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The world has become accustomed to the sounds of rainfall during the limited amount of sunny days.

But on
one such day, the sky is clear and the sun is shining and in the distance, you see a pink cloud forming. It
resembles a fluffy cotton ball and as it moves towards you, you wonder if it will be a cloud or a fluffy cotton
ball. But when it gets closer, you take cover under a large tree and watch in amusement. It was not a cloud, it
was a plastic cup held by a couple of arguing people. The man had a large cup that was half filled with milk,
while the woman had the same half overflowing milk. The cup was placed in the middle of the road, displaying
its contents as it bounced around in the wind. The man and woman sound exceedingly angry but since you
cannot understand a single word spoken between them, you see no reason to get involved. The couple give each
other the ‘mad look’, before the woman picks up her cup. “I think that it is a good idea to have plastic
banned,” she says as she gestures to the cup “I do not want to share this daily with someone. It is a good idea to
have a half full cup, it is a shame that such a good idea has been stuck here for so long.” The man glares at her
and takes a few steps back. “You should have thought of that before you threw it out of your window. I have
brought it here for you to drink from if you do not want to drink from the cup that I provided. Should I throw
away the whole lot instead? Leaving it to rot on the side of this road?“ “I do not want it, why should I drink it?
I want you to drink it,” she says as she holds up her cup to the man “I will drink the half of mine.” She opens her
mouth, taking the cup in her mouth, looking directly into the man’s eyes. “You can’t be serious. This is
enough for both of us,” the man says as he moves backwards away from the woman “I will not drink from that
cup.” “Well, then I will drink it,” the woman says as she turns her back towards him. “You are ridiculous!”
the man says and runs towards the woman, forcing her to drop the cup.

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