I dove my face right into the water bowl. If I was going to need to drink 3 bowlfuls before I could get any relief, I was certainly going to get started now. With this much in the bowl, I could drink it much faster by getting my whole mouth in it and sucking as if there'd been a straw than by licking. I got through about two-thirds of the bowl in short order, and paused to take a few breaths.
That might have been a mistake. When I tried to lift my head from the bowl, I realized that my arms had fallen asleep from being bound to my ankles and therefore stuck between my knees. They wouldn't take any of my weight, and I toppled to the side. Only by the narrowest of margins did I miss hitting the water bowl, but I did fall halfway onto the bowl Sir had put my breakfast in, and a little dribble of leftover milk escaped onto the newspaper spread out over the entire area.
Sir must have been watching, because the instant that happened, I felt the spatula begin to land on my ass. "Already making a mess again? Lick that up, you dirty pig!"
I barely finished the words "Yes, Sir," before my face was pressed against the newspaper and licking up the dribble of milk. Sir continued his assault with the spatula the entire time. I started to whimper a bit from helplessness as I accepted the unavoidable ordeal.