Introducing... Old Mother Sally Salers.

Dear friends,

Today I want to introduce to you Old Mother Sally Salers: the mouse with the house which is never empty. No one quite knows how old Mother Sally is... some say she has been alive since Saint Nibble's time, although she does look too young for that! Whatever her age, our mouse community knows her for her hospitality, love and care. Whenever a little waif or stray is found in the field, it is always Sally who opens her skirting board door, and ushers our new friends into the warmth.

Her home is modest and small, with match box beds, and handkerchief quilts... nothing is ever wasted. The kindly smell of home cooking on the tealight stove lingers through the air, like a hug for her babies returning home, or for the latest addition to be ushered through her door. Her rule of life is a simple one: God has blessed her, and given her good cheese throughout the life. She works hard to extend her fortune to others. After all, what is better to see: one mother mouse feeling happy on her own; or a whole host of little mice who are laughing, playing and growing, blessed with the love God has shared with her? Mother Sally never feels happy when she sees someone else hurting, and I guess it is through her love that she earnt her name as 'Old Mother' Sally Salers... She is so well known in the mouse community, that she even has her own little song that the baby mice in Ambert sing to her:

Old Mother Sally Salers ties her pinny at the front,

she loves baking cookies,

and distracting kittens from the hunt.
Old Mother Sally Salers is synonymous with care,
because when little mice are crying
Mother Sally's always there.

If you ever come and visit us, Mother Sally will be pleased to meet you! Maybe next time you find a friend stranded and in need, you might think of Mother Sally and help them too?

God bless you and squeek you.

With love,

Ella xxx

(PS. We'll try to put a picture up of Mother Sally soon, but she's a little bit camera shy!)