One morning, a scene caught everyone's attention in the bus station courtyard in Lagoa da Italianinha. Andreza, a beggar, was taking a bath with the help of Cida, a woman who lives inside a barrel.
Andreza asked Cida for help:
- Help me out, I don't even know where Guilherme is, and I need to take a bath. I'm all covered in poop and pee, at least to get rid of this stench I have.
- Okay, take off your clothes and shoes...
- What? And I'm going to be naked in public? Not at all, with clothes and everything.
- Then take off your shoes.
- I won't even take that off, Cida.
- Oh my god...
- Go on, get a bucket with water and soap, come on. Throw water on me, without fear, just as I am, with clothes and shoes. And get some soap too!
Cida got the bucket and wet Andreza, who was "washing" herself. Some watched the scene from afar and laughed, mainly at Andreza.
Cida had to bring buckets of water many times to wet Andreza. Finally, after the last one, Andreza said:
- Now, I'm going to walk around, thank you very much.
- And will you give me some change?
Andreza said:
- I was going to give you some change, but I remembered something.
- What?
- I have 2 reais, but it's in my pants pocket... and I'm all wet.
- What a crazy girl, why didn't you take it out before?
- I forgot, that's all.
- Give it to me wet, then.
Andreza took the bill and gave it, wet, to Cida, and left. Cida hung the bill on her barrel and said:
- That one's not quite right in the head, geez... I'm crazy, but I think she's better than me.
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