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A young family moved into their new home

They had a daughter they called Kayleigh

She liked the house and loved the gnome

At the bottom of the garden under the tree.

The gnome was just a statue and couldn’t really speak

But Kayleigh pretended it could and called it No-Me

Sometimes Kayleigh thought its face had moved a tweak

But believed it was really the shadow of the tree.

Now Kayleigh was in a wheelchair because she couldn’t walk

But she did her best to be happy despite her difficulty

At school she couldn’t find friends with whom to laugh or talk

Because she was new and they could not accept her disability

When Kayleigh was tucked up tight in bed at night

She often thought she heard a laugh – or a giggle

But peering outside after turning off the light

There was nothing that moved or made a wiggle

And on days after she heard a laugh or giggle the night before