DSP -- Twins:The Broken Barbie

(Standard disclaimers, spanking of two young girls included.)

One Saturday afternoon, seven year old Robin came back to the apartment,
having been at a friend's house. She went into the room she shared with her
twin sister, Jennifer and was upset to find her favorite Barbie on the floor
in several pieces. Apparently, Jennifer had 'played doctor' using Robin's
favorite Barbie as the patient.

"OH MY GOD! JENNIFER! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE? DADDDDDDDY!" Robin yelled at the top of her voice.

Jennifer responded, "Calm down, Robin. I was just playing doctor. Barbie
needed an operation."

"I can't believe what you did to Barbie. You better hope Daddy can fix it.
Where is he?" Robin started to cry. "DADDDDDY!"

Charlie rushed into the room, "Robin, Jennifer, what is going on?" Charlie
knew the sounds of a problem between the girls, and he planned to stop this
one before it got any worse.

Robin pointed to poor Barbie, on the floor, in lots of pieces. "Daddy, look
what Jenn did to Barbie!"

Charlie looked from the broken doll to his daughter's face, and said
sternly, "Jennifer, did you do that? Is that Robin's Barbie?"

Jennifer hung her head. "Well, yes, Daddy, but I was just playing
operation, like on t.v."

Robin cried, "But Daddy, look what she did. Barbie is broken. And she's my
favorite one. I HATE HER!"

Charlie didn't know which twin to speak to first. He said quietly to Robin,
"You do not hate your sister; don't say things like that." Then he said to
Jennifer, "Jennifer! You know better than to do something like that with
your sister's toys, or even your own. Why would you do that?"

Robin whined, "I can't believe she did that!"

Jenn looked up at Charlie and tears formed in her eyes. "But Daddy, I was
only playing."

"Robin, don't whine! Jennifer, you knew it was Robin's Barbie, didn't you?" Charlie was
sounding more upset with both twins.

Jenn nodded.

Robin turned on Jenn then and said, "Yeah, and since when do you want to
play Barbies anyway? You never want to play WITH ME!"

Charlie said, "Robin! Calm down."

"Daddy, she knew and she did it on purpose. You don't see her breaking any
of her own dolls," Robin said. She walked over to Jennifer and pushed her
over the bed. Jenn jumped back up and Robin went to do it again, but Charlie
stopped her.

"Robin! Stop that right now! Sit down over here, away from Jenn!" Charlie pointed
to the floor across the room from Jennifer.

Robin screamed, "Dadddddy, no! She hurt Barbie and now I'm gonna hurt her!"
Again, Robin tried to get up to push Jennifer.

"Robin!" Charlie yelled. He grabbed her and smacked her bottom once, sharply. "You
will NOT fight with your sister. Not at all! Is that clear?"

Robin did not look ready to stop, but she did not move. Charlie stared at
her and she nodded.

Charlie held Robin down with one hand. He then turned to Jenn and said,
"Jennifer, Robin is right, why didn't you use one of your own dolls? Anyway,
what is the rule about breaking toys?"

"I'm sorry, Daddy, I'm sorry, Robin. I didn't mean to break Barbie. I was
just playing," Jenn said sadly.

Robin tried to jump up again, but Charlie held her down. "Robin, you sit
down and stay down or you will be a very sorry little girl indeed. Jennifer,
what you did was quite naughty. You are not supposed to break toys on
purpose, and you are not supposed to use other people's things without
asking."

Jennifer whined, "But I didn't mean it, Dadddddy!"

Charlie looked at Jennifer crossly. "Jennifer! I have had it up to here
with you! Now do you have anything to say that I might want to hear?"

"NO! YOU'RE MEAN, DADDY. I TOLD YOU IT WAS AN ACCIDENT AND YOU DON'T EVEN CARE!" Jenn shouted. Then she threw the rest of the Barbies against the wall and stormed out of the room, slamming the door.

"Jennifer, you get back here this instant! If I have to come get you, you
will be VERY sorry!" Charlie shouted to the closed door.

He looked at Robin, who shrugged her shoulders. Jenn hadn't answered.

"One!"

There was still no answer.

"Two!"

Charlie waited. Then he heard the sound of the apartment front door. Charlie
quickly went to the front hall, and did not see Jennifer. Charlie
realized that his daughter had walked out of the apartment.

He opened the apartment door and heard the bells of the elevator. Luckily,
he was able to catch Jenn before the doors closed. Charlie pulled Jennifer
out of the elevator and marched her back into the apartment.

He looked at her sternly. "That's it, Jennifer. You are in very big
trouble."

Jenn tried to shake Charlie off. "DADDDY, no, leave me alone!"

Charlie marched Jennifer into the apartment and into his bedroom, keeping a
good hold of her at all times. He pulled his dressing chair away from its
spot and sat in it. Charlie pulled Jennifer over his lap.

Jennifer cried, "Dadddddy, no, you didn't even LISTEN to me."

Charlie stopped. He pulled Jenn to a standing position and looked right
into her face. "Very well. You have one chance to say, politely, whatever
you think you want to say."

Jennifer took a deep breath and looked at her daddy. "Well, Daddy, I was
playing doctor with all the Barbies and I used Robin's Barbie as the patient
and she was in a bad accident, and had to have sur, surg, uh, a operashun. .
and that's why she was in pieces. But I was gonna put her back, when Robin
came in screaming."

"Okay, I will accept that you didn't mean to break the Barbie for good --
and maybe you didn't. But you still used Robin's Barbie without asking,
didn't you?"

"Yes, Daddy," Jenn mumbled into the carpet.

Charlie continued speaking to Jennifer very sternly. "And you threw the
Barbies just now, and called me 'mean' and walked out on me, against my
orders, and left the apartment without permission, didn't you?"

Jennifer started crying again. Even to her it sounded really bad.
"Y-y-yes, Daddy, but that was after. 'Cuz you didn't listen. . .I was
frustrated."

But Charlie was not going to let Jennifer off that easy. "Didn't I say that
you could talk? And is walking out acceptable? Or throwing things?"

"No, sir."

"Very well. Do you understand why I am going to spank you, young lady?"

"Yes, Daddy," Jenn sobbed.

Charlie picked up the hairbrush, for he deemed this very big trouble.
{Whack} {Whack} {Whack} {Whack} {Whack} {Whack}

"OW! Daddy," Jenn cried.

{Whack} "You will not {Whack} use Robin's toys without asking." {Whack}

"Okaaaaaaaaay!"

{Whack} "You will not {Whack} throw things {Whack} even when you are upset."
{Whack}

"I'll try. I promise. I'm sorry, Daddy."

{Whack} And you will NOT, {Whack} not ever {Whack} walk away from me {Whack}
while I am talking {Whack} to you, {Whack} young lady. {Whack} Is that
clear?" {Whack}

"OW! YES, DADDDDDDY! I know it was wrong, I'm sorrrrrrrry!"

{Whack} {Whack} {Whack} "All right, Jennifer, your spanking is over."

Charlie pulled Jenn up and into his lap, so that she was kneeling. She put
her arms around his neck and held on tight. Charlie began to rub Jenn's back
and her sore bottom.

Jenn reached back with one hand and tried to rub the sting out of her
bottom. It felt like it was on fire.

"I'm sorrrrry, Daddy."

"There, there, Jennifer. I forgive you. But you will have to apologize to
Robin, a little later. For now, would you like to take a nap?"

Jennifer shook her head no. "Not yet, Daddy. Will you just hold me for a
little while?"

"Sure, baby." Charlie held Jenn until she was a lot calmer, all the while
rubbing her back and bottom and reassuring her of his love for her.

"I'm sorry, Daddy. SO, so, so sorry."

"I understand, Jennifer. You will do better another time, right?"

"Yes, Daddy, I promise."

After awhile, Charlie said, "All right, Jennifer, it is time for you to
apologize to your sister."

Jenn nodded. "Yes, sir."

Charlie helped Jenn up and on with her clothes, which had fallen to her
ankles. She followed him back to her bedroom, where Robin was leaning over
her doll on the floor.

She said, "Robin, I'm sorry I broke your Barbie."

Robin looked up at her sister with a gleam in her eyes. "Well, you should
be, 'cuz it's totally broken. I tried and cannot fix it! You're gonna pay
for this, Jenn."

Robin got up and pushed Jennifer. Then Jenn pushed her back. Robin gave
Jenn such a shove that she fell over onto the floor.

Charlie was stunned by the renewed fighting, and it took him a moment to get
over it. "Robin! Jennifer! Stop that at once! Robin, is that the proper
way to respond to an apology?" Charlie leaned over Jennifer and made
sure that she wasn't hurt.

Robin had her "if looks could kill" expression on. She looked up at Charlie and
said, "No, but Daddy, my Barbie is ruined."

As soon as Jenn stood up, Robin pushed her back down.

"All right, Robin, that is quite enough! Jennifer, please go back to my
room and wait for me there."

As soon as Jennifer left the room, Charlie forced Robin down on the bed.

She screamed, "Hey, lemme go!"

"Robin Elizabeth Clemente, sit still and listen. You are in enough trouble
already, young lady!"

"FINE!" she yelled.

"Robin! That is not a proper attitude, young lady. I will give you one
last chance to discuss this with me, face to face, politely, before we
"discuss" it in quite another way," Charlie said coldly and sternly. His tone
and face made it clear that Robin was about one second away from a good spanking.

"DADDY, You don't care that Jenn broke my favorite Barbie and it can't be
fixed," Robin whined. "Look!" She pointed to the doll which still lay in pieces.
"I tried, but it won't go back together."

Charlie sighed. Clearly he was going to have to spank both girls this time. "Robin,
I do care. I just punished Jennifer for what she did, and I will see if I can
fix it, and if not we will consider what can be done. But you will not whine or
mouth off to me, and you will NOT push your sister, no matter WHAT she did.
Is that clear?"

Robin nodded her head. "Yes, Daddy. I'm sorry. But Jenn made me so mad, I
just wanted to keep pushing her down."

Charlie looked into Robin's eyes. "It is okay to be mad, but not to push
Jennifer down, no matter how mad you are."

"Yes, sir."

"Do you understand why I am going to spank you, Robin?" Charlie asked
carefully.

"You're going to spank me, Daddy? What for? I didn't do anything!" Robin
whined.

"Robin! You fought with Jennifer, over and over, even after I told you not
to -- didn't you?" Charlie's voice was now calm, but unyielding.

Robin thought about it. "Yes, I guess so."

"And your attitude to me was not very nice either, was it?"

Robin's lip started to tremble. "No, sir."

"I've had it with all this whining and mouthing off. But mostly it is the
fighting. That is NEVER allowed, no matter what, and it will always get you
in big trouble." Charlie wanted the reasons for her punishment to be
very clear to Robin.

"Yes, Daddy, I understand now," Robin said, the tears already forming.

Charlie pulled down Robin's pants and panties and pulled her over his lap.
He was still holding the hairbrush and he used it.

{Whack} {Whack} {Whack} {Whack} {Whack}

Robin cried, "OW! Daddy, it hurts. Ow! I'm sorry!"

{Whack} "I should hope {Whack} so! {Whack} You will NOT {Whack} EVER {Whack} push your sister down {Whack} or fight with her, {Whack} no matter WHAT
{Whack} she does. {Whack} Is that clear, {Whack} young lady?" {Whack}

"OWWWW, yes, Daddy. I won't. Waaaaah!"

{Whack} "And you will not whine at me, {Whack} mouth off at me, {Whack} or
particularly {Whack} defy me {Whack} by doing something {Whack} I have just
asked you not to."{Whack}

"I promise, Daddy, please stop!"

{Whack} {Whack} {Whack} "All right, Robin, your spanking is over."

Charlie pulled Robin to her feet and hugged her. "I forgive you, lovey. I
hope we won't ever have to have this discussion again."

Robin started furiously rubbing her bottom and doing the all out spanking
dance. When she stopped, she threw her arms around Charlie's neck and hugged
him. "I hope not, too, Daddy. . .I'm so sorry, Daddy. I love you."

"I love you, too, Robin. But now you must apologize to Jennifer and accept
her apology."

"Okay, Daddy."

Charlie went to his room and brought Jennifer back. The girls kind of felt
bad for each other that they were both just spanked and gave each other a big
hug.

"I'm sorry, Jennifer. And I accept your apology," Robin stated. She really
did mean it, too, this time.

Jenn smiled. "I'm sorry, too."

Charlie smiled at the girls. He liked when things worked out. He liked
when they got along and were happy. "Okay, girls, this is what's going to
happen." He turned to Jennifer. "You will lose your allowance Jennifer,
until the Barbie is paid for." Then he turned to Robin. "And we will buy a
new Barbie for you."

Robin smiled. Then Charlie said, "But not for a few weeks yet."

"Why, Daddy?"

"Well, Robin. Because I didn't like the way you handled the situation.
Maybe next time you will think of a better way. We will get you a new
Barbie. But it will wait a few weeks."

Robin decided not to argue. She knew she was getting a good deal. She
smiled. "Okay, Daddy."

"Okay then, Robin. And Jennifer, you will remember not to use your sister's
toys without asking, and not to break anyone's toys. All right?"

"Yes, Daddy, I promise." Jennifer said, hanging her head again.

"And you will both try to behave for me, at least for a while, right?"

Both of the twins nodded without speaking.

"Then can I have a BIG hug from my two GOOD little girls, please?"

Both twins ran over to Charlie and hugged him. The three-way hug went
on for the longest time. Finally they let go.

"There, that's my good girls. Now play together nicely for a while, all right."
Charlie left, taking the remains of the broken Barbie with him.