Once upon a time a pair of brothers walked to the edge of a river. On the other side came another pair of brothers to the edge.One from each of the brothers walked into the river to test the water. Each brother in the river called to the other, who they called their brother, or other son of their mother, to help keep them from being swept under, but sadly, no brother could help the other from going under. Now, two others and zero brothers. One other saw the other other sadly sobbing by the river, and said, “was I not a brother to any other before my brother was swept under?” “Now that our brothers are swept under shall they not be with but one mother?” said the other. And so these brothers, whose other went under shall remember the brother who went that day home to his mother.
