The Country of Lesia

Glasses

One morning, the manager approached Winston.
"Today you have to pass the checkup. Don't forget! You've already missed 2 checkups!"
"Okay..." Winston was reluctant to pass the checkup, but he couldn't not do it.

He passed almost all the checks well and was about to leave, but he was stopped.
"You have two more checks to pass"
"What else?"
"Vision and hearing checks"
"It is necessary?"
"Yes"
Winston passed the hearing check well, but the vision check showed that Winston had slight myopia.
"Are you saying that I need glasses?" Winston was not pleased. "I don't need this, I can see well!"
"But understand, it's dangerous if you don't have glasses! What if you don't see a pedestrian?"
"Eh..." Winston sighed.

Winston complained to Justin:
"I don't want to wear glasses! It will ruin my appearance!"
"Actually, glasses may suit you. And you need them for safety, not for beauty. Vehicles require glasses, even if they have slight myopia"
The workers were putting glasses on Winston. The minibus at this time sighed displeasure.
The workers suggested that Winston look in the mirror to see that he looked as good with glasses as he did without them. But the minibus refused.
Winston thought of trying to take off his glasses. He tried to do it with quick movements, then he tried to take them off with his tires, but he couldn't because they were very well secured.
"Ugh, I can't take them off!" Winston said annoyed.

After that, he drove into his garage and never showed up again. The next day was his day off.

Winston spent the entire first half of the next day in the garage, as planned.
"Winston, are you okay?" Tasha asked.
"Leave me alone!"
"Why?"
"I WILL NOT EXIT!" the minibus screamed.
Tasha decided not to anger him and left for her work.
After Tasha left, other minibuses and buses pulled up to Winston's garage, but he still didn't get out.

"Eh, he must be unable to accept himself with glasses..." said the manager to one of the buses, whose name was Axel.

"This is the first time I've seen him like this," Axel said.
"What can I do... I can't get him to leave the garage. He has a work day tomorrow. Seems like tomorrow I'll have to ask someone to do Winston's work."
"Listen, did he see himself in the mirror with glasses?"
"I think the workers said he refused"
"So, we need to give him a mirror! He will see how he looks, and, probably, he will accept himself as he is now."
"What if it's the other way around?"
"But worth a try."
"But will he let me in?"
Axel was silent for a few minutes, thinking about what to say.
"Okay, I'll try this option," said the manager suddenly. He called Justin, because he assumed that he could somehow influence Winston.

"Hey Winn! Can you come out? I want to show you something." Justin said.
Hearing the voice of his best friend, Winston drove off.
"What you'll show?"
"Follow me!"
He led Winston to a large floor mirror.
"Look!" he softly nudged the Winston with the tire. "You look good!"
Winston opened one eye and saw his own reflection.
"Do I look like this?" minibus was surprised "I thought I looked terrible, but it turns out I don't."
Justin just smiled.
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Note from the author: I came up with the plot of this story after I had a dream about a bus with glasses. (I'm not joking)
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Date of writing: January 17, 2023.