After he had breakfast (only a glass of milk) Richard put his clothes on and got the keys of his car which were on the table. He kissed his wife and went out to go to work. He was an engineer working for a private company. Richard wasn’t earning much but he was content about it. When he got into his car, he thought that it was safer to go by bus so he wouldn’t be uncomfortable about his dream. He turned home and separated the key of the car and took his house key only. The bus stop was 5 minutes walking distance away from his home so Richard walked up to the bus stop with his briefcase and umbrella. When he arrived he saw that there was an old woman with a walking stick waiting for the bus, too. Within a short time, the bus came with only the driver inside and Richard helped the old woman to get on the bus who was waiting with him. He sat right at the back of the bus and started to watch what was going on outside.
Richard saw that there were a few gypsies begging for money and a few children trying to play basketball with an empty bin. One of them threw the ball and it was in the bin. Two of the children started to jump with happiness. The bus started to move as soon as the old woman sat down. The bus stopped a few times and later it was full of people. There were two young boys in front Richard at the back seat. They were talking about the news on the paper, the same incident that the Richard dreamed about. One told the other that “It isn’t true, robots are made by humans and we aren’t so stupid to create machines that could take control of the Earth” and the other one nodded and said “The people who believe this are very naive and can’t realize that the newspapers just do this for the advertisement”. Richard heard all of these and thought about it again. Then he started to laugh in a few seconds and he was in a very relaxed mood. Richard looked out of the window and called out to the driver: “Can you stop here, please?” The bus stopped and Richard slowly walked to the exit door of the bus. He gave the ticket to the driver and got out of the bus.
After a while he reached in his office which was on the 8th floor of the building. Once he started to work he realized that he didn’t have much work to do so he finished his work in couple of hours. He asked his boss if he could leave the office that day an hour early and the boss accepted. The sky was very clear with only a few clouds to the far west. “It’s going to rain tomorrow”, he said to himself, “but I can walk home today”. So he started to walk as it wasn’t a long distance from work to home, around one kilometer. While he was walking, he started to think about the dinner that he was going to have at home. His wife promised him fish and rice. She was a housewife so she had plenty of time to do housework and improve her cooking skills. Richard usually loved the food that his wife cooked for him and he always said that she was the best cook in the world. Both Richard and his wife had got a different taste from the other people around them, for instance they liked eating rice with sticks (The Chinese way) and they eat very spicy food. As Richard was approaching his home, he walked by the gypsies leaving a pound in front of them. One of them thanked him and put the money in her bag which looked as if it was full of money. For a moment Richard hesitated and murmured “Why I am helping them? They earn better than I do”. But then he forgot about it and carried on his way. When he reached home, his wife was preparing the meal and there was a delicious smell of fish inside the kitchen. He went near his wife and kissed her again. She said “You are early today...” and Richard replied that “There wasn’t much work.” He went upstairs to take his clothes off and he realized that his mobile phone was missing. He looked into his pocket and briefcase but there was no sign of it. He panicked and decided to go and search for it in the office.
Immediately he got into his car and headed towards his office. When he arrived, still there were some of his colleagues working in the office so before Richard said anything they gave him his mobile back. Richard felt relieved and thank to his colleagues before leaving the office. Then he left immediately to go back to his car. On his way he remembered again the dream that he saw in the morning and started to laugh. Richard got so carried away that he didn’t see the big truck parked in front of him carrying a new robot, which was built like an airplane to carry things from one place to another automatically. Until he realized the truck right in front of him, it was too late to turn sideways and with a loud noise the man slammed on his brakes and he heard the crash...
