Fire
The fire started in the barn, quickly reaching the back wall.
"Sam! Go get our fathers! Quick! Run! I can't turn it off!" Said the child, slapping the flames with a blanket.
It was the ten ranch workers who came running up that pushed John aside, took the animals out and put out the fire. Scott arrived, along with Murdoch, throwing buckets of water. One of the cows and a horse were lightly burned.
"What are we going to do?" John whispered to Sam. Then in the silence, everyone was looking at them! They felt very small!
What happened?" Murdoch asked angrily.
"Well, the fire has caught ..." Sam explained.
"We can see that! How?" scolded Scott also furious!
"We were playing," Johnny said. "We didn't mean to hurt ..."
Then Scott turned his head to see a crate containing various burnt items;Johnny's knife and matches. He quickly understood.
"Did you play with matches to burn these items ?!" The man asked sternly.
"Yes sir," Sam said.
"We just wanted to see what burns the fastest!" John explained.
"I have an answer to that question! You'll see how quickly we set your butt on fire! Johnny, over my knee! Samantha, over Murdoch's knee; naked your hand, their age," those last words were intended for his father.
In less than ten seconds, the two children were wearing their pants or skirt around their ankles. Murdoch was sitting on a haybale and his hand fell eight times severely on Sam's upturned little butt as she screamed!
Scott had quickly unhooked John's pants and pulled them with shorts to his ankles, put his foot on an upside down bucket and lowered his hand to his screaming brother's bare butt too!
None of Lancer's men held them back, the spanking was hard, severe and relentless! Their tears and the slaps echoed in the barn.
The ranch's hands watched, content that naughty children were being punished in this way. No one doubted that they deserved everything they were given!
When Scott stopped, he pulled John to his feet and let him pull up his underwear, to preserve his modesty in front of the hands, Murdoch imitated him with Sam.
"Don't fasten your clothes, we're not done!" Scott ordered the two children.
Then the man raised his voice;
"Gentlemen! Thank you for your quick help! You saved the children, animals and the barn! You will all see a thank you bonus for your contribution in your salary. I want the continuation of their punishments to be more private, but I promise you they won't do it again!"
"Thank you sir! We will take care of the animals, take your time here."
"Thanks Jeb!" Scott replied.
All obeyed and left the barn, leaving the four behind. Murdoch was as usual in awe of his son! He was a leader! He ordered and everyone obeyed! Even him!
"You two! In the corner!" The children obeyed.
Then Scott turned to Murdoch.
"Now it's up to daddy to add severe punishment to his child. You take John and I take Sam. The belt for John, of course! But Sam? My hand? The paddle? My belt? She's young, but she deserves to be punished like John. I don't know, what do you think Dad?"
"Your belt, no hesitation! I think if you're old enough to commit the crime, you're old enough to take the punishment. It doesn't matter how old you are for the belt, even at seven or eight. You were eight years old the first time I used it for you."
"I remember. I stole your gun to play with it!"
"Yes you see, you remember fifteen years later! I barely hit you, but the impression was there! The important thing is how you distribute it, control the force of the blows. Follow your instinct my son you will be fair."
"Okay, five licks for John, two for Sam, I'm going to check my strength."
"It seems to me that you always do, my son!"
"Come here!" Scott ordered the children.
"Look at us! We are being severe, but what you have done tonight is extremely serious! We could have lost everything!" Said Murdoch.
"Sorry!, We didn't want to lose the barn!" They said.
"Murdoch is not talking about the material side of thus, children,. Those are replaceable. We could have lost you both because of your carelessness!" Scott growled.
Scott took Sam by the hand, stepped aside slightly. He unbuckled his belt and pulled it through the loops of his pants. He sat down on the haybale to give her the comfort of his knee. ,He couldn't do it another way. He placed the child in front of him, pulling her panties down to her ankles. Scott saw the desperate look on his daughter's face. She kept her eyes on her belt.
"Look at me Samantha," he said softly. "I'm very serious! I don't ever want you to play with fire again! You've got two licks in front of you. It's a spanking not a beating Sam, believe me, I won't hurt you."
"I trust you Daddy! You're disappointed! Will you still love me?" The child cried.
"Oh Sam! I love you! Let's end it! " He had to harden his heart to get there!
He knelt down in front of the child, pulling her skirt up above her head, her butt already pink from Murdoch's spanking. He bent the belt in four, the buckle firmly in his hand, and slapped the exposed but two times in a row, quickly, without much force. He didn't need it, the sound of the slaps made the child scream as if he was killing her!
Then finally he pulled up her panties and hugged her tightly. She was crying all the tears in her body against his chest. "The spanking is over, I love you!" He reassured her.
Scott glanced at Murdoch, he also had a child in his arms, crying intensely. Scott had seen Murdoch take off his belt, bend John over his knee. He had seen him pull down John's pants and shorts, before swinging his belt five times in a row, hard on his brother's butt, already sore from his own hand.
Once the kids calmed down, Scott gave his brother a hug and Murdoch hugged Sam.
"Go up to your rooms and get ready for the night. Go to bed immediately. Tomorrow you are going to have a lot of work to fix your nonsense. I will wake you up before the sunrise." Scott ordered. They obeyed without a word.
"Dad, if you don't mind I'm going to take care of the kids tomorrow. I plan to have them clean up the mess and do the jobs they can do. I'm also going to think about more punishment, the spanking doesn't seem enough. I want their punishments to last long!"
"Son, you are in charge, you are much wiser than I ever will be! The hands obey you and would follow you anywhere! You are a leader, my son! You got that in your blood! A bonus! ? I never thought that! I'll let you decide how much to share !, I'll let you handle the kids, you have all rights to John, you know that! If you decide they deserve another spanking tomorrow morning, then I do not mind!"
"No, I guess at the spanking level we were pretty hard, the message got through. I'm thinking of grounding them, send them to bed early, I'll think more about it."
"Dad? I would like to sleep with Evi, nothing more, we will stay dressed, I give you my word." Scott needed her comfort and a hug! "A bed will be better than the sofa and I will leave my door open."
"My son, I trust you! You can close your door."
"Scott, is this a dream? Can I stay in your arms all night? I didn't think your dad would let us sleep together!"
"He trusts me Evi, nothing more than our arms, I gave my word."
"Of course Scott! It's already wonderful!"
As promised, Scott woke the children up at dawn. They wanted to get up from breakfast, but the man scolded them and told them to sit down, that was part of the punishment. They obeyed, not wanting to push any further.
With a hammer, Scott knocked over the few burnt planks. He supervised John to nail new planks, then the two children had to sand and paint them.
When the job was done, Scott sat down and called the two children in front of him, wanting to verify that the spankings had been effective.
"Do you understand why we were so severe in your spankings yesterday? Do you think you deserved it?"
"Yes sir, we are sorry!" Said Johnny.
"Yes Dad, it was all deserved," Sam replied.
"Alright! Good answers! Glad you thought you deserved every spanking! Turn around, look at the wall here." The children did.
"I never want to see you playing with fire ever again! Matches are not allowed!" The man moved in front of the children.
"Look at me!" He commanded.
"John, you lost your knife until further notice! John, Sam, For all the holidays, you're grounded! You don't leave the yard! Except in your rooms, you won't be alone at all times! You have to win my trust again, no friends, you will have a list of things to do every day, you will also go to bed immediately after dinner! I'm tough, I know, but what you did was very serious and deserves exemplary punishment!"
"Yes sir!" They said.
Scott gave a single firm blow on each of the small buttocks, just to rekindle the sting of the day before and to punctuate his sentences.
"Ouch!"
"If I ever see one of you with the matches, I'm going to take my belt off, pull your pants down and spank you! It will be the biggest spanking of your life! Am I clear enough?"
"Yes sir!"
"Good! Give me a big hug!" Scott told the two children who threw themselves against his chest! He hugged them!
"Now I want you in your rooms, until noon you're writing an essay on 'Why is fire dangerous so I don't play with it. "John, I want at least a page, Sam, at least ten lines, but if you want to write more you can. You have two hours. Go do it!"
At lunchtime, Scott went to the children's bedrooms to read their essays.
He entered Sam's room first, she had fallen asleep, but the punishment was done. She had practically written word for word what he had explained in the barn: "It's okay, she got it!"
Leaving her to sleep for a while, he entered his little brother's room, the boy was sitting at his desk.
"I beg your pardon Scott!"
"I know. Give me your theme." Scott sat down on the bed to read it.
Scott scanned the page quickly, just like Sam, the child had largely written his words. The lesson was understood as well. And then Scott saw that there was a second page, surprised, he read his brother's excuses; that he didn't want to disappoint him, he should have known better, that he was going to try to regain Scott's confidence and that if he hadn't done it, Scott won't want him as a witness at the wedding anymore, he would understand.
"Come here Johnny, in front of me." The child obeyed, looking him in the eye and waiting for his reaction.
"Thanks Johnny, apologies accepted! You made a mistake, you're a kid, you're still going to do this a lot! And Dad and I will be there to get you back on track. I'm proud of you all. Evi told me that you helped her pick up the laundry and obeyed her the other day and I still want you to be my witness! That has nothing to do with that. You understand? "
"Yes sir!" John threw himself into his arms!
"Sorry Scott, I love you!"
"I forgive you! I love you Johnny!"
Come downstairs to help Rita with lunch.
Scott went to his father's office, giving him the children's essays. Murdoch quickly read the essays.
"I think the message got through Dad! They won't do it anymore."
My son is much more than that! Can't you see him? "You are such a fair man Scott! You have inflicted perfect punishments! The children see the sun rising in your eyes! They repeated this word for word what you told them and Johnny's apologies! ... He adores you! "
"I know, that's why I feel so bad and I came to see you. I don't want to steal your place with John!"
"You don't steal absolutely anything! I'm his father, but he sees you as a second father! It's undeniable! You took on this role when I was away a lot. Nothing can change John's feelings. You, him. Did. Much more ... than spanking him Scott, every time you punished, you hit his heart! You have a unique way of explaining, I'm gruff but you're not! Don't feel guilty! I'm glad your brother sees you like this, when I'm away I know you will hold him down better than me! Once he grows up your relationship will change, but you will still be his boss! I can assure you! "
"I'm sorry he considers me a second father."
"Don't be, my son, I'm not jealous, I'm proud of the man you have become! And thank you for taking such good care of your brother! It works well like that. You take care of John if you think it's necessary, and I'll do the same with Sam, but I'm not her father, do you understand Scott? "
"Yes, thank you Dad!" And Scott walked over to give the man a hug.
"Never doubt yourself my son! You are a wonderful man!" He whispered in his ear.
"Stop Dad, you sound like Evi!" Scott joked.
Hello Mr. Lancer, Scott, thank you for the invitation today. I did not expect to celebate a wedding!"
"Hello, thank you for accepting!" Murdoch replied.