petebrownuk:THE PUNISHMENT FITS THE CRIMEIn spite of many warnings this pony persisted in making hum
petebrownuk:THE PUNISHMENT FITS THE CRIMEIn spite of many warnings this pony persisted in making human sounds when it was working, even though common sense should have told it that a pony is supposed to be a surrogate animal and shouldonly, and then if absolutely necessary, make animal noises to alert its owner to a problem.The owner is not a cruel man and decided not to have th slave’s vocal chords cut as knows the ponies like to communicate with each other in the barn at the end of their working day. But the other ponies were becoming restive at the way this one consistently broke the rules, and something needed to be done. Thi simple punishment was therefore ordered for the pony - its tongue was nailed to a post in the pony stables, and it was left there overnight like that as a message and a warning to all. The advantage of a punishment like this is that the pony can still work the net day, and its hide is not scarred and spoiled as it would be had it been caned or even whipped. -- source link