Borrowers, The

The story of The Borrowers, the tiny (six-inches tall) family (Pod, Hamily, and their daughter, Arrietty) that secretly lives in an old English country house under the kitchen floorboards and borrow from "human beans" that occupy the house. Arrietty is desperate to explore the world above the floorboards. So, Pod finally lets her go along on a borrowing trip. She takes one too many chances and is seen. Their only hope for survival is to trust the most dreaded of creatures - - - a human boy.