We
were inside and it was nighttime and we were waiting for dinner on a Friday
night my brother was 11 and I was 5.
My
brother would come from behind and yell “Boo!”
“Ahhhhhhhh!”
I would yell back turning around, then he would grab me, then with both arms and
then body slam me, then pin me to the ground. I could not move, then my mom would
come and my brother would stop and say that I was attacking him and he was
defending himself and I got in trouble. I was really mad.
Poke,
poke, poke my brother was poking me in the kitchen and it was really annoying. I poked him back.
“Yaniv”
Ari said “ do not poke people that is rude, for that I will slap you in the
face!” he slapped me in the face and it really hurt.
“Hey
Yaniv do you want to play football?” Ari asked coming toward my room.
“Sure.”
I would answer that’s when we went. My brother would take the super hard
football and go outside with me following and I asked, “Can I be QB?”
“No!”
He would answer. I would go for a pass and he would peg it at me. I would
turn around and it would hit me in the back. I would go back inside with my
brother would say that I could not catch the ball.
I
was walking in from my friend Eithan’s house. My brother would come over and
start pushing me saying that I was so lame and that I needed him do bring me up
the elevator so I would not get lost. I thought that he was wrong. I
would ignore him the way up the elevator. I was mad.
A
bar mitzvah is when boys turns 13 and they are now young adults and get a
blessing and do all this fun stuff.
Two
years later Ari was 13 and I was 7. Ari's bar mitzvah had just ended and we were
driving to our apartment. I was sitting in the back while Ari and my dad
were sitting in the front and talking about the bar mitzvah and about how Ari
was going to get a some money, a credit card and a lot more responsibility. I
was thinking maybe just maybe Ari was going to be nicer.
I
was walking back from Eithan’s house again hoping just hoping that Ari would be
nicer. He came over to me. I noticed he had a toy in his hand. When he
came over to me he said that he had won a toy. I interrupted him and said I
saw it. After that he gave the toy to me. It was super awesome.
“Hey
Yaniv want to play basketball?” Ari asked walking toward my room.
“Sure”
I answered. We went outside and Ari taught me a lot of things. Then we
played one on one and at a point I was winning 8-7. My brother took a three and
won the game 10-8 and he said that I played well but that he won.
I
was running. Wow what a soccer practice that was! It was 8:10 pm and I was
supposed to be done at 8:00 pm, oh was I late! I got all my stuff ready and ran where
I was supposed to get picked up and my brother was waiting there in his car!
“Hey
Ari thanks for waiting.”
The
moral of the story is to be nice to your relatives. The reason for this is good
things from our relatives will come back to you.
Yaniv,
ReplyDeleteI loved seeing the change in your brother, and I especially love that this was important to you. Does it make you think about any changes you will make after your own bar mitzvah?
-Mrs. A.
Dear Ms. A,
Deleteyes it will, I will be nicer to my little brother
-Yaniv
What a great post. It was really vivid and I could imagine each scene, and I loved the way you understood that your big brother grew up, and that you can now have a great relationship with him. You write so well! Granny
ReplyDeleteDear Granny,
Deletethank you you write better!!! thanks for commenting I really like comments!!!have a great year.
-Yaniv
I'm a lot older!
ReplyDeleteLove,
Granny
Dear Granny,
Deleteit does not matter!!
-Yaniv
Hi Yaniv,
ReplyDeletewhy did your brother chuck the ball at you super hard.
Dear Ben,
Deleteprobably for fun.
-Yaniv
Dear Yaniv,
ReplyDeleteWhy would he chuck it at you super hard for fun?
Dear Ben,
DeleteHow would I know.
-Yaniv