The Great Dietes

In the Keeper’s garden, plants are kept in tiny pots on high, narrow shelves. But one flower, The Great Dietes, says that it was not always this way. Once, their roots grew deep into the earth. Their leaves danced in cool rain. Their faces chased the sun. The Great Dietes speaks of the Meadow, where all things grow wild and free.

But not everyone enjoys his stories.

The Keeper, in his heavy boots, crushes their whispers with growls and grunts. The Great Dietes raises his voice and meets silence. He grows louder. After all, pots can break and walls can fall. The Meadow is calling! But how can they win, when so many have failed before them?

Drawing inspiration from the 2020 grassroots movement that saw over a million global citizens protest for equality,

The Great Dietes is a children’s fable and timely reminder that while some of us remain bound, none of us is free.

About the Author:

Chato was lucky enough to be born into a family of storytellers. His father gifted him with the joy of an unbound imagination, and they spent many afternoons bestowing their city’s statues with new names and histories. From his Native American grandmother, who was only partially literate, he learned the power of generational wisdom. But it was working for an international NGO that taught Chato the most important storytelling lesson of all. Meeting hundreds of awe-inspiring kids across eleven developing nations, revealed that the deepest hopes and dreams of humanity are universal. It is the storyteller’s job to capture them in their truest form.