長日盡處,我站在你的面前,你將看到我的疤痕,知道我曾經受傷,也曾經痊癒。
—泰戈爾《飛鳥集》
When I stand before thee at the day's end, thou shalt see my scars and know that I had my wounds and also my healing.
For me, such canings, over school skirts or knickers, are far more nostalgically rewarding than the fantasy bare bottoms ones which the internet is awash with today. If not on their hands, which was by far the norm, this is how girls were caned at school.