For most disclaimers please see part one, however, just so its clear, I dont own the Bonanza characters, I simply play with them for free. Jennifer is mine with all her faults. 

This chapter contains the disciplinary spanking of a minor child, there is no sex in this story. 

Jenny couldn't wait to get home, it was the first weekend in a very long time that she had not been restricted to the yard and ranch with enough extra chores to make her cringe. Her grades were pretty good and she hadn't had a note sent home in nearly a month, she hummed softly,. 

Jamie grinned, it had been a long time since he had seen his sister in such a good mood. "Want to go sledding tomorrow?" he asked generously, he didn't mind spending time with his little sister on occasion..

"Do you think Pa will let us?"  Jenny asked, even though she had been good she was a bit concerned, two weeks of good behavior while a good thing didn't make up for three months of poor behavior. And there were always chores to be done. 

"I don't see why not" Jamie said, "You have been really good lately and Pa notices things like that." 

Jenny smiled and nodded, she had been extra good. "Race ya!" she challenged and urged her horse faster.

"HEY!" Jamie yelled and lit out after her, Rule was if you raced home you stopped at the big pine. Pa didn't hold with racing into the yard, in fact he didn't like racing at all where his youngest ones were concerned. But that didn't stop them all the time. This way it gave the horses a chance to cool down before being stabled. 

Hooves tossed snow up into the air as brother and sister galloped down the road toward the house, Jenny was laughing and calling back taunts to her brother who gained on her. Jenny urged her horse faster when she rounded the bend and a wagon appeared just ahead in front of them. Jenny was too close to do much of anything, but into turn into the snowdrift at the side of the road, Her horse stopped but she didn't. Up she went, over his head, the world tilted and revolved then with a thud she landed. 

Jamie was by her in a moment fear in his heart, Jenny sat up and looked into the worried eyes of her brother, then a sound of boots on the snow filled her ears and behind her youngest older brother appeared her eldest brother, white as a sheet, his mind back hears ago when Joe's mother Marie had taken a fall doing the same thing, only she broke her neck

Adam checked Jenny over for injuries, then as he realized his sister was unharmed his look of panic and fear changed to one of fury. "What the hell do you think you were doing!!" Adam roared as he hauled Jenny to her feet.

"Adam, I didn't," Jenny began, her eyes wide with fear as her eldest brother pulled off his belt, she took one step backward only to have her world tilt again as Adam turned her over under his arm and proceeded to lay down hard swats with the belt. 

Jenny was in tears before he stopped, her big brother had spanking her before, he often stood in for their father with notes home from school and mischief, and Jenny feared his tannings as much as her fathers. Well almost as much. 

Adam put his belt back on and scooped Jenny up, he dropped her in the back of the wagon right on her sore bottom "Bring her horse" he snapped at Jamie, then got into the wagon and headed home.  Jenny had rarely seen her brother so angry, she knew she deserved every lick she had gotten, she also knew there was no chance of going sledding the next day, she would be lucky if she was the outside of the yard before the thaw. Her ears began to hurt from the lecture that blistered them as Adam yelled at her.

Too soon they were at the house, Adam hauled Jenny out of the wagon and landed three blistering swats on her rump as he propelled her to the house, Ben appeared at the door just in time to hear. "and you can tell Pa just why I tanned your backside and you better not leave anything out!"

Jenny almost ran into her father who took one look at her tear stained face and snowy muddy clothing, her disheveled appearance  and Adam's thunderous face and knew this was not going to be good, he said quietly "Wait at my desk Jennifer." 

Jenny fled, Ben looked at Adam questioningly, "Jamie is part of this as well" Adam said angrily "but so far I only tanned Jenny's hide."

Ben saw Jamie come into the yard and called to him "Jamie, I want to see you at my desk." 

Hoss who had just come out of the bar took the horses, " What happened? He asked.

"Jenny and I had a race and she was thrown, Adam saw it."

She okay?" Hoss asked concerned.

"She was before Adam got a hold of her." Jamie said and went into the house, Jamie stood next o his little sister and gave her hand a squeeze, but they both knew this was going to be bad.

"Look at me both of you." Ben commanded, two pair of eyes met the furious ones, "What happened?" 

No one spoke for a second, then Jamie said "We wanted to race home and Jenny took a fall Pa,"

"We wanted to? Or Jennifer wanted to?" Ben asked as he glared at his youngest children.

"I wanted to," Jenny confessed in a small voice, "I didn't mean to get thrown Pa." 

"Quiet!" Ben snapped. "No one ever means to get thrown, but that is exactly what happens all too often. As icy as it is you were lucky you didn't break your food neck, or that of your horse.!" Ben's voice caught and Jenny looked down, she knew how that memory haunted her father, "Go up to your rooms, I'll be up directly"

Jenny and Jamie fled. "Adam have Hoss check Jenny's horse over, make sure he wasn't hurt, then stable him, Jennifer and Jamie will be out to do their chores after I have a very serious talk with them!"

"Yes Sir" Adam said, as his father went up the stairs. 

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Ben went to Jamie's room first, "Young man, explain to me why you would allow your little sister to do something so foolish!" 

Jamie's head snapped up "Let her? Pa she said race ya and was off before I could do anything. How was I supposed to stop her?" 

Ben did understand Jenny was the wildest and most head strong of all his children. 

"Tell me honestly Jamie, were you chasing after her or racing her?" 

Jamie tried to look away but Ben caught hold of his chin and forced him to maintain eye contact. He swallowed and just couldn't lie "racing her sir" he said softly.

Ben nodded, "We have been over this before Jamie you know better than to race with all the ice around. You are restricted to the ranch for the next two weeks, when your not doing chores you will chop wood, about 3 cords should do it." 

Jamie nodded, he had expected as much, then Ben unbuckled his belt, "Take down your pants" he commanded softly as he doubled the belt over in his hands. "I will not have my children deliberately disobey me" 

Jamie felt the tears behind his eyes as he unbuttoned his pants and pushed then down, Ben turned him to the bed and Jamie bent over, he almost panicked as the cool air touched his bare flesh when Ben took down his drawers. This was really going to be bad. 

The first lick of the belt was like fire, it exploded across his rump without warning, and Jamie tightened his hold on the bed. The tanning was mercifully short though intense. Jamie's rump was scarlet by the time the belt stopped its decent, Jamie who tried so hard to be a man simply sobbed out his pain and remorse. Ben helped his youngest son pull up his drawers and pants, then replaced his belt and pulled the sobbing youth into a tight hug. "Shhh its over now son," Ben soothed the lad until the tears were over. "Wash up then go do your chores," Ben said with a last fond tousle of the lads hair "and Jamie, I don't expect to ever have to have this discussion with you again" 

"Yes Sir" Jamie said. And Ben left his room.

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Meanwhile Jenny was in her room laying face down on her bed, she knew she should be in the corner but she didn't care, her bottom stung and she knew she was going to get another licking when Pa was done with Jamie.

She put the pillow over her head when she heard the sounds of the belt as it connected with her brothers bottom. Consequently, she didn't hear it end nor did she hear her father open her door. 

A gentle hand on her arm brought her out from under the pillow and to her feet in respect. "I -I'm sorry Sir." She said contritely, 

"I want to know just what you were thinking girl!" Ben said firmly, he was extremely angry.

"I was just so happy that I had been out of trouble for so long," at Ben's raised eyebrow Jenny blushed deeply, the color filled her face. "Well for me two weeks is a long time, and I just wanted to feel like flying, so I challenged Jamie to a race and took off before he could stop me. I didn't mean to disobey Pa, I just didn't think." 

Ben sighed this was a common problem with his youngest, she needed to learn to think and she would learn to think if he had to wear out her bottom to get her to do so. "That seems to be the problem with you Jennifer, you never seem to think. You HAVE to think little girl, your safety and your life may depend on it. You have been told over and over again not to race your horse in this weather, you know I don't approve of you racing at anytime but espectially in this kind of weather. The dangers are too great for you and your horse. Since it seems that thinking is your problem. I will come up with a way for you to think. For the next two weeks you are confined to the yard, and I will come up with extra chores to keep you out of mischief. You may not ride your horse for that time, someone will take you to school and pick you up after." 

Jenny wanted to protest but she knew it was what she deserved. "Yes sir." She whispered contritely.

"In addition, you will spend time every evening writing 'I will think before I act.' At least 100 times each night."

"But Pa." Jenny protested, "That will take forever!" 

Ben glared at his tiny daughter, as his hands went to his belt. "I don't want to hear protests, I want to hear obedience little girl."

Jenny's eyes widened as she watched her father take the strip of leather from the loops and fold it in half. "I'm sorry Pa, please, I'll do it, I promise." 

"I'm glad to hear that, Jennifer, now come over here." Ben took the straight-backed hard chair from its place at the desk and set it in the middle of the room, then took a seat on it. Jenny took a step closer to her father. "Take down your pants girl."

Jenny's eyes were filled with tears as she lowered her pants to her knees, Ben pulled her over his lap and pulled down her drawers. Jenny whimpered at the feel of the cool air on her bottom. Ben ignored the marks on her bottom from the strapping her brother had given her. Ben raised the belt in his hand and brought it down sharply. The crack was loud in the room and Jenny didn't even try to contain her howl of pain as her sore bottom was strapped. 

For the next few minutes the only sounds in the room were that of the belt as it struck the tender bottom and the cries of pain from the sobbing child. "Pa PLEASE stop!" Jenny begged as she bucked and squirmed over her father's knee. Ben ignored the cries of his child and added another 10 good solid swats to her little bottom. Then it was finished and he held his sobbing child close to him. 

"Shh its over now little girl, Pa forgives you, shhhh" Ben soothed his youngest child gently. Then Ben sent Jenny to join her brothers in the barn to do chores. 
 

to be continued in part 12