Happy National Siblings
Day! If you have brothers or sisters, this is the day to give them a big hug,
even if you don’t much feel like hugging them any other day of the year. The
sibling relationship is a strange one, combining love, rivalry, irritation, laughter,
anger and joy, sometimes all at the same time.
This familiar relationship
and the emotions it entails are often central to good stories, such as Peter Pan, Little Women or Hansel and
Gretel. So to celebrate National Siblings Day we used our imaginations and
asked the characters in Little Women
how they feel about their siblings.
Which siblings would you put under the spotlight?
Meg (the shining example)
Q: What do you think of
your sister Jo?
A: I love her but I wish she had better manners and
didn’t use such awful slang.
Jo (the tomboy)
Q: Jo do you get along
well with your younger sisters?
A: I’m very close to Beth. I’m not speaking to Amy
because she burnt the book I was writing because I wouldn’t take her to the
theatre. She’s spoilt because she’s the youngest.
Beth (the peacemaker)
Q: Beth, what is it like
being the middle child?
A: I’m happy being in the middle. I get along well
with all of my sisters, but I wish Amy and Jo bickered less.
Amy (the baby)
Q: How do you get along
with Jo?
A: She’s talking to me again because she feels bad
that I almost drowned. I know I shouldn’t have burnt her book but she’s always
leaving me out.
Laurie (the honorary brother)
Q: What is it like having
so many ‘sisters’?
A: I suspect they’re a good influence on me but I
still tease them a lot.
Today’s post was written by Maria and there really couldn’t have been a better person to step into the well-polished shoes of the March sisters . . . after all she’s got two brothers and is one third of a triplet!
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