Alexander told his younger sister Clarissa that if you take seven deep breaths in front of the mirror something spectacular will happen.
“You need to do it outside,” he said, “because you never know what’s going to happen.”
Clarissa took her small wall mirror outside and propped it up against the leg of the porch chair on the lawn. She looked in the mirror and took seven deep breaths.
That is when Alexander threw a bucket of water over her.
Alexander is a spectacular brother.
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at least he didn’t chuck glowing embers from the fire over her.
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His self control is laudable.
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I’ll drink to that.
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Big brothers are the worst!!!
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I had an older brother who was trying to put my head in a milk can until Mother turned up at the cowshed with Dad’s belt!
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What had you done to him?
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We argued every milking.
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Ah, well.
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Sibling rivalry or Sible War?
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Possibly civil rivalry.
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No one loves you like a brother!
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Sisters get better as they get older!
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That is an interesting Nugget from the early life of Alexander the Great. No wonder he took kingdoms for ride.
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I think you’re spot on in identifying the water thrower as Alexander the Great. Of course, Alexander’s teacher was Aristotle, so perhaps the sister was a follower of Plato.
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That’s an enlightening thought.
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And Plato was a pupil of Socrates. It shows you the influence of teachers – Socrates/Plato/Aristotle/Alexander; Music Composers: Haydn/Mozart/Beethoven…
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What a story it has been!
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And all for just a bucket of water…
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Big brothers are brilliant. Without mine I would never have known how much mud I had to eat each day to survive.
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Ha! Ha! Yes – I had three brothers to contend with!
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Well… it was spectacular!
…And, I sent you an e-mail….
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Oh, I have missed the chuckles I get from reading your posts. This was so cute. I can’t wait to tell it to my kids.
I hope this message finds you well Bruce.
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I thought you must have died. Things are good here thanks!
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I’m glad to read that Bruce.
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Thank goodness I never had a brother!
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Brothers pour cold water on everything.
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