The Borrowers Afloat
LC Class PZ7.N8248 Bl 1959[1] | | |
Preceded by | The Borrowers Afield | |
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Followed by | The Borrowers Aloft |
The Borrowers Afloat is a children's
Plot
Arrietty Clock and her parents Pod and Homily have arrived safely at their relatives' home in the walls of a gamekeeper's cottage. Although their relatives welcome them, the two families soon find themselves competing for resources. When Arrietty learns that the human family is leaving, the Borrowers worry that they will starve.
Spiller, the outdoors Borrower who helped the family before, tells them about Little Fordham, a model train village. The place has become legendary for Borrowers: a whole village made for Borrower-size residents, with plenty of food dropped by visiting big people.
The Clocks part ways with their relatives. Spiller guides them through the drains beneath the house and lets them stay in one of his hideouts, a tea kettle, while he investigates Little Fordham. During the wait, rainwater sets the kettle adrift downstream. The Clocks decide that their best chance is to hope that Spiller will realize what has happened and find them. Additional adventures occur as they travel by water in the tea kettle.
The tea kettle eventually becomes trapped in some floating debris. Mild Eye, the
Adaptations
- adapted from the third and fourth Borrowers novels, The Borrowers Afield and its sequel The Borrowers Aloft.
References
- ^ a b c "The Borrowers afloat". (U.S. edition). Library of Congress Catalog Record. Retrieved 2013-09-20.
- ^ a b The Borrowers series listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (ISFDB). Retrieved 2013-09-20.
- ^ "Mary Norton Bibliography: A Collectors Reference Guide: UK First Edition Books". Bookseller World. Retrieved 2013-09-20.