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The teenager knew he shouldn't have stolen the merchandise. He had been caught before. This time his culture required forty lashes of the cruel whip. Not many survived the punishment.
Oh yes, he was sorry now, as they lashed him to the post. Oh yes, he would never steal again, or so he said. But the law was the law, and it had to be enforced. The law said, "Forty lashes across the bare back. If he survives, he is free."
The teenager knew he shouldn't have stolen the merchandise. He had been caught before. This time his culture required forty lashes of the cruel whip. Not many survived the punishment.
Oh yes, he was sorry now, as they lashed him to the post. Oh yes, he would never steal again, or so he said. But the law was the law, and it had to be enforced. The law said, "Forty lashes across the bare back. If he survives, he is free."
