Old Ester

She takes in strays that no one wants; the house is overrun with cats; she feeds them scraps - it's all she has - but some will hunt and feast on rats. Her husband left, she lost her job - she coped. So many years alone, the cats her only friends (although, you never hear Old Ester moan). They say she's crazy, or a witch; the children run, the locals hide. She doesn't speak and hobbles by: a sad old lady, misty-eyed... for Line's Crazy Cat Lady contest