The Borrowers Av Mary Norton

<p><b>Puffin Classics: the definitive collection of timeless stories, for every child. </b><br><br><i>''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. Arrietty froze. ''So this is it,'' she thought, ''the worst and most terrible thing of all: I have been "seen"!</i><br><br> The Borrowers live in the secret places of quiet old houses; behind the mantelpiece, inside the harpsichord, under the kitchen clock. They own nothing, borrow everything, and never forget their most important rule: you must never, ever be ''seen'' by the human beans. <br><br>Arrietty is desperate to be an expert Borrower like her father, Pod. But it''s dangerous work, and girls are forbidden to venture Upstairs. Arrietty is thrilled to be given a chance to prove herself - but disaster strikes on her very first outin she is seen by The Boy! But to everyone''s surprise, a wonderful, unlikely