The effect on my body was immediate - heart racing, tummy tingling, bottom clenching. “This is the board of education,” he said smiling. I will re...ove it from the wall on two occasions. First, if you disrupt my teaching, you, me, and this paddle will take a little field trip to the office. Second, if your birthday falls on the day of my class, you will receive a birthday spanking.The class had a collective gasp, mixed with some laughter from the boys. My body trembled as a myriad of emotions. An accident.Being taken to the hospital, feeling my spirit leave my body. Going intothe next room where more doctors and nurses were working.A young girl on the table. I see her step out of her body. The Lightabove us both. She goes upward, I linger. I look down at her form, shelooks so young, so wounded. I bend down and kiss her forehead. They applya shock to her chest.....I wake up shouting. A woman's voice beside me tries to comfort me. I feelher hand on my shoulder and say, "Mom?" Yes dear,. " Right then we're all set," said J dealing out the cards.I had a pair and that turned out to be the best hand so I could decide which item of clothing the lowest, and that was Jenny had to remove I chose her dress."So when does the game finish?" asked Jenny as she wriggled out of her summer dress."I don't know," shrugged Tony, "when everybody's naked I suppose." No that can't be right," complained Jenny, her head still inside her dress."Ok let's agree an ending shall we," I said, "how about we. "There are now two ways to reach those sites. One is the way that you arrived here yesterday. That is known as a transfer and will require the help of an O'Connell."The second way is through one of the Portals. A Portal is a gate between one location and another some distance from the first. The other men here are being trained to open and close the Portals. You simply walk through them," I finished. Both men looked at me again in surprise."Let's go out to the Portals, and I'll show you both.