Using context clues and a dictionary determine what this sentence means. Then rephrase the passage to the way a child of 7 might really say them....

The five stone lozenges are probably five diamond-shaped markers that marked where his five brothers were buried, all of whom seemed to have passed away at an early age. The description of them on their backs when they were sick, a position that they were apparently constantly in.

Five stone markers show where my little brothers, all five, are now. They died really young, and never really lived much. They were always sick and in bed and on their backs, so I figured thats how they were born.