A Strange Flower

Join Castor Bean, a colourful and brave flower who lives in a field with many other flowers. The flowers are unkind to poor old Castor Bean, even though he has a heart as big as the field. Castor Bean feels lonely and sad, the flowers don’t want him living in the field with them.

One day, with great determination and courage, Castor Bean sets off on a strange journey to find a place where he can fit in. He has grand encounters along the way, but still cannot find a place where he is wanted. Suddenly there is great danger and Castor Bean, using his special skills, manages to save the day… once… twice… three times…

Can he find a place to fit in?

James Dreyer has Autism Spectrum Disorder. He spent the beginning of his school career in a learning environment that was geared for children on the spectrum. James was therefore just “a learner”. However, as he grew older, he began to recognise that he was different from other children outside of school. People treated him very differently and in many cases, unkindly. He started to feel like he didn’t fit into the world. To explain how he felt, he wrote the story about Castor Bean.