1.   I put the brush on the side and carry on smoothing her hair with just my hands.

2.   I think she smiled thinly, said little, and later put the brush in a drawer.

3.   She put the brush back in the bucket.

4.   Smaller brush was put to flame where it fell, its ashes nurturing the soil.

5.   Too bad for Nicolas Cage, who plays the nice guy putting his brush with crime behind him.