One day, Hippolytus comes home with a brother… in a jar!

Hippolytus is an only child: he doesn’t have any brothers or sisters. His mother calls him her "prince", her "masterpiece" or her "perfect little boy"… And yet he still has to take out the trash, lay the table, and put away the dishes… One day, when he goes out to buy some crackers at the local grocery, Hippolytus comes home with a brother… in a jar! Thus Aristides, the new prodigal son, is born…