Bardot
A
personal biography by Glenys Roberts
pages
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Brigitte
also felt that Mijanou was unfairly singled out for special
treatment as the younger child. One day when her parents were out
and the maid was looking in the opposite direction, Brigitte, who
was seven at the time and playing cowboys and indians with her
two-year-old sister, pulled the tablecloth from under her
mother`s favourite vase which went crashing to the floor and
shattered into pieces. The scene which followed is etched
painfully in her memory. There was a terrible gallic row followed
by several cuffs around the ear. `We children were then banished
from the family circle. That is to say we were told to address
our parents formally as vous, not tu from then on, because we
weren`t worthy to be their children. I was also given fifty
whacks of the cane - I was often caned - naturally the baby got
less.
The
Real Brigitte Bardot
TV
Documentary
Irene Frain, journalist
She and her sister were playing under a table which was
covered by a cloth......
As a result of this game they broke a chinese pot their
mother was very fond of.....
They were both severely spanked.....