My second brother was at a loss for words at such an unexpected turn of events.
"The efforts of a second brother, especially a non-Governor brother have a limited impact, " he joked.
So, my second brother, fully supported by his parents, joined the People's Army together with his classmates.
NPR: 'A Tale of Music': From 'Literature from the Axis of Evil'
In 1969, my second brother graduated from high school and was recommended to go to a music college.
My parents, who were struggling just to make ends meet, didn't pay much attention to my second brother.
My second brother, as a middle school student, went out every evening to the Potong River to play the trumpet.
My second brother, who was in the sixth grade in Kishoin Primary School, began to develop an interest in the trumpet.
But as soon as my second brother arrived, the atmosphere would turn awkward with his talk of the mine and stones.
Sometime, when sitting with my second brother around some good rice whiskey, we say that our youngest brother is the brightest of all.
My second brother was so taciturn that my neighbors often wondered whether he was a mute, so he left the house without saying a word about the competition.
To my father and mother, whose eyes were wide open with question, he showed the picture of my second brother printed in the morning edition of Kyoto Shimbun.
NPR: 'A Tale of Music': From 'Literature from the Axis of Evil'
At such moments, my second brother would tremble with excitement.
My eldest brother would practice the trumpet on a rock near the waterfall not far from our house, and my second brother would hold his music sheets, acting as a music stand.
NPR: 'A Tale of Music': From 'Literature from the Axis of Evil'
Though I was busy with my life at my in-laws' house, I couldn't stop thinking about my second brother and his trumpet, all the more so because I worked in the art sector.
NPR: 'A Tale of Music': From 'Literature from the Axis of Evil'
My second brother's trumpet fever didn't abate, however.
NPR: 'A Tale of Music': From 'Literature from the Axis of Evil'
One day, while my eldest brother was at work at an iron works, my second brother couldn't stand it any longer, so he searched everywhere for the trumpet his brother had hidden and took it out.
My taciturn second brother didn't say anything.
NPR: 'A Tale of Music': From 'Literature from the Axis of Evil'
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