![]() ![]() Arrietty is thrilled to be given a chance to prove herself - but disaster strikes on her very first outing: she is seen by The Boy! But to everyone's surprise, a wonderful, unlikely friendship is formed. But it's dangerous work, and girls are forbidden to venture Upstairs. Arrietty is desperate to be an expert Borrower like her father, Pod. ![]() They own nothing, borrow everything, and never forget their most important rule: you must never, ever be 'seen' by the human beans. 'So this is it,' she thought, 'the worst and most terrible thing of all: I have been "seen"! The Borrowers live in the secret places of quiet old houses behind the mantelpiece, inside the harpsichord, under the kitchen clock. 'Don't move!' said a voice, and the voice, like the eye, was enormous but somehow, hushed - and hoarse like a surge of wind through the grating on a stormy night in March. Puffin Classics: the definitive collection of timeless stories, for every child. ![]()
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