Excuse me - but you know something don't you?

It seems I am getting a large number of people reading my blog. Good. Because the more people there are reading it, the greater the chance - however slim - that at least one of those readers may know something about the whereabouts of Madeleine McCann. I will leave this post at the top of the blog for a while.

It may not work, but I prefer it to balloons, it's less expensive to organise and I don't have to fly anywhere and maybe have my wallet stolen.

Is that you?
Is it?

Do you know something about this? Maybe you are too frightened and that's why you haven't said anything before. I can understand that. I don't know your circumstances or why you are frightened and I am not here to judge you for that.

But you see, there is a little girl missing. Just a little lass. Have you been to the supermarket and like me, seen kids with their mums? Tiny little things aren't they - the kids I mean, not their mums. I'd be almost too scared to pick them up in case they broke.

And you know something about this don't you? You can help. If you wanted. You could just pick up the phone and call your local equivalent of Crime Stoppers. No need to even give a name. There is even an International Crime Stoppers website

Do you feel uncomfortable when you see Madeleine's photo? Do you feel the need to rush out of the room when her image appears on the news? Do you avoid any discussions of this case with your family or workmates because it makes you fidgety? Maybe someone has noticed that.

You can stop all that happening - you know that don't you?

Yep, I know - you say you can't. No worries. Maybe it's a fair reaction. Maybe you think it's too late or may not mean anything. But you know you really want to don't you. You want to tell what you know. And if you don't, well - it will just keep gnawing away at you day after day. Don't think going to bed will help you escape - oh no - that's when it will really grab you by the knackers and twist.

Perhaps you are not too bothered by it. Perhaps your conscience is clear for now. Perhaps years from now it will be different. You will start to feel guilty. But by that time it will be too late - not only for you but for the poor little girl whose fete may still be unknown. All those years with no one knowing where she is. Not a great thing to happen to the poor little mite is it?

There's a phone over there - Pick it up. It will not only help you - it will help a little girl. A little girl who no one looking for her, knows where she may be. But you do - or you know something.

OK, you want to remain silent. In that case I will leave now, nothing more to be said.

Except for one thing.

If you remain silent, no one will know that you have information and have chosen not to tell. Only you will know that - and always will.

Have a nice day.