Dormant talents and strengths often surface in the most unlikely people --- just ask Fannie Pekum.  She’s a small town widow, who happens to have just one leg, spouts ancient proverbs, and talks to her deceased husband’s picture.  She is rapidly on her way to becoming a cranky recluse.  Her life takes on a different flavor when she hires Muriel, a teenage waif, to help her around the house.  Before she knows it, this domineering but lovable old woman is involved in activities she never dreamed p...