It’s taken me a while to learn that friendship can be found closer than you think, even in your own home. Growing up, I knew there was always great friendship between my brother and me. Besides the biological connection we share, there’s the common ground that has kept my brother and me bonded.（结合）
    My brother and I have a tradition of never letting the other forget the mishaps （灾祸） that “accidentally”（偶然的） occurred between us during our childhood. My “accidents” sometimes involved “accidentally” chasing him around the house with a golf club（高尔夫） in my hand, swinging wildly. 
My favorite memory is the time my brother threw a dart（飞镖） at the dartboard（掷标的圆靶） while I happened to be standing in front of it collecting the darts. I remember how he stood there, half-horrified,（表现出恐惧的） half-smiling, watching the dart drooping (垂落) in my bare（赤裸的） back.
     He also threw a toy truck at my knees when I was about four years old. To make matters worse, my dad decided he would make it a Kodak moment. Instead of making sure my brother stopped what he was doing, he pulled out the camera and took a picture. Neither of them feels any shame for this. They also framed the picture and it still hangs in our kitchen.