Childrens Lost title....

Hi avid readers

Im new to this forum.. My quest for the title of a cherished book from my younger years has lead me here...

I do hope some one can help...

I remember one of the main lines from the book and it was said a few times over..

" and he lives in the leaf of an apple tree"

basically he was an imp of magical folk and an old lady lived in a squalid house that was falling apart.. she sees this little man may need some help.. and makes him some clothes.. etc. for her kind ness and to help her pay the rent etc he makes eggs that never empty and milk that refills during the night and she makes baked goods to go to market...

Ihope that helps./.. ive been racking my brains over this and still have no conclusion - it doesnt help that it was a book at my nana's not even a library book...

“I rather like apple picking. It reminds me of the story book Satchkin Patchkin by Helen Morgan, Ilustrated by Shirley Hughes. The eponymous little green magic man, dressed in apple leaves, helps the old lady thwart her cold-hearted landlord by making apple and blackberry pies and building a micro-business to pay her rent (Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall would be proud), so she in the end can re-thatch her tip-tilted roof, buy a donkey, and generally feed herself and not get evicted. The end of each chapter goes “My name is Satchkin Patchkin and I live, like a leaf, in the apple tree”. And when the lady is secure and autumn comes, he drifts like a leaf from the apple tree and so the story ends.”

Thank you Thank you thank you..
Thats the one!!!!!!!!

I am a very happy lady!

I love it when a plan comes together...