Borrowers Aloft
“Borrowers Aloft” by Mary Norton is a captivating tale published by Penguin Books, Limited in 1992. This Film & TV Tie-in Edition spans 176 pages and is presented in English. The story follows Pod, Homily, and Arrietty Clock, a family of tiny Borrowers who believe they have finally discovered their ideal home in a miniature village crafted by a retired railroad man. However, their newfound comfort leads to carelessness, particularly for Arrietty, who befriends a human and unwittingly puts her family in danger.
As the narrative unfolds, readers will encounter the challenges faced by the Clocks when they are kidnapped by a greedy couple, the Platters, who have sinister plans for the Borrowers. The Platters aim to confine them in a glass case within their own miniature village, treating them as mere curiosities. This edition explores themes of adventure and the consequences of carelessness, making it a notable addition to the juvenile fiction genre.
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Pod, Homily, and Arrietty Clock — the family of tiny Borrowers — think they have at last found an ideal home. They’ve moved into a house in a miniature village built as a hobby by a retired railroad man. The village is the perfect size for the Borrowers, and after the hardships they’ve faced, the Clocks gratefully settle into the luxury of having a “proper” house. The easy life makes them careless.
Or, rather, it makes Arrietty careless. She befriends a “human bean,” and the next thing Arrietty knows, she and her family have been kidnapped. Their captors are a greedy married couple, called the Platters, who have big plans for the little people. They have created their own miniature village in a glass case and plan to imprison the Borrowers within — like animals in a zoo — for the rest of their lives.
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