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One by Two

  This happened about 4 years back while I was buying fruits from a fruit vendor, while I was at it, I ordered for two glasses of fresh juice. One for myself and the other one for the cab driver. Although I was a bit hesitant to have juice from this shop because of the lack of hygiene and sanitation with flies all around. However, thanks to the scorching heat, I gave in to my hesitance and decided to have it. Once the juice was served, and both the driver and I were sitting on chairs lying in front of the shop and sipping our juice; there came two women probably in their late 30s along with 3 children. One of the children was a toddler and one of the ladies was holding the baby in her arms. The other two children were about 7-8 years old. Both the ladies looked completely exhausted and sapped of all energy due to the heat. They were perspiring profusely and were very thirsty to the extent that they were gulping their saliva to quench their thirst. I got up form the chair and offered th