Chapter 1. Long journey
...moving away from the hot and dry sand, you head to the very edge of the shore, where a weak wave is already touching your toes, and real treasures are visible under the wet sand - shells and pebbles, which on this wet strip turn into a festive dragee with motley colored spots and veins . You sort through them, looking for the unusual ones, and then you stretch your legs into the water and lie there, feeling the tiny ebbs and flows while the salty waves splash across your stomach...