Mole, Mouse, and Shrew love to visit Ole Vole and listen to her stories. Then one day she dies, and her friends compose a song of tribute to her.

This book is divided into four short chapters, the first three also containing stories told by the old woman character, Vole. The other characters are Mole, Mouse and Shrew.

Chapter one ("The Quilt") is about sharing
Chapter two ("The Birthday Party") is about friendship
Chapter three ("Mole is not Mole") is also about friendship and understanding
Chapter four ("An End and a Beginning") is about loss.