for sibling in soup.a.next_siblings:
print(repr(sibling))
# u',\n'
# <a class="sister" href="http://example.com/lacie" id="link2">Lacie</a>
# u' and\n'
# <a class="sister" href="http://example.com/tillie" id="link3">Tillie</a>
# u'; and they lived at the bottom of a well.'
# None
for sibling in soup.find(id="link3").previous_siblings:
print(repr(sibling))
# ' and\n'
# <a class="sister" href="http://example.com/lacie" id="link2">Lacie</a>
# u',\n'
# <a class="sister" href="http://example.com/elsie" id="link1">Elsie</a>
# u'Once upon a time there were three little sisters; and their names were\n'
# None