The Country of Lesia

Karina's day

Note from the author:
This is one of my favorite parts. It was the longest before, but then I wrote a few parts a little longer than this
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Around 8 am Karina woke up.
It was a warm June day.
Karina had a completely free day. No no plans at all...
"Ah, what could be more beautiful than a sunny, fresh morning? Then, when it's not hot!" Karina thought as she drove out of the garage.
She stretched.
She had absolutely nothing to do, but she did not want to stay in the garage.
She decided to get out on the road and just drove.
There was a man at the bus stop. He put out his hand to stop any car. Karina stopped.
"Thank you so much for stopping by!" said the young man. "I urgently need to go to work! I'm late! There are still no buses passing here, and I can't call a taxi because my phone is dead."
"Oh, of course I'll drive you! I don't have anything to do today. Sit down. Also, you can recharge your phone in my cabin.
She opened the door, allowing the man to enter the cabin.

"You know, you helped me out so much! Sorry, I can't talk for a long time, I'm late!" the man said when they reached their destination.
"I am glad to help you!" Karina answered.
The man left, and Karina continued on her way.
After a few meters at the bus stop, she saw two buses: a large one and a small one (a minibus). Their routes partly coincided, and therefore every time, as soon as they arrived at the same bus stop together, they would start arguing about who should pick up the passengers.
"Don't choose the big one! He will break soon!"
"That's not true, I'm reliable! And you're small, so no one will choose you! There's not enough space in you! People, choose me!"
Karina giggled. She did not separate the two angry buses, but decided to just look at their argument.
Tony arrived to the bus stop. People from the stop went to him. And although his route was different, people decided that it would be faster to pass with a transfer than to wait until the two buses finished arguing.
At that moment, the two buses looked in confusion at the departing Tony and the people who were already sitting in him.
"Well...Let's get out of here? There's no one else at the bus stop."
"Okay, come on."
Karina looked at all this with a smile. The situation seemed rather amusing to her.
A little later, Karina drove past the beach. In one part of the beach, people were playing beach volleyball, and in another part of the beach, cars were playing a big ball, just throwing it around, without any rules of the game.
"Are they comfortable playing in the sand?" Karina thought, looking at the playing cars.
"Do you want to come with us?" one car asked
"I will not refuse! Although it seems to me that it will not be convenient on the sand ..." Karina replied.
"You'll get used to it! I'm sure you'll like it!"
"Okay"
They played until one of the cars shot the ball straight into the water.
Luckily, the ball landed in shallow water close to the shore.
"I'll bring!" Karina said. As soon as she approached the ball, it began to be carried away by water.
"I can't get it. I can't get there, there is water and wet sand, I risk getting stuck"
"Well, let's go get a new ball?"
"No, I'll bring it to you," said the man, sporting a bit. "I'm an athlete and it won't be a problem for me to swim to the ball faster than I can carry it."
He swam for the ball. He swam really quite well and quickly.
"Here's your ball," he said as he came out of the water with the ball.
"Thanks!" Karina said.
"No problem," the athlete replied.
Suddenly, a man who was swimming in the water had his slippers blown off. He tried to swim after them, but the athlete overtook him.
"I would like to swim like that!" one of the cars said admiringly, when the athlete gave the slippers back to the owner.
"You can't, you're a car, not a boat!" said the other car.
"But people could"
"Well, first of all, not all people can do that. Some people can't even swim! Secondly, you're not a human, but a car..."

The sun began to bake and Karina went to her garage, as she was afraid of overheating.
Around 6 pm she again went to the beach. On it was again a group of cars playing ball.
Karina joined them again.
Tony drove past, having recently completed his bus route.

"Hey Tony! Join us!" Karina said.
"I'm afraid, I'm too mature and serious for that..."
"Actually, almost all of us here are adults," objected Karina. "Ball games are not only for children. What nonsense are you talking about? I can see exactly what you want to play!"
"Well, actually, yes, I want ... Yes, I'm gonna do it!"
The cars played for another two hours.
It began to get dark and many people left.
"I have to go. I have to wake up early tomorrow." Tony said and left.
Karina also decided to go. But then she decided to stop on a hillock and watch the sunset on the sea. She looked at the people near the sea and thought about all sorts of things. The day was wonderful.
When it got dark, she decided to go home.

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Date of writing: November 2022