The parenting of Barney Thomson (With LittleSayuri)

[Barbossasdaughter]

A wee lass was walking through the streets of Partick in Glasgow. She certainly had a very precise goal and she didn't stop to walk fast with her little legs. She even crossed the street sometimes when it was still red. If someone who knew her, had seen her, they would report to her father.

But for now the girl was safe. She had shoulderlong, brown hairs and grey-blue eyes that were fixed in front of her. You might ask yourself where this girl was heading to? Well, Sandy Maisie Thomson was going to a very specific barbershop. It was called Henderson's and in the neighbourhood, everyone knew it. It was the barbershop where her dear papa worked.

As she reached it, she pushed the door open and the bell announced her arrival. She looked around and found her father cutting hair, at the head barber chair. She let her schoolbag fall down and hugged his leg. "Da!" Sandy mostly called him Da.

Now the next question was: why would Sandy be so keen to reach the shop so quickly? To simply greet her father? Not quite...

Our wee little rascal had gotten a note from her teacher, in which Mr. Thomson was informed that Sandy had once again shot with peebles in her rockshooter at the girls. Her weapon had been confiscated and she would need to write a punishment for after the weekend.

In coming in like a puppy that was greeting its ownerto hide the pee stain on the carpet, Sandy was sure that she could manage to hide the note.

[Little Sayuri]

Barney Thomson, who was working at Henderson's Barbers as the Head Barber at the moment, looked up from his work as he heard the doorbell ring. It was Sandy, and she seemed eager to talk to him. Quickly, he stopped cutting his customer's hair as the girl hugged his leg quite forcefully. "Sandy, I told you not to do that while I am busy with a customer", he chided her slightly crossed. "I could have made a mistake and this man wouldn't have two ears anymore for example", he continued, which made his customer look at him afraid.
"Don't worry Mr. McPherson, we've got everything under control", he assured and looked down at Sandy. "Go and sit down over there until I am finished.", he told her sternly and continued to cut the man's hair as the girl did as she was asked.

Once he was done and his customer left, Barney went over to his daughter. He knew this look in her eyes, this special kind of look that he only got if something happened. Something unpleasant.
"Well, how was your day little one?", he asked calmly while he cleaned his scissors, and looked over at her. Maybe she would tell him about it herself, who knew?

[Barbossasdaughter]

Her papa never liked it if someone disturbed him in his work and little hyper children could be quite a hazard when he was shaving or cutting. Either around or on the barber chair. Sandy looked up with a pout. "Ohh alright Da." She went to sit on the empty chair next to a customer and waited, while she let her feet dangle.

Only one more hour and they could go home. Or maybe visit her grandma. It depended if she needed someone for her Bingo night or not.

As her father was done, he came to her and asked her about her day. "Oh uhm..we did sum maths and I counted with my fingers..that's much easier ya know? Then we had sum readin' and sum Geography. We talked 'bout Lochs an' I said I would want to go an' see if Nessie is really in Loch Ness!" She then looked around as if there was more to tell. Well apart from her girl hunting of course. "An' then it was time to go and so I came here very very quick to see ya Da." She smiled brightly, revealing a toothgap. "An' ye Da? How was ye day? Can I clean up the hair with the broom?" Sandy didn't like chores and avoided to clean her room at home, but swiping the hair together was fun. She could see the colours and differences and tried to imagine to whom they had belonged.

[Little Sayuri]

Barney listened to Sandy and watched her closely while he did so. She had this special way of telling things if she was hiding something and he always tried to find out when she was hiding something. Sometimes she managed to trick him, but his mother could discover all her lies. She seemed to know his daughter better than he did after all sometimes...

Her little story about her classes was pretty entertaining and he smiled. "Well that sounds like you had a nice day after all...", he said and looked at her for a moment. "Anything else that I should need to know?", he wanted to know from her and handed her the broom. He could still talk to her about the whole story after she helped him cleaning up after all.

"My day was pretty normal I think...I cut hair, talked to the customers and - oh yeah, your teacher called me...", he said as Sandy started cleaning up the hair. "Do you know what he told me? Any idea?", he asked and looked at Sandy meaningfully.

[Barbossasdaughter]

Little Sandy happily stood and grabbed the broom. Then she began to sweep and looked at the hair, while she listened to her papa. She stopped as he told her about the teacher calling. She looked up.
Her father looked at her meanigfully with his stern, brown eyes. She looked down and uttered:"Hmnn..Nae. I dinnae. Maybe..uhm he wanted to chat wi ye?" She knew of course what had been talked about and Sandy knew lying was very naughty as was hiding things, yet she still tried to get herself out of this.

Well she was a bad liar, just like her dear father. Whenever she was guilty of something she grew squirmish and nervous and fiddled with her hands. She clutched the broomstick and looked up and around. "Maybe he told ye 'bout the school laid we'll 'ave in a few weeks..." Oh Sandy.

[Little Sayuri]

Barney listened to his little one and shook his head with a sad expression on his face. "You know better than to lie to me...I think that you know exactly what he wanted to chat about as he called me some time ago. What did you think as you did that? This is no fun, you could hurt people with it", he explained irritated and looked down at Sandy with a stern gaze.

She wasn't a bad girl at all, just testing her limits as every child would do. Sometimes it just got out of hand and Barney wasn't sure if he was at fault for that. Well, his mother would surely say so. He always wondered how his daughter could love someone who was this nasty to her most of the time.

"Now? Will you show me the note or do we have to stay here until you do?", he wanted to know and crossed his arms over his chest.

[Barbossasdaughter]

The little girl was caught and she bit her lip as her papa scolded her. "It was jus' fun Da. I..tried n..not to take too big peebles." She muttered in a last attempt to argue in her favour.

Sandy liked to test her limits of course. Sometimes with bigger steps than what was good for her. Her papa cared well for her and she knew he was only stern sometimes because he cared. Her grandmother was very special and she didn't like when she was mean to her papa. She sometimes told her, even if it earned her a gruff answer.

The little girl went and got the note from her schoolbag. She reached it to her papa and looked worried. "Here Da." She stayed put however and decided to try to read her father's face. It would show her in how much trouble she was.

[Little Sayuri]

Barney listened of course and got even more angry as Sandy explained she took small pebbles. "That is NOT the point young lady and you KNOW that", he scolded angrily. "We don't shoot things at people, you know better than doing such things", he added and unfolded the letter. He sighed and pitcit aside. It said nothing he didn't already know, but it made him angry nontheless.

"You know that you earned yourself a punishment, don't you?", he asked and shook his head. He picked Sandy up and went over to one of the chairs with her. Then, he bend her over. "Maybe I should add some pictures of your cornertime to the letter instead of just signing it", he told her sternly as he bared her bottom. A moment later, his hand came down with force on the naughty bottom.

SMACK! ...SMACK!

[Barbossasdaughter]

Little Sandy was picked up and she winced. Papa Barney was very upset with her and she was worried for her bottom. He sat and she was bend over. Of course she squirmed but tried not to do it too much, as to not make her father more upset.

Down came her trousers and panties, but as she heard his idea about the cornertime pictures, she whined. "Ahieeh! Nohhoo Da! Ehhee! P..please nooo!" The first smacks rained down and Sandy yelped. She gripped on her father's trousers to not reach back. It would make everything much worse!

Luckily for her, no one was in the shop and the blinds were half down, so she had some privacy with her papa. But well, those who passed would still hear her cries...

[Little Sayuri]

"Well I think you earned yourself some humiliation like that to be honest", her father told her sternly as he continued to apply his hand on her small bottom.

SMACK! ... SMACK! ... SMACK! ... SMACK!

"It would at least help you to think about what you have done and how dangerous it is", he added.

SMACK! ... SMACK! ... SMACK! ... SMACK! ... SMACK! ... SMACK!

"I told you that you are not allowed to shoot things at people! SMACK! You know better and you will listen, you hear me?! SMACK! SMACK! SMACK!", he scolded as his hand turned her bottom from white to pink and then slowly red. Poor Sandy, maybe she would learn something out of it...