The Tickle Tree
Francois Keyser


A family moves into a new home. The disabled daughter, Kayleigh, is kept awake at nights by noises from under the tree in their garden. She investigates one night and is amazed at what she finds. She makes strange new friends and is soon partying with them at night too. Even when tragedy strikes a friend the happiness cannot end and ultimately a miracle occurs which makes Kayleigh able to walk. “The Tickle Tree” was inspired by a tree in a park where we take our daughters to play. The story has been written in rhyme and it encourages us to always look for the magic in life as children and to remember to look for the magic in life as adults. It also demonstrates how powerful happiness can be in that a young disabled girl experiences a miracle and is able to walk for the first time.





Francois Keyser

The Tickle Tree




Francois Keyser


The Tickle Tree



First published by Tektime 2019




Copyright © 2019 by Francois Keyser




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The Tickle Tree


		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




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