He is sent to the house and hidden from everyone by his grandmother, Fernanda.

It is a sentimental object given to me by my grandmother.

He was orphaned at a very young age and raised by his grandmother.

"Raised by a single mother and his grandmother, who worked in the kitchen of the Waldorf," the narrator begins.

Everyone around him, to use a phrase much favored by his grandmother, was walking on eggs.

The two mice then find their way back to the room occupied by the narrator's grandmother.

Barney had some fine new ones given to him for Christmas by his grandmother.

He learned the dance when he was 11 years old, the steps taught to him by his grandmother.

The title refers to Indian names given to two brothers by their grandmother.

He was originally taught to draw and paint by his grandmother at around the age of seven.