We had a great teacher in first year primary school that had an axolotl called George in the classroom. She would threaten naughty kids with him saying that he would bite their fingers if they misbehaved. One morning she painted a tissue with a red pen, got me to wrap it around my finger and paraded me around the whole school pretending to cry.
They were very different times. 😁
Haha the tough old days before everything got wrapped in extra padding. Still probably better punishment than the nuns and their rulers at catholic school lol.