The Country of Lesia

All the same

For a long time, Tony the minibus, was working on the same route 52. Nothing interesting happened and every day seemed to him the same and boring. On his only day off each week, he usually slept and did nothing else, because on weekdays he did not get enough sleep. He's just tired of work.
One morning, Tony went on his route again
"Good morning!" Silver told him.
"Morning..." Tony answered her.
"You're almost always sad, and you seem to get more and more sad every day"
"Probably ..." he answered with a sigh and turned onto another street.
Silver looked after him sadly and drove on.
How could she help? She did not know.
Tony will stop at the bus stop, which was next to the narrow gauge railway. Jack the tram, stood with the lowered pantograph.

"Good morning! Jack? Do I remember your name correctly?" Tony said
"Good morning, bus! Yes, I'm Jack. What's your name? I often see you here, but I've never spoken to you before. And why are you always sad?" Jack asked.
"My name is Tony... I'm sad because nothing interesting happens. Everything is the same. And I have one day off. But this day off I only sleep. I see that everything around me is the same. I'm tired of this kind of work."
"Oh, I'm sorry about you. I wish I could help you, but I don't know how."
That day, two new minibuses arrived in town to help Tony with his work.
Evening came. Tony stopped at the last stop. At the bus stop, two cats, Coal and Fluff, entered his cabin.
But he did not try to drive them out of the cabin. In fact, they brought him joy.
"At least something new!" Tony thought happily.
On reaching the bus garage, Tony saw two new minibuses. The news that now he does not have to work so hard made him very happy.
"Hi! I hope we become friends!" one of the newcomers said.
Tony was happy. Now he had more days off and could do more than just work.
From that day on, Tony became more rest.
"Hi Tony!" Jack said. "For the first time I see you so happy. What happened?"
"Oh, now I will be less tired and I will have more days off. And now I will not be at work so much! Finally, I can diversify my life!"
"It is perfectly!" Jack said. "And if so, then let's meet somewhere in our free time and spend this time together?"
"Yes, let's do!"
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Note from the author: The character named Tony was inspired by several minibuses and one bus. The idea for the story came to me by chance when I was standing at the bus stop early in the morning (I looked at the bus and thought, "What if it was actually alive? Could it get tired of driving the same route every day?"). And finally I was inspired to write this story when I saw a minibus in the courtyard of the apartment building where I live.
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Date of writing: September 2022