The Red Butt: A Short Story

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Smack! Smack! Smack! The little baboon’s father slapped the little one’s butt. The little one squirmed and ran away. His red butt shone through his black fuzzy fur. Every day, the baboon had his butt smacked three times and it hurt a lot.
One morning, the little baboon thought that he would go swimming instead of vine swinging. When he got to the water, he dove in like a flying fish. The second he went into the water, something bit his butt. It felt like a spanking but worse. Suddenly, the water started turning red. He was bleeding. Helplessly, he sank. He was losing consciousness, then he blacked out.
When he awoke, he was surprisingly lying in his grass bed. He walked around. His father had many worse scars than before. Maybe his father had