Orange You Glad

From gremionaked.
Alex and Andria were the best of friends and the most bitter of enemies. It was fate that they would find themselves at-nose-end at the Semi-Annual Citrustraviganza. Juicefacing is the oldest and most honored of traditions in their village which dated back to the founding fathers. As tradition has it, the winter of 1473 was unGodly cold and windy. Shelters fell apart, and food dwindled. At last, all but two villagers died, and all but one orange was consumed. Life-loves, the two affectionately remembered as Mamah and Papah, decided to share the fruit by mashing it between their faces, thereby ingesting its life-giving juice simultaneously. They lived, saw the horrid winter through, and the village was not extinquished. Today, Juicefacing is a spectator sport which is often wagered upon, and the winner shares the purse with local farmers. Andria emerged victorious, but the entire village won.