check between her toes and say "This was all a test to see if you are a good girl. Since you have no toe lint, you obviously are a very good washer, a good girl, and won't need your bottom spanked tonight!"

By the time that Beth was in her nightgown, and under covers, waiting for mom to visit and say goodnight, she was certain that the threat of a spanking, was just that, a threat. Then her mom walked into her room, and she was holding a wooden hairbrush.

Mom sat down on the bed and explained that just a hand spanking was not going to teach her a lesson. Tonight, before bed, she was going to get a good blistering with a hairbrush, just like she had gotten from grandma, when she was a very naughty little girl. Mom explained that kicking and crying and begging would only delay things, and that she expected her to behave during her spanking. Somehow, more than anything, Beth wanted to be good and have this day over with, so she climbed out of bed, and placed herself across her mother's lap.

She felt her night gown getting lifted, and her panties being lowered. Nothing prepared her though, for that first smack from the hairbrush. As the swats rained down, Beth kicked with all her strength, and cried out "No, Mommy no! It hurts, please ..oh ..no! Owwwwww" The hairbrush stung, and thumped and turned her vision to nothing but white searing pain. Tears sprang from her eyes, and her fingers clutched at her mother's leg with fright. She didn't know if she could be a good girl during this spanking! Her mother held her tighter around the middle with one arm, and didn't finish until every inch of her behind was pulsing and sore. Then, suddenly it was over, and Beth felt her mother's hand gently rubbing her bottom. It was over.

"Now now, it's all over. There there. I know you are sorry."

Beth found herself in her mother's arms, being rocked like a baby. Then, before she knew what was happening, she was tucked into her bed. As she drifted off to sleep with her eyes already closed, she heard her mother say, "My good girl is so cute."

She felt the tickle of a kiss on her forehead.

© 2003 by zprymantis@smilingwithteeth.com, not to be reposted or distributed without permission



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