Synopsis Of The Book 'The Borrowers' By Mary Norton

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The Borrowers by Mary Norton
~ This book tells the story of Arrietty Clock and her borrower parents. They are tiny people who live below the floor of an old house, and they borrow whatever they need from the humans who live in the house above them. The Clock’s use a postage stamp becomes a painting for their wall, and small pins become their knitting needles. Life has never been easy for the borrowers, but now everything seems to be falling apart. All of her family members have to leave their homes. Only the Clock family remains under the old house. However, they’re in constant fear that Mrs. Driver, the women who lives above them, is going to spot them. When Arrietty’s father comes home and says he’s been spotted by the boy upstairs Arrietty’s

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