6 multiplied by 6?
I blabbered twelve in haste!
I was standing on the old wooden bench shivering in fear,
As the village school master made his way towards me...
Thin lean n strict,perenially angry,with a large thick cane in hand...
6X6 he continued??
I nodded my head like a bewildered cow,
In a slow arc of his cane,
Deadly as a hurricane,it struck my legs with a bitter sound..
I wailed in agony,as my ears were caught in his grip..
He pulled it , twisted it hard hoping that the correct answer would
dramatically arrive on my tongue tips...
dramatically arrive on my tongue tips...
Another time I screamed,
even before his cane impacted the soft flesh of humiliation..
even before his cane impacted the soft flesh of humiliation..
He strode back to the board,
Asking me to write the six tables a hundred times...
Slowly sobbing away I stood on top of a wooden bench,drenched in shame..
I told myself never to incur his wrath again...
I learnt his lessons like the holy scriptures...
and I prayed to the gods to spare me each time he walked around with his cane...
and I prayed to the gods to spare me each time he walked around with his cane...
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