Some of the story that follows is ad-lib. I can not remember every word and name. But this is very close to what happened.
Hi, this happened a few years ago in October. That’s why I thought of it now. Its actually about someone else.
It was a Saturday and my mom took me to the local amusement park. She had to work so she signed me up for a chaperoned group. Kids under 14 can not be unattended in the park. I was 11. My mom and I went in an office and signed a list. I was told to sit on a bench out front until the group would gather at 9:30.
The park was celebrating Halloween every weekend in October and people where wearing costumes. Soon a group of 3 came my way. The oldest had a Robin Hood costume. He sat next to me. The youngest had a batman costume. He sat next to Robin Hood. The 3rd kid came along last. He was wearing a prison costume. It consisted of blue jeans, belt and a blue jean shirt with a white iron on patch. The patch had numbers written on it in magic marker. He had white Adidas Sambas with navy stripes. I liked his shoes and was not paying attention to the fact that his hands where behind his back. He walked up to the teenager turned his back to him and said. Kurt tighten my cuffs. I looked up and saw that his hands where cuffed behind his back in hinged cuffs. I heard click, click, click. `Ouch’. `Kurt said is that too tight, Taylor? I can loosen them’. Taylor said `No it pinches a little but its ok. See’. He turned his wrist in the cuffs. He said ` Now the other one’. Followed by click, click, click, click. `Ouch’. The clicking stopped and no one said anything. Then Kurt said you guy’s stay here I will go sign us up. Taylor stepped in front of his little brother and showed him his wrists. Saying `See I am a real prisoner. Kurt has the keys and I can’t get out. Ha, Ha’. He seemed to be rubbing it in to his brother and I think showing off for me. He sat back down. I got up and went over by him and sat down. I said ` My name is Ben and your Taylor. Rite’? He said `Yes, how did you know?’ `Oh I heard your friend call you Taylor.’ `Oh he’s my big brother. He’s 17. I am 9 and my little brother is 7. He’s going to college. Me and my little brother are staying at his apartment. Because my parents are in Europe.’ `Oh, where did you get the handcuffs?’ `An Army Navy store. Kurt bought them for me.’ `Wow those are neat I wish I had some.’
Kurt came back and sat down. I said, `My mom had to work so I am alone. Can I hang out with you guys†`Sure, but we have to stay with the group. These 2 are more then I can handle.’ `O.K.’
We went on kid rides first. They let Taylor wear his cuffs. When we got on rides where you could drive. Kurt had to drive Taylor’s little brother and I got to drive for Taylor. After about 2 hours we finally got to a roller coaster. The attends told Taylor he could not ride cuffed. Taylor said, `Kurt take off the cuffs.’ `Sorry little bro you’ll have to sit this one out’ `Please’ `No when I told you to leave the cuffs in the car. You said no! I want to wear them in the park. I said you’ll have to wear them all day. I don’t want you to loose them. You said great keep me handcuffed all day and don’t let me go even if I beg you. Well now your begging and I’m not letting you go.’ ` I didn’t really mean it.’ `How am I supposed to know if you where lying then or now. No you made me promise to keep you handcuffed.’ `O.K. I’ll sit this one out. You will change your mind and let me go any way.’ `No I won’tâ€. `Yes you will’. `I dare you to keep me handcuffed all day. Your scared to do it. I double dog dare you to keep me handcuffed all day’. `O.K. You got your wish prisoner. Don’t even ask me to let you go again until we leave.’ `O.K. I like being handcuffed. The longer the better ‘ `O.K. your staying cuffed all day long’. I was thinking wow I wish it was me. So we walked around and rode rides for a few hours Taylor seemed happy to be cuffed up and not allowed to take off the cuffs. Then when he had been cuffed for about 4 hours he started to complain. `My arms hurt. Please take off the cuffs’. `You would say anything to get them off. Your arms probably don’t hurt at all’. They went on like that for a while when Taylor could see he was not changing Kurt’s mind. `Please cuff me in front’ `No way prisoner’. Taylor figured out he could get his hands in front. So he pulled his arms under his but. Sat ion a bench and pulled his hands over his feet and back in front. Then he really started to throw a tantrum. `Take them off.’ He was screaming and kicking. Like when a little kid is exasperated and the only thing they now to do is throw a tantrum. `You better stop. Or you will be sorry’. `No, take them off as–ole’! `Do you need to go to the bathroom’? `Yes’. `O.K. lets go’. They went into the bathroom. When they came out Taylor was uncuffed and they where laughing and cutting up. Then Kurt said `Put your hands behind your back’ `What’. `You heard me’.` O.K. I just needed a break. Put them on snug so I cant escape and don’t let me go again other then to go to the bathroom.’ `O.K. put your hands behind your back.’ So Taylor put his hands behind his back. Kurt cuffed one wrist going into the cuffs from one direction and the other wrist going into the cuffs from the other direction. So one hand could touch the keyhole side of the cuff and the other could not. Then he turned the lower wrist so the palm faced the ground and the other so it faced the sky. It looked like he could not relax his arms. `Ouch. Why are you cuffing me like that?’ `I told you that you would be sorry. But you kept throwing a tantrum.’ `Please not like this. It hurts’ `I know they did it to me in ROTC class. You won’t be able to get your hands in front now punk’. `Please’ `No, if you behave like a good prisoner I will recuff you the normal way in a while. But if you cry and beg you stay that way all day.†`No, please.’ ‘O.K. if you ask again you stay that way.’
So we went off to ride some more stuff. Taylor asked me to scratch his nose a few times. Once after about 2 hours he said to me ` I want to ask him how much longer but I am afraid he will make me stay this way’. A little while latter getting close to 3 hour he started to whimper. `What are you crying about’? `Nothing I am O.K.’ `No your complaining about how your cuffed. That’s it you stay that way now. If you cry some more I know a real painful position for tonight.’ Taylor looked like he was kicked in the balls. But he shut up. Every once in a while a tear would roll out but he was quit. Finally after about 3 and a half hours Kurt uncuffed one wrist and recuffed him the normal way. `You really thought I would make you stay cuffed like that didn’t you’? `Yes. I am O.K. now that you cuffed me the normal way. You can keep me cuffed for the rest of the day. Just please don’t do that again. I will be good.’ ` Thats rite I can keep you cuffed for the rest of the day. I don’t need you permission. Now don’t bring your hands in front.’ `O.K. I won’t I’ll be good.’.`Are the cuffs to tight? I can loosen them.’ `No there O.K. keep them snug so I can’t get them off.’ `Sounds good to me.’ The rest of the day Taylor laughed and acted like he was having fun. I guess he just gave in. He rubbed his wrists a few times like they where sore. I asked him if they where sore and he said `just a little but I like the cuffs a little tight.’. He said he really wanted to put his hands in front but was scared. I asked if he was sorry he asked to be cuffed all day and he said no it was fun some of the time. But he really wanted the cuffs off for just a little while. I said `Well that’s what you asked for.’ Trying to rub it in.
When the park closed Taylor had been cuffed for about 11 hours.. I said to Kurt `Are you going to make him stay handcuffed all night’? `I don’t know should I’? ` Yes he wanted to be a real prisoner.’ Kurt said `O.K. I think I will.’ Taylor started balling. Then Kurt turned him around and took the cuffs off. I really wanted to see him go home still handcuffed. I was thinking if it was me I would want to stay handcuffed. But Taylor was only 9 and maybe it was enough for him.