Sandy cried and squirmed. Her father's hand turning her bottom into a red mess. "Washhaa! Won' touch te shooter 'gain! Won' make a new one wahhaaa!" Oh no. If her papa reacted so strongly to this incident. She rather kept her naughty fingers away. Thick, salty tears ran down her red face. It certainly matched her bottom soon enough.

After a while she laid limp. "Soorreee Daaaa! Soorreee! I'll be ya good lassie! I p'omise!" She really hoped that her father wouldn't turn his threat into reality. It had been embarassing enough that Barney had told his mother that little Sandy sometimes still wet the bed and he didn't know what to do. Besides that Cemolina didn't had a helpful advice for Barney, she just told him that like father like daughter. Poor Sandy...poor Barney.

Barney stopped spanking Sandy after two more smacks on her sitspots and let her calm down a moment. "Next time you do something horrible like that, you will get your cornertime outside the shop, so that everybody can see you", he threatened and lead her to the corner. Then, he sat down and watched her for a few minutes. "Alright, come here now", he told her and opened his arms for her.

Once she sat on his lap, he hugged her to him and stroke her hair and back gently. "I love you my little lassie, you are forgiven for now", he added and pecked her on the forehead.

Sandy bawled. Oh no! This would be so humiliating! And her papa would really do so? He hated it to be in the center of attention, but to teach his wee girl a lesson he would probably jump over his own shadow.
Sandy calmed a bit down in the corner and as she was called, she went to her father, arms reached out.

"I..I'm sorree Da! I won' do tha' 'gain! I..I luv ya Da!" She hugged him and was relieved when he forgave her. She calmed down and redressed herself. Then she continued to help her father to clean up and close the shop.

"What do we do now Da? We go home? Can we maybe get sum fish n chips?" Sandy liked that very much and sometimes they both got it for dinner or lunch.

Of course Barney just said it to scare Sandy. He hated being the center of attention after all, and he was sure that everybody in this wee town would talk about that incident for a long time...Only imagining how they would look at him all the time made him shudder.

Once Sandy got enough comfort and calmed down, they finished cleaning up and Barney closed the store. He took Sandy by the hand and started walking home with her. "Well, why not? It will safe us time and maybe we can do something nice together until you have to sleep", he agreed and smiled down at her.

Sandy smiled. Yay! "Ohoo aye! We can watch TV or we watch a movie." Little Sandy liked to spend Time with her papa. "'morrow is Saturday Da. Do ye have ta visit grandma? Is she goin' to the dog track?" Sometimes Cemolina went there to bet. Sandy mostly liked it to see the dogs and sometimes she was lucky enough to pet one or two.

But maybe they had also time to do something just the two of them. But that also depended on Sandy's behaviour.

Barney listened to Sandy and smiled. She was always so cheerful, no matter how much trouble she managed herself into, and it made him happy. "We will see about that...you know your grandma, she always comes up with new tasks for us. But if we have time tomorrow, we can go to the zoo", he suggested.

Soon they got their fish and chips and went home. Barney unlocked the door and let Sandy go inside first. "Do you have homework?", he asked as he closed the door behind them.

Sandy made big eyes. "The zoo? Ohooo that would be really really nice!" That would be a nice day for both. Well Sandy would probably get in trouble for something but well, it wouldn't be little Sandy if everything went smooth.

They got home and Sandy got into their little kitchen to put the bag of food down. Her father asked about homework. She shook her head. "Nae. I don't have. You can check in my bag papa." She really didn't. Otherwise she wouldn't have asked her father to look in her bag. She sat down, wincing a bit and unfolded the paper to begin to eat. She was hungry and the food smelled nice. "Here's yours." She gave her father the package.

As they ate and so Sandy asked:"People were nice to you Da? Did some give you tips?" She wanted to know. Sometimes when she knew who was being mean with her father, she would go and pull a prank on them. Last time it was Mr. Kennedy and our little rascal got some crackers and put them in his self made mail box with the horses! No one had seen her and knew until that day...

Barney took the package and soon they both started eating. "Well, customers are all different, we both know. Some were nice, some grumpy...some tested my patience with their endless babbling about meaningless things while I cut their hair. But I think it was a day like all the others...", he told Sandy.

"What did you learn in school today?", he wanted to know and watched her curiously. He was too focused finding out about her lying earlier to notice everything she said about school to be honest, but he wouldn't tell her that.

The little one listened. "That seems good at least." Then he asked again about school. Hmm what did she learn. She told him she had done but not really what she learnt. "Uhm we did maths. We did additions and substractions and I took my fingers ´cause that´s easier. Then we read a story ´bout a bee and a mouse. And the mouse told the bee to come into her house, ´cause the bee gave the mouse honey in summer...and so in the winter she can live with the mouse." she told her father.

Then she told him again about the Lochs they had talked about in Geography. "When ye went with ye Da to the Loch...did ye see a monster like Nessie?" she asked curiously.

Soon she finished her meal, and put the paper into the trash. Then she washed her hands and went to sit on the couch, waiting for her father.

Barney listened closely to his daughter and smiled. "Seems like you had an very interesting day after all...You should show me the story and read it to me", he suggested. As she asked him about the Lochs, he had to smile again. "I barely remember the time with my dad, but I believe if we had seen Nessie or other creatures, I would remember quite clear. You can ask your grandma tomorrow, maybe we visit her...", he said. He joined Sandy soon after he put his trash away and cleaned his hands as well. Then, he sat down next to her and switched on the tv. "What would you like to watch?", he asked.