It is here that he meets Lily, a young girl suffering from Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia, and they form an instant bond. From that day onwards Moses visits Lily every week and she bombards him with question after question; Where were you born? Do you have any pets? Why are you bald?Moses fills there visits with stories and adventures and when it is Lily's birthday and she is free to go home for the weekend he joins her and they have an afternoon of storytelling fun.The book ends with Lily's sudden, but inevitable, death but Moses will spend the rest of his life feeling as though she is still there with him.