The Grumpy Old Man: Original Long Bedtime Story

In this long sleep story, an autistic man (based loosely on myself & my own experiences), perceived as a grumpy old man, sits absorbed in reading at home. He plays a grand piano in a room below his house, experiencing synaesthesia with colorful lights dancing from the music which guides him into a reverie, where he mentally explores a meadow, follows a river to the sea, enters a cave with a lake, and discovers a tree with a map. Navigating a mirror maze and encountering a transformed mud fairy, he returns to reality and eventually ventures outside, noticing the friendliness of the people around him.