Only One Time

I can remember only one time that my dad spanked me.  I'm not sure how hold I was--maybe about 11 or 12, and I had talked back to my mother.  Dad took a belt to me.  The first time he hit me, it didn't hurt, and I made the terrible mistake of laughing.  This made my dad mad, and he hit me again...and this time it did hurt!  I learned to never cross that line again.