The Chaperone follows a boy through the brief terror of losing sight of his guardian at a fair. The rides keep turning, balloons remain in hand and the surrounding spectacle suddenly becomes much larger than it was a moment before.

Beside him stands an enormous heron, his imaginary friend, keeping watch until the world becomes manageable again. The bird gives form to something childhood sometimes needs: protection large enough to meet a world that has become too large. When the person meant to keep you safe disappears from view, imagination stays close enough to take their place.