Mike Pearce

The Forlorn Fruit Fly Mike Pearce

A story that embraces our different appearances or physical deformities as something that all should accept in nature's realm. New attributes can come to the forefront which would never have been seen before. It's not what we look like. Nature has moulded unimaginable forms which through mistakes or accidents may undermine what we think is the norm. Disability should not be seen as a hindrance. Resourcefulness and determination can outshine any handicap. You are yourself, you are you and nothing or nobody is going to change it. You have the right, just as every creature on this earth has, to exist and be who you are. This story is about a little fruit fly born with shrivelled short wings. Unlike the other flies he cannot fly away and is vulnerable to being ridiculed or eaten by other creatures. While living on a plum in a farmer's field he is subjected to abuse by various insects but manages to overcome this and survive through winter.