Today, dear readers, your eyes will be graced with a number of very wholesome “brotherly activities” from a fellow TPSer and my classmate, Daniel Sexton.
Katie: Hey Dan, thanks for subjecting yourself to an interview with me.
Dan: Yeah, no problem.
Katie: The topic this time is sibling interactions. First question: How many siblings do you have?
Dan: I’ve got four siblings. Two older brothers and a younger brother and sister.
Katie: Nice. I’ve only got one younger brother. I presume you will just be discussing your brothers?
Dan: Indeed.
Katie: Since we already discussed some information before this interview, why don’t you go ahead and tell our readers about the Sly Fox agency? It’s one of my personal favorites.
Dan: My oldest brother created a fake agency called Sly Fox, and naturally he was the head of it. Most of the time we were outside for 2-3 hours at a time. We would play military, go on fake missions in the yard, climb trees for sniping spots, and fool around with BB guns. There were these hard candies, Lifesavers, (which I don’t think are sold anymore) which, when obtained, gave us special abilities such as super strength or super eyesight. Since completing “missions” would get us promoted to a higher status, my oldest brother used this to make us do his chores for him.
Katie: That sounds awesome. As the older sibling, I can relate to your brother. Next story, please!
Dan: Well, back when I was living in Mississippi, I played outside a lot with my younger brother. We both had decent imaginations and we would go on “special ops” with toy guns, running around and periodically lying on the ground like it was a war field…We probably looked ridiculous to outside people.
Katie: The minds of children are wired differently. My own childhood was dedicated to reading books and being yelled at by my brother for never playing with him because I spent all my time reading those blasted books. I did, however come up with some fun things to do with him, but since this is Dan’s interview, I won’t take the spotlight.
Dan: I will assume that is a signal for me to recount another story. We actually ran a fake factory for some time. When it rained, we could collect it, flip bikes so the wheels were up, then pour the rainwater over the wheels whilst spinning them by hand so that it looked like a factory. We also used this water when we tried to dig to China behind the garage multiple times using sticks and other tools. Honestly, we literally did anything to keep our minds occupied when playing outside.
Katie: Fair point. I’ve never tried collecting rainwater though, partially because it rains so little in California and partially because I am rather unimaginative. Now we get to the part where your siblings do real sibling things.
Dan: This one I don’t remember, but according to my brothers, when I was about four or five, I got stuck in a cement tube. My brothers literally picked me up, walked to the play structure, and tried to jolt me out by swinging it up and down. I was facing headfirst towards the ground, and obviously shaking it didn’t work, but in the end, they somehow got me out.
Katie: Talk about a sticky situation. I would most certainly not want to be stuck in a tube. We are reaching the end of the interview, so fill us in on any last stories you’ve got.
Dan: Sure thing. I’ve got two more. We liked to fill up giant buckets with super dry dirt, then drop the dirt from trees. It looked really cool, and we deemed these “Dust Bombs.” Once, right before we were all going to Wednesday night church, my siblings decided to drop one on me. While they found it hilarious, I most certainly did not.
Last, but not least, when I was eight, my older brothers tied a baby swing to a tree branch and asked me to try it out. After squeezing my legs into the holes, the branch held for a couple of seconds, but then I tried to get out and the branch promptly snapped.
Katie: What loving siblings. I should do that to my brother.
Dan: Wait, what?
Katie: Never mind. Anyway, this concludes the interview. Thanks for giving me such juicy article material!
Dan: Anytime.
Note: If you readers want me to do an interview with myself about my sibling, I can make a Part 2 for this. Just like, subscribe and drop a comment below! (Yes, yes, I know. I just needed to make fun about that part of YouTube because it really irks me when I see it.) Anyway. That’s all I have for my note.