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Watermelon Farmer

I was driving my car on the way back from a work thing I had to go to and was about 90 miles from home, it was way the fuck out in the country and I was getting parched. Driving about 80 miles an hour on this old highway with no one around but a few farm houses I saw a sign on the side of the road, it was old and faded but clearly made out “Cold Drinks and Fresh Fruit ahead”. I slowed down to about 45 in case it was open and not just an old sign that had been left from years before. I saw a small fruit stand on the side of the road and all but locked up the brakes as I pulled off the road onto the gravel and dirt lot. I shut off my car and stepped out into the hot summer sun, stretching and pulling off my tie and loosening my shirt as I walked to the fruit shack. There was a sign that said “Honk for service”. What the fuck, well I guess they can’t just sit out here all day waiting on the occasional car to stop, I clicked the door lock button on my key fob making my horn honk a