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Rowan’s planter drawing

Children can have the ideas. Grown-ups do the mending.

A draft: the words and pictures are waiting for an educator’s review.

Who’s in it

Meet everyone in Gullbrae

The story

Rowan draws a planter with a loose corner while Isla watches.

Rowan drew a planter with a loose corner.

Rowan looks unsure about his quiet drawing.

He worried that a quiet drawing might be missed.

Isla listens as Rowan explains his picture.

Isla gave him time to explain it.

Stan repairs the planter in his workshop.

Stan checked the planter and did the repair.

Stan: “Let’s see what’s still useful.”

Isla, Rowan and Arthur beside the planter and Rowan’s drawing.

Arthur put the useful planter on show, with Rowan’s idea beside it.

Isla, Rowan, Arthur and Stan celebrate together.

Everyone celebrated the different ways they had helped.

Draft, 19 October 2026. The words and pictures are not yet reviewed by an educator. The story follows the outline in our story guide.

The real-life bit

Children’s ideas can help, even when a grown-up does the repair. Tools and repairs are a job for a grown-up. Gullbrae is made up. Your council’s own rules are the ones to follow.

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