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''The Borrowers Afield'' is a children's
fantasy novel Fantasy literature is literature set in an imaginary universe, often but not always without any locations, events, or people from the real world. Magic, the supernatural and magical creatures are common in many of these imaginary worlds. F ...
by Mary Norton, published in 1955 by Dent in the UK and Harcourt in the US. It was the second of five books in a series that is usually called ''The Borrowers'', inaugurated by '' The Borrowers'' in 1952.


Plot

Kate is looking at a cottage with her aunt Mrs May. Kate learns that the present tenant Tom Goodenough knows Arrietty Clock, a tiny "Borrower" also known to Mrs May's brother. Tom relates the troubles of Arrietty and her parents. Driven from their home in an old English house, unable to track down their relatives, they live in an old boot. Spiller, a mysterious wild Borrower, brings meat and saves Arrietty from a dog attack. Although everything outdoors — cows, moths, field mice, cold weather — endangers the Borrowers' lives, they learn to survive in the wild. One night, a
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Mild Eye finds his lost boot and brings the Clocks back to his
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. Tom and Spiller rescue the Clocks. In their new home with Tom, they find their long-lost relatives. In Tom, Arrietty finds a good friend and ally.


Characters

;Borrowers * Arrietty Clock, fourteen-year-old spirited daughter * Pod Clock, father * Homily Clock, mother * Spiller, a wild Borrower ;Human beans or "Big people" *May * Kate * Tom Goodenough, tenant * Mild Eye *Gypsy


Adaptations

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The Borrowers (TV miniseries) ''The Borrowers'' is a BBC TV adaptation first broadcast in 1992 on BBC2 and then later on American television station TNT. The series is adapted from the 1952 Carnegie Medal-winning first novel and the second novel of author Mary Norton's ' ...
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References

The Borrowers Children's fantasy novels British children's novels English fantasy novels J. M. Dent books Low fantasy novels Novels set in England 1955 fantasy novels 1955 British novels 1955 children's books British novels adapted into television shows Sequel novels {{1950s-child-fantasy-novel-stub