At the time, my eldest brother was not at home because he was performing overseas.

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My eldest brother hurt his hand at the iron works, so he couldn't freely move his fingers.

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While I was looking the other way on my watch duty, my eldest brother suddenly materialized before me.

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He wasn't able to hold the trumpet in his hand, though, because my eldest brother wouldn't let him touch it.

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Afterward, my eldest brother banned his brother from playing the trumpet and hid it where no one else could find it.

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My eldest brother, a trumpeter in a first-rate theater group after his graduation from music college, was holding his brother's admission letter.

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My eldest brother was unquestionably the best trumpet player in this band.

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My eldest brother, for some reason, became the first trumpeter in the wind band of Rakunan Junior High School, and became known as a musical genius.

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Finally, my eldest brother spoke in a low voice.

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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.

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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.

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Only my eldest brother was quiet.

NPR: Literature and Lullabies from the 'Axis of Evil'

Some time later, my brother's eldest son was about to join the People's Army.

NPR: Literature and Lullabies from the 'Axis of Evil'