THE CAREFUL TWIN AND THE CRUEL TWIN
May 7, 2012
A pair of twins crossed the granite apron above the tree line. They paused for a moment to contemplate the sheer wall of rock to be conquered rising high before them. Adjusting his toga, the first twin, Nicetus, slowly but surely began his ascent, carefully finding footholds for his sandals and niches for his fingers to grasp. Nasteus, arms folded, observed his brother’s progress with a cruel frown. Then, slowly but surly, he followed Nicetus up the face of the cliff. On reaching the top, Nasteus snarled, “Well, what’s that supposed to prove?” Nicetus shrugged in the manner of Atlas.
Yes, all this merely to get ‘slowly but surely’ and ‘slowly but surly’ into the same paragraph.
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