Young Woman

A few months had passed since the birth of little Davy. The date of the wedding had been scheduled for the end of April, this gave them time for the preparations, while being close.

Amelia had already given Tess a few lessons, the child was practicing and thriving. Ethan was right about her age and Amelia had to stop several times if Tess was tired or upset, especially not wanting to lose her temper, she had promised Ethan.

Ethan was working on fixing a fence, when something caught his attention, the children were screaming and throwing stones. Puzzled, the man approached.

"Ben, Jessie, what are you doing?"

"We throw stones at the chickens and the birds!t They fly away! We can't touch them!"

"Come here," the man ordered.

"This is forbidden! I don't want to see you throw anything at animals anymore! It's a matter of respect for living things. Understood?"

"Yes Pa, but they fly away!" Ben said.

"Regardless, I have given instructions and I expect you to obey, or you will face the consequences. If you disobey me it will be a good naked spanking on my knee! Will I

show myself? Clear enough?"

"Yes Pa."

In the late afternoon, Tess came running back to her room with a hen in her hands.

Ethan followed her to her room.

"What is wrong, my heart?" The man asked.

"Look at my hen, she's hurt!"

"Let me see."

Ethan took the hen and inspected it. It was a rock impact. I will kill them! The man thought.

Ethan nursed Tess' pet and put a cage in her room for the bird until it recovered.

"I'm going to go downstairs now Tess, I have to have a little chat with your brother and your sister who are responsible for this."

"Do you know who did it?"

"I have a little idea, yeah, stay here Tess."

"Yes Papa, be severe!"

"Yes Madam!"

"Ben? Jessie? COME HERE!" Ethan called in the courtyard.

"Yes Pa?" The children asked.

"Follow me" And the man brought the children to his room and closed the door. He sat on his bed with the children right in front of him.

"Look at me!" He waited for his children to obey.

"One of the hens was injured by a rock shot, is that you two?"

"Yes Papa, she didn't fly!" Ben said.

"She was stupid!" Jessie continued.

"After I clearly forbade you to do it?"

"Yes Pa, sorry" Jessie said.

"Sorry Pa." Ben said.

"Well then, go put your nose in the corner Ben. Jessie, on my knee."

Ethan wasted no time as he lifted his daughter's dress up, pulled her panties down to her knees and spanked eight hard spanks on the exposed small bare butt, the child was crying and apologizing.

"Go to the corner Jessie. Ben, on my knees."

Ethan pulled his son's pants and shorts down and also gave a good spanking on the exposed bare bottom. Six hard slaps later, the little boy was also apologizing and crying.

"Come here, in front of me both of you! When I give an order, I expect to be obeyed, if you don't, it's a spanking! You both know how I work and you knew you'd be receiving a spanking!"

"Yes sir"

"Now come, in my arms!" Said the man offering comfort and hugs to his children.

"You will apologize to Tess for harming her hen, and you will stay in your rooms until morning! A tray will be set up for you for dinner."

"Yes Pa."

Ethan walked out. Amelia had seen him get angry with the children. He explained to her what they had done.

"You're fair Ethan, as always, I love you!"

"Papa? Can we talk to you alone?" George asked, Jason was with him, it sounded like a confession of nonsense!

"Alright, let's go to my room," Ethan said with a kiss to his wife.

Ethan sat up on his bed and placed the children in front of him.

"I'm listening," he said.

"Pa, did you spank Ben and Jessie for hitting a hen with rocks?"

"I did, yes."

"We were with them and we picked them up stones." Jason confessed.

"Did you throw the stones too?"

"No, they wanted pebbles and we picked some up. We thought they wanted to build a wall or something. We didn't think it was for throwing at the hens!"

"So it's not your fault, you innocently picked up rocks, for Jessie and Ben, you didn't throw them. You two don't deserve a spanking if you didn't throw anything."

"But we were with them!" George answered

"Are you guys asking me to spank you?"

"No!" Both boys say in unison.

"We always have butterflies in our stomachs and they hurt," said George.

"I see, on my knees, both of you!" The man ordered.

Ethan spread his legs and each of the boys bent over one of his knees, he raised his hand and simultaneously gave three very light slaps of love to the two upturned seats!

"Thank you Pa "

"Yes, thank you! You didn't really spank us though!"

"No, but the butterflies are gone, aren't they?"

"Yes!"

"It was very brave to come to me and confess, when you thought you deserved a spanking. I am very proud of both of you!" Ethan praised.

"Go on now,go play! "

At the evening meal, it was Claire who was impossible, she replied in a mean way, it was not like her.

"Leave me alone!" She said to Amelia angrily.

"Claire!" Ethan growled, normally that one word warning was enough for her behavior to stop.

But not tonight, she was pushing and pushing her father's patience.

"Shut up!" She snapped

"That's enough!" Ethan thundered, which he rarely did.

"Go to your room Claire! I think you're asking for a good spanking tonight!"

"I do not care!" She replied.

"I want you in the corner, Claire. if you don't calm down when I come to talk, my belt comes off! Do you understand me, Claire?"

"Yes!" And she ran off up the stairs.

"Kids, I want everyone to go to their room for a quiet time, I need to talk to mother." All obeyed.

"What's wrong with her?" Amelia asked.

"Is it just today or have you been seeing this behavior?" Ethan asked.

"For two days, she's been responding in that way, disobeying, getting angry over nothing, I blamed it on hormones, at this age it's normal." Amelia confessed

"Yes, but the lack of respect will not be tolerated. Yet it does not seem like her, something has to be bothering her."

"I agree." Said Amelia.

Ethan walked up the stairs, to find Claire facing the corner.

Ethan sat down on her bed.

"Come here Claire, Do you have a problem you'd like to tell me about?"

"No, why?" She asked turning from the wall.

"Because I know you Claire." The man waited for her to obey and placed her in front of him between his knees.

"Look at me Claire, it's not like you to act like that. I could pull your panties down to give you a good spanking, but I'm not sure it would get you what you need."

"I deserve it."

"Are you asking me to spank you Claire? Is this what you are looking for?"

"No!" She said crying. "I do deserve it!"

"I don't disagree." Ethan informed her.

"What's your problem Claire?"

"I can't tell you!"

"Why?"

"It's going to break you!"

"Breaking me down? I'm strong and full of muscle!" The man joked. "I'm more than sure I can take whatever you tell me."

"I'm going to die Papa!"

"What are you talking about?"

"I'm losing blood! I'm going to die!"

"Oh my God Claire!"

"See, I told you!"

"Claire, you're not going to die! You must have spent two horrible days thinking this! What happened to you is normal for a young girl your age. When your monthly cycle comes, you stop being a little girl and begin to become a young woman. Every month a woman bleeds, it washes her body so you can have a baby one day. It's normal my dear! You should have come and talked to your Mama and me about it instead of locking yourself in your fear."

"Yes Pa, is that normal then?"

"Yes, I'm going to bring Mama up to talk to you about it, frankly, I'm a man and I'm not an expert on the 'rules' there!" The man teased.

"I was horrible, I deserve a spanking Pa."

Ethan rolled Claire onto his knee and gave a dozen playful slaps on her skirt, just to make her feel punished.

"Thanks! I couldn't have looked at Mama without being punished."

"I got it right," the man said, hugging his daughter in his strong arms.

Ethan explained Claire's problem to Amelia.

"Oh my God! Poor thing! I should have guessed, this is the age."

"She should have come to see us. I gave her a symbolic spanking over her dress because she asked me to, she felt guilty."

"I understand, I'm going to go explain to her how it goes and show her how to change. I'm going to give her one of my belts and pads. We'll have to get some just for her."

"I will shop to order them first thing in the morning."

Amelia, in turn, climbed the stairs to her older daughter's knocked and entered. Hardly had she crossed the threshold, that Claire threw herself in his arms!

"Sorry Mama, for being rude and mean!"

"You were punished by Pa, I forgive you honey. Let's sit down, I will explain to you what happens to you and what you have to do each month."

After thirty minutes, Ethan joined them in the bedroom.

"No more naked spanking then, right Pa?"

Ethan laughed.

"Oh good try! As long as you deserve a spanking, you will have one! It will not stop me, however, it is true that I will only uncover your behind if you are not having a monthly, nothing otherwise. I will respect that you are growing up. If you don't give me a reason to do it the problem will be solved."

"Yes Pa"

"Alright everything's settled then, and, please, when you have a problem, come talk to me! Got it?" Ethan hugged his daughter again.

"Yes, I promise you, I was so scared!"

"I know."

"Now in bed, it's late."

"Thank you for not punishing me more and for explaining to me."

"You're welcome Claire, it's partly because we knew it would happen that you have your own room. We should have told you about it before it happened, for that I apologize. I'm still learning to be a father you know, I make mistakes." Ethan said.

"Yes, that's a mistake we won't make with our other daughters again. When the time comes, when they are around 11 or 12, we'll talk to them," Amelia declared.

"Exactly!" Ethan said.

"Apologies accepted, you always say that we must learn from our mistakes, and you never blame us once we have been punished. You are an excellent father Pa, the best! I love you and for month you are perfect!" Claire said.

"I know" Ethan replied with a smile. "I love you too, more than my own life Claire." The man said with a hug and a kiss. "Good night."

In bed that night, Amelia snuggled up against her husband's chest. "Love me Ethan."