fairy tale poem

Elephant's disease is a nickname for Proteus Syndrome which is a syndrome that causes skin over growth and atypical bone developement.


Two little girls, the best of friends
Decided to walk to the road's end
And when they arrived at the eend of the road
They saw throught the trees a house, quite old
Up to the window they curiously crept
Then one after another they crawed up the steps
Then suddenly, smack! The door hit the wall
And what looked like a monster was standing there tall
"You've trespassed" he hollered. "And now you shall pay!
You'll come back to work for me everyday
I'll see you tomorrow at the crack of dawn!
Now get out of my house! Go! Run along!"

The girls sprinted home. Both full of fright,
and told one of their older sisters that night.
The sister was brave with a beautiful face.
She told them that she would go in their place
And when she arrived the man pushed her inside
Put her to work and she simply just sighed
She asked "Why do you treat people this way?"
He replied " You should see how I'm treated each day!
Your face is deformed!" people would tease.
"I'm known as the man with elephant's disease!"
He threw her a mop, yelled "Scrub the floor!"
And stormed out of the room while slamming the door.

The elephant man was shy and distant
But the beautiful girl, stayed persistent
She wanted him to feel he had nothing to hide
And to know what counts is what's inside
And everyday they would talk and sit
And with each day, he warmed up a bit
Eventually, she grew to find
That the Elephant man was not cruel but quite kind
She opened her heart when no one else would
And he then showed her what no one else could
He was humble, loving, caring and kind,
but no one else knew this. They gave him no time.
His heart, like an angel's, sent from above
Made her see past appearence and she fell in love.