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Little Brother™
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By Bruce Holland Rogers 8 January 2007
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30 October 2000
Columns It starts again. The baby
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begins to cough and choke.
Peter had wanted a Little Brother™ for
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three Christmases in a row. His favorite TV Locked Doors
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how much fun he would have teaching Little by Stephanie Burgis
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Brother™ to do all the things that he could
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already do himself. But every year, Mommy
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had said that Peter wasn't ready for a Little You can never let anyone
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That was the first rule she
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taught him, and the last,
room, there sat Little Brother™ among all
before she left him here alone
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smiling his happy smile, and patting one of
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the packages with his fat little hand. Peter Heroic Measures
was so excited that he ran up and gave Little
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Brother™ a big hug around the neck. That by Matthew Johnson
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Peter's hand pushed against something cold 18 December 2006
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Pale as he was, it was hard
Little Brother™ wasn't babbling any more,
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or even sitting up. Suddenly, Little
rise from this bed. Even in
Brother™ was limp on the floor, as lifeless
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as any ordinary doll.