the main character of the series.  She is a very playful and easygoing woman who lives in the small village with the husband.  She is called "Mrs. Spoon" because she is always applying a golden teaspoon with bell with bell to the chest like the pendant.  She has a mysterious habit into her body unexpectedly becomes small, and she returns to former size unexpectedly.  She can talk with the animal only when she becomes small. 

An older women wears a small spoon around her neck but every now and then, she shrinks to the size of a mouse because of the spoon. She sees the world then from a completely different perspective and has all kind of strange adventures together with Wendy, the mouse and many others.
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(Source: Anime News Network)

Birth name: Reiko (礼子) Tamaki (玉置)   Hometown: Tokyo, Japan 

She's the mother of [Morten Lange](https://anilist.co/staff/279024), and grandmother of [Sidney Lange](https://anilist.co/staff/231846/Sidney-Lange) and [Martin Lange](https://anilist.co/staff/275945) and was married to [Sven Lange](https://anilist.co/staff/314340/Sven-Lange) until his death in 2003.

Music video for the song Ringo no Mori no Koneko-tachi by Mari Iijima that was featured on NHK's Minna no Uta program. The song was used as the ending for Spoon Oba-san. Both the ending and this video were animated by Kouji Nanke, but the Minna no Uta version uses new animation.