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The '''discipline wand''' is a thin, flexible weapon that stings painfully when wielded. It is used mainly on small children, but is used occasionally on [[The Old]]. A smack across the hands was for minor misbehavior, and three harder ones across the bare legs for a second offence. It is often used when one has violated a rule(s) a certain amount of times.
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The '''discipline wand''' is a thin, flexible weapon that stings painfully when wielded. It is used mainly on small children, but is used occasionally on the children younger than 8. A smack across the hands was for minor misbehavior, and three harder ones across the bare legs for a second offense. It is often used when one has violated a rule(s) a certain amount of times.
   
 
==Occurrences==
 
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*[[Asher]] had an incident involving the discipline wand when he was a [[Three]]. Asher, while in a hurry to get his juice and crackers at snacktime, said "smack" instead of "snack", violated the rule involving precision of language and recieved a smack across the hands. He repeated this and it escalated to a series of painful lashes on his legs.until he stopped talking altogether for a time as a Three.
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*[[Asher]] had an incident involving the discipline wand when he was a [[Three]]. Asher, while in a hurry to get his juice and crackers at snack time, said "smack" instead of "snack", violated the rule involving precision of language, and received a smack across the hands. He repeated this, and it escalated to a series of painful lashes on his legs until he stopped talking altogether for a little bit, and when he started talking again he could say the word "snack."
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==Based On==
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The '''discipline wand''' is actually euphemism for the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caning|cane]].
 
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The discipline wand is a thin, flexible weapon that stings painfully when wielded. It is used mainly on small children, but is used occasionally on the children younger than 8. A smack across the hands was for minor misbehavior, and three harder ones across the bare legs for a second offense. It is often used when one has violated a rule(s) a certain amount of times.

Occurrences

  • Asher had an incident involving the discipline wand when he was a Three. Asher, while in a hurry to get his juice and crackers at snack time, said "smack" instead of "snack", violated the rule involving precision of language, and received a smack across the hands. He repeated this, and it escalated to a series of painful lashes on his legs until he stopped talking altogether for a little bit, and when he started talking again he could say the word "snack."

Based On

The discipline wand is actually euphemism for the [[1]].