4 My World. Part four.

Walking through narrow streets, past tall houses, past bright buildings, and noisy advertising boards, I look up at the sky and see thousands of cars in the form of silver drops of water. Sometimes, I feel like it's just raindrops that have mutated and turned into such huge iron drops.

Remembering the pictures from one book, which shows how people used to travel by cars or trains, I wonder why people even came up with flying.

And today, walking on deserted streets, among the thin as the blade skyscrapers that reached the cosmos, I, feeling the artificial sunlight that came from artificial little stars, looked at the sky and saw millions of cars that just hovered in the air as the movement suddenly slowed down.

Feeling the heat, I took off my jacket and continued on my way to the diamond-shaped building, near which Yundoran and I agreed to meet.

Passing by neon signs and a huge cluster of small robots, which were happy to help a tourist, I still changed my thinking and tried to see the beauty in this world.

And that these thin as a blade skyscrapers, deserved praise and respect in the direction of the architect.

But still, these tall buildings were too many and when you walked the streets, you could feel yourself like an insect.

I lacked space and fresh air. But the only air that everyone had was the smell of the heated engine of the flying machine and the evaporation of artificial stars, which released into the air some substance to improve the quality of human life. Although what quality could we talk about, if this smell was similar to the most ordinary sweat.

I didn't really get into the science of the modern world. I didn't know how most of the things that surround me worked. But what I knew 100 percent was how the most ordinary machines and planes work, how the most ordinary fan or microwave oven works.

I guess I spent a lot of time in the past. And perhaps for that reason, I felt like a stranger to everyone.

When I finally reached the diamond-shaped building, which was always closed, and no one knew what was going on there, I stopped and took a deep breath. But it only made me feel worse. Hot, unpleasant air with a touch of artificial aromas of flowers made me feel nauseous.

I regretted not taking a water bottle with me. Although the water, too, had an unpleasant taste.

Maybe it was because, water too, was artificially created.

No sooner had I come to my senses, I immediately felt someone's hands on my back. And then a big hug.

"My friend, why do you always have such an expression, as if you are ill?"

"Let me go."

"Why are you always so gloomy?"

"Why are you always so happy?"

"So, are you ready?"

"Ready for what?"

"To meet the greatest man of our time!"

Noticing the joy and excitement on his face, I smiled. I felt so warm on my soul only that even though my only friend is still able to show emotions and not be fake like everyone else.

"Let's go."

"Do you even know where his lab is?"

"Of course, I do."

"I thought you only know where the museum is."

"What kind of clothes are you wearing?"

"It's a classic. Grey, the color of the future. You don't understand anything anyway."

"You look like this robot."

Stopping in front of a tall robot that was standing just right in the middle of the alley, Yundoran said, "I'm much prettier than this robot."

"Do you really think so?" the robot asked in response to his words.

I laughed loudly, thus attracting the attention of all passers-by.

"They're going to think you're crazy."

"Because I'm laughing?"

I kept laughing until we reached the white building.

If you thought that the laboratory of the greatest man of this world looks like a tall skyscraper with towers and multiple robots around, or like a spaceship, then you are wrong.

The lab, where the most ridiculous and clever ideas are born, actually looks like the most ordinary house, which is depicted in my history books.

The usual three – story building of white color, yet more like a simple box.

And at first glance, this lab looked rather boring, against the background of all those houses in the form of swords.

But once we took a few steps forward, we were in the middle of the forest.

At first, I thought it was an illusion, but once I touched the tree, I knew right away that it was reality.

"What kind of place is this? And where, that building?"

"Welcome to my house."

I had real grass under my feet. There were real trees all around me. And most importantly, everywhere there was the freshest air that had ever been felt on my skin.

Never in my life have I felt such a fragrance as I do now. It was a mixture of those scarlet flowers and the smell of fruit.

I raised my head up, so neatly, slowly, afraid to scare the moment, fearing that all this would disappear and turn out to be just a dream.

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