Introduction

Chapter I: The Borrowers

Chapter 2: A Boy in the House

Chapter 3: Uncle Hendreary

Chapter 4: Arietty Goes Upstairs

Chapter 5: The Boy

Chapter 6: The Letter

Chapter 7: Arietty Yisits the Boy

Chapter 8: A Strange Visit

Chapter 9: I"1rs Driver Sees the Borrowers

Chapter 10: Plans to Escape

Chapter I I: Hrs Driver and the Boy

Chapter 12: A Happy Ending

Cross-Curricular Focus
 La escritora londinense Mary Norton ( 1903- 1992) se educñ cn
colegios de monjas e incluso llegñ a ser actriz, pero no empezñ a
escribir hasta despues de haber nacido sus hijos. En 1952 publicñ LOS
incursores, con el que ganñ la Carnegie Medal, el premio de literatura
infantil mas prestigioso del Reino Unido.
Pod, Homily y su hija Arietty, de 13 añ os, son “incursores”, unos
seres pequeñ os que no sobrepasan los 20 centimetros de alto. Viven
bajo el suelo y “toman prestado” lo que necesitan de los humanos
que viven en la casa enorme que hay encima. Para entrar en su
hogar utilizan el agujero quc hay debajo del gran reloj del abuelo
y su vajilla proviene de un juego de tt de juguete. Llevan una vida
cñ moda pero resulta un poco aburrida, especialmente para Arietty. Es
entonces cuando aparece un niñ o arriba, en la casa grande y se siente
entusiasmada ya que siempre habia querido tener un amigo.

INTROOCt3 C IO
L'escriptora londinenca Mary Norton ( 1903-1992 ) es va educar a
escoles de monges i va arribar a ser actriu, perñ no va comen§ar a
escriure fins despré s de tenir els seus f'ills. El 1952 va publicar The
Borrowers, amb el qual va guanyar la Carnegie Medal, e1 premi de
literatura infantil mé s prestigiñ s del Regne Unit.
En Pod, la Homily i la seva filla Arietty, de 13 anys, sñ n
“prestataris”, uns é ssers petits que no sobrepassen els 20
centimetres. Viuen sota terra i “manlleven” el que necessiten dels
humans que viuen a la casa enorme de sobre. Per entrar a la seva
llar utilitzen el torat de sota del gran rellotge de 1’avi i tenen una
vaixella que prové d'un joc de te de joguina. Porten una vida cñ moda
perñ és una mica avorrida, especialment per l'Arietty. flavors quan
apareix un nen a dalt, a la casa gran i s'entusiama ja que sempre
havia volgut tenir un amic.
 Mary Norton ( 1903- 1992 ) idazle londrestarrak mojen
eskoletan ikasi zuen, antzezlari izatera ere heldu zen, baina familia
izan ondoren hast zen lehenbizikoz idazten. The Borrowers argitaratu
zuen l932an, eta, liburu honi esker, Carnegie Medal saria irabazi
zuen, haur-literaturaren arloan Erresuma Batuan ematen den
saririk garrantzitsuena.
Pod, Homily eta 13 urteko alaba Arietty “sarkinak” dira, 20 cm
baino neurtzen ez duten izaki txikiak. Lur azpian bizi dira eta
behar dutena “maileguan hartzen dute” gaineko etxe erraldoian
bizi diren gizakiengandik. Etxera sartzeko, aitonaren
erlojutzarraren azpiko zuloa erabiltzen dute, eta jostailuzko te-joko
batetik osatu dute euren ontziteria. Bizitza erosoa dute, baina
aspergarri samarra ere bada, batez ere Ariettyrentzat. Halako
batean, ordea, gaineko etxe handian mutiko bat agertuko da, eta
Arietty izugarri poztuko da, betidanik desio izan baitu lagun bat
izatea.

LIMIAH
A escritora londiniense Mary Norton ( 1903 -1992) educouse en
colexios de monxas e mesmo chegou a ser acriz, mais non
comezou a escribir até logo de naceren os seus fillos. En 1952
publicou 0s incursores, co que ganou a Carnegie Medal, o premio de
literatura infantil mais prestixioso do Reino Unido.
Pod, Homily e a sua filla Arietty, de 13 anos, son “incursores”,
uns seres pequenos que non sobrepasan os 20 centimetros de
alto. Viven debaixo do chan e “collen prestado” o que lles cñ mpre
dos humanos que viven na casa enorme que hai enriba. Para entraren
no seu fogar empregan o burato que hai debaxo do gran reloxo do
avñ e a sua vaixela proven dun xogo de té de xoguete. Levan unha
vida cñ moda que resulta un pouco aborrecida, especialmente para
Arietty. E daquela cando aparece un neno arriba, na casa grande, e
relouca de alegria pois sempre quixera ter un amigo.
 Hom%y
Arietty Pod

the boy Sophie

Mrs Driver Crampfurl

I Ticl‹ ( ) the correct picture.
1. Who is frightened?

3. Which picture shows the country? 4. What can you see in a garden?

5. Which animal is dangerous? 6. Who is looking at a clock?

"’ Use the names and the family tree to complete the
sentences about the Clocl‹ family.

Arietty Eggletina

1. Pod is Arietty's ....... .............. ...................... .

2. Eggletina is Hendreary and Lupy's
3. Homily is Arietty's .............. .... .................. .
4. Hendreary is Arietty's ............ ............. ............... .
5. Homily is Eggletina's ......................................... ... .
 “Borrowers” are very small people — only 20 cm tall. They
live in houses under the floor. Borrowers are frightened of
humans and animals because they're both very big.
Borrowers normally live in old, quiet houses
in the country. Sometimes they need
something and they “borrow” it from one of
the rooms. First, they check there aren't any
humans in the room and then they take it.
Because of this, they like the homes of
humans with a regular routine.
_ The Clock family — father Pod, mother Homily
and their 13-year-old daughter Arietty — are
Borrowers. They live in Sophie's house.

Sophie is an old woman and she stays in bed. She was in

an accident in the past and now she can't walk. The other
humans in the house are Mrs Driver, the cook, and
Crampfurl. He works in the garden.
 The family's name is “Clock” because the
entrance to their home is under an old
grandfather clock in the hall of Sophie's house.
There's a hole in the floor under the clock.
Many passages and gates go from the hole to
the Clocks' home under the kitchen. Pod
constructed the gates from safety pins and
pieces of metal.

Only Pod can open the gates and go to thc hole under the
clock. Pod often goes into the big house, but Homily and
Arietty never go there because it's dangerous. The humans
mustn't see them.
Homily loves her home because it's very comfortable. There's
a grating in the wall under the kitchen floor, and Arietty can
see the garden through the grating. She wants to go there,
but she can't.
 One day, Arietty breaks a cup and Homily wants a new
one. “Please go upstairs and get a new cup, Pod,”
Homily says. “Borrow a cup from the toy tea set in the
children's
bedroom.”
Pod doesn't want to go. “The tea set is in
p a high cupboard in the bedroom,” he says.
" “I must climb up the curtain to take it.
I'm not young, and it's difficult.”
“You can do it, Pod,” says Homily.
“Please.” Homily loves nice things and
Pod knows this. “OIL, Homily,” he says.
“I'm going now.”

It's 6.00 pm and Pod isn't at home.

“Where's Father?” Arietty asks. “I'm
worried. He's always here for dinner.”
“Don't worry, Arietty,” says Homily. “Your
father is OIL. But borrowing is not easy for
him any more.”
“Why can't I help?” asks Arietty.
“Why can't I borrow things with him?”
“Because you're young, and it's
dangerous!” says Homily.
At that moment, Pod enters the kitchen.
He's walking very slowly and he's got a
strange expression on his face. Homily is
frightened.
What happened, Pod?'

Pod looks at Arietty and he doesn't answer.

I Hatch the people I objects in the picture to the adjectives
below.
I. worried 2. hi 1 3. young 4. new

fl Circle the word that doesn*t belong in each group.

1.

2.

3.
3 Circle the correct answer.
1. “Borrowers” live in quiet houses in the city / country.
2. The Clock family are frightened of animals / clocks.
3. The Clock family live under the kitchen / in the garden.
4. Arietty never goes into the big house because she's too quiet /
it's dangerous.
5. Pod doesn't want to get the cup because it's difficult / dinner time.
6. The boy / Homily helps Pod take the cup.

& Who is it? I'datch the questions to the people below.

Who
...,...a. was in an accident?
. d. makes food for Sophie?
..... . b. is Pod's wife?
....... . e. is 13 years old?
is the gardener?

Crampfurl
Arietty Homily

Mrs Driver Sophie

In Ehe early 20ch century, I ich British families had many

servants.
The mosr important was the buEler. The housekeeper and cook
were also important. Servants worked long hours. Girls, Called
scullery maids, cleaned the k”ttchen. They were the lowest
sarvancs. They worked 18 hours a day.
 Homily and Pod go into Arietty's bedroom. “We want to tell
you about Uncle Hendreary,” Homily says.

You must know

the truth.

“I know about Uncle Hendreary,” Arietty says. “He

‘emigrated’ with Aunt Lupy and their children. Now they
live in a rabbit hole in a big field near here.”
“But do you know why?” Homily says.
“Maybe they wanted to live outside in the sun,” answers
Arietty. “I want that, too.”
“No,” Homily says. “He emigrated because a human saw
him upstairs.”
“Arietty, we've got gates and you can't open them,” Pod
says. “Do you know why?”
“No, why?” Arietty asks curiously.
“It's because you mustn't go upstairs — it's very
dangerous there,” Pod explains. “We've only got one child —
you. We worry about you a lot.”
 “Uncle Hendreary and Aunt Lupy have got two children
now,” Pod explains, “but in the past there were three children.
There was also a daughter called Eggletina.”
“What happened to her?” Arietty asks.
“A human saw Uncle Hendreary upstairs one
day. But nobody explained this to Eggletina,
Pod says. “The next day, she decided to go
upstairs and explore for the first time. There
was a new cat there. It discovered Eggletina,
an

“Eggletina never returned home,” says Pod quietly. He's

silent for a moment, then he continues. “Uncle Hendreary
and his family decided to emigrate after that.”
“That's terrible,” says Arietty. “But why are you telling me
this now?”
“A human saw your father upstairs today!” Homily says
slowly. “Now we've got a big problem.”
 “That's bad,” Arietty says. “Maybe our humans want to buy
a cat, too. Can't WE emigrate?”
“No, we can't,” Homily says. “I love this place . . .”
“But I don't, I hate it!” Arietty interrupts. “I can't go
outside. I can't play with other children.” She starts to cry.

I always stay in the house. It's not Noir.

“Maybe one day . . . your

father can take you to borrow
things,” Homily says slowly.
“Oh, yes, when?” Arietty
exclaims.
“I can't take her with me,”
w._
Pod says. “It's dangerous.”
“But she must see different things. She must have new
interests,” Homily says. “Now 1‹iSs your father, Arietty, and go
to Sleep.”

Cood night, father.

Arietty goes to sleep, and Homily and Pod talk quietly. Pod
is worried, but finally, Homily convinces him.
 Finally, the big day comes. The family is in the,kitchen.
“Pod, please go upstairs and get some fibre for a new
brush,” Homily says. “The house is quiet this morning. You
can take Arietty with you. It's a good opportunity.”
Arietty runs to her father. She's very happy.
“But the BOY ...” Pod protests. “Maybe HE's in the house.”
“Let's listen . . . it's easy to hear a boy. Boys make a lot
of
noise,” Homily says. They all listen but they can't hear
anything. “Oh, and can you also bring me some red velvet,
Pod?” Homily asks.
We must repair
this carpet too.

Pod isn't happy but finally, he goes with Arietty.

Pod opens all the gates. It's very difficult. Arietty watches
with fascination.
 Arietty and Pod come to the hole under the clock. They
climb up three steps and can see the interior of the house.
The front door of the house is open.

TH/S is upstairs!!

Pod looks around him.

Nobody is there. “Now '
watch me,” he says.
“Then follow me.”
He runs to the front

- door, and then, Arietty

runs there, too. She
can see the garden and
the big, blue sky.
“OI(,” Pod says. “Now we
must borrow some fibre from the
doormat for your mother's brush.”
Arietty takes some fibre and puts it in her bag. The fibre is
very hard and it hurts her hands.

Oh, m/ hands!
 “The first time is difficult,” Pod says. “Sit on the steps,
Arietty. I can do it. I can choose good fibre.”
Arietty sits on the steps and looks at the garden. She's very
happy. Finally, she's outside!
Later, Pod says, “OIL, now we must go into the house to
borrow the red velvet.”
“Can I stay here?” Arietty asks.
“I love the garden.”
“OIL,” Pod says. “But nobody
must see you. Don't go into the
garden. Stay here on the steps.”
Pod goes into the house
quietly. Arietty waits for a minute
and then she runs to the garden.
She looks at all the trees and
flowcrs. They're so big!
Suddenly, she stops. Something
is moving in the grass. It's an
enormous eye!
I Circle the correct word.

1. hate / emigrate 2. child / rabbit

3. run / bring 4. watch / kiss

2 t•iatch the verbs in the trees

to the picture.

2. cry 5. listen
3. talk
3 The words in bold are mistakes. Correct them.
1. Uncle Hendreary has got three children now. ..........................._ ...... .
2. A dog discovered Eggletina.
3. Pod chooses good flowers for the new carpet.......................
4. Arietty is happy. She is in the house. ......... ....... ............. .. ....
5. Arietty sees an enormous ear. .......... .. .........................
6. It's safe for the Borrowers to go upstairs. .........,............................

4 Choose the correct picture to complete each sentence.

1. The Clock family talk in ......... .
2. Hendreary's family live in a big
3. Homily needs some fibre for a ......... .
4. It's difficult for Pod to open the ...... .
5. Arietty runs into the ......... .

In che original sEory, the Clock familys house is near a real town in England calle
 Suddenly, the boy remembers. “Oh! Your father is very
small, too! He climbed down a curtain with a doll's cup in his
hand. He's a gnome!”
“Of course we're not GNOMES — we're Borrowers! We live
under the kitchen,” Arietty says. “Sometimes we need things
and then we borrow them from upstairs. It's difficult and
dangerous, too.”
The boy is fascinated. Then he tells Arietty new,
interesting things about football, sport and India. “I lived in
India, but then I was ill. I'm here to recuperate,” he says.
 Arietty tells the boy about Eggletina and Uncle Hendreary
and Hendreary's new home in the rabbit hole.
“1 can go and find them,” the boy says. “You can write
them a letter and I can put it in the hole.”
“Thank you, that's a fantastic idea,” Arietty says. “I can
write the letter and put it under the doormat at the front
door for you.”
“OIL. I must go now,” the boy says. “Come soon with the
letter.”
The boy leaves. Arietty is very happy. “A human saw me
and talked to me!” she thinks. “It's incredible!”
Suddenly, she hears Pod. “Why are you in
the garden?” he asks in an angry voice.
“It's dangerous here. We must go
home now. It's dinner
time.
 Pod and Arietty go home. “Have you got the red velvet,
Pod?” Homily asks.
“No,” Pod answers. “I sensed there was somebody in the
house ... I often ‘sense’ things. But nobody was there.”
“Maybe you imagined it,” Homily says.
“No, he didn't ” Arietty begins and then stops. She
continues eating in silence.
After dinner, Arietty goes to her room. She takes a pencil
and a piece of paper and writes a letter to Uncle Hendreary
and Aunt Lupy.

Dear Inc/e Hgfldreary and**^*’ **’

Are goJ and your faniliJ *^

ho/e7 be’re very hapPiJ ^^
learningto borrow.
/ \,\/ifh love,
Arietty /OC#

Then she hides the letter in one of her books.

 Now Arietty has got a problem: how can she put the letter
under the doormat? She can't go upstairs without Pod and
she's very impatient.
Every day, Arietty goes to the grating. She hopes to see the
boy, but he isn't there.
She goes to the first
gate and tries to open
it, but she can't. It's
very difficult.
Finally, Homily
says. “Pod, can you go
upstairs again and
borrow the red
velvet?”
“Yes,” says Pod, “and
Arietty can come with
me.”
Upstairs, Pod goes to find the velvet and Arietty runs
quietly to the front door. The doormat is heavy, but she puts
the letter under it. Then she goes and helps Pod with the red
velvet.
Soon it's time to go home.
 Homily is happy to see Pod and Arietty. “I listened to Mrs
Driver and Crampfurl today. Mrs Driver is perplexed
because the boy is acting strangely. He looks under the
doormat every day!”
“The boy is trying to find my letter,” Arietty thinks. “I'm sure
he's very impatient now. I hope he can find it tomorrow.”
That evening, Arietty stands on a chair in the kitchen
and listens to Mrs Driver and Crampfurl's conversation in
the room above.

“It's very strange,”

Crampfurl is saying. “The boy
goes to the big field every day
and*’1ooks in all the rabbit holes.
I follow him but he doesn't see
me. He says, ‘Uncle? Uncle? Are
you there?”’ Arietty smiles.
1 Do the puzzle.

Across > DOYyn ¥

2 What am I? Write the missing words.

1. People sit on me.

2. People write with me. 2. .

3. People are scared of me because

I'm very big and tall.

4. People make pages in books from this.

5. People write this to a friend.

3 Number the sentences in the correct order.
.... a. Arietty writes to her uncle.
.. . b. The boy and Arietty talk for a long time.
c. Arietty hears a conversation in the kitchen.
d. Arietty is frightened.
..... e. Pod and Arietty go home to eat.

,
4 Who is speaking? ,
•
Tick (J) the correct answer.

1. Don't move!

2. Have you got the red velvet?

3. My father is working in the house.

4. Can you go upstairs again?

3. I lived in India.

6. 0f course we're not GNOMES.

Nobody knows when, or where, the legendary stories about gnomes started, but the
 CHAPTER 7
Arietty Visits the Boy
Arietty wants to slee the bOy. “Are Uncle Hendi'eary and
his family OK?” she thinks. *I must know. I dtin't want to live
uoJer the floor all my life. 1 want to see my uncle’S
family.”
Homily ›mc•s into the kitchen. “Your fatheT is borrowing
upstairs,” she says. “It's a good tilTle because the buy is
usually .in bed ,at this time. I want a lot of things loday.”
“This is a fantastic opportunity,” Arietty thinks. “I can go
and visit the boy in his bedroom! The gates are open, and
Father needs at least an hour to borrow things fcr Mothcr.”
Arietty wallts quietly out of thc kitchen and runs to the hall.
Then she climbs the stairs. It's difticult, but finally Shc'S at
the top of the s!tairs.
 Upstairs, Arietty sees Pod in a room but he doesn't see her.
“Father mustn't see me here,” she thinks.
She walks past the room quietly and enters another
bedroom. The boy is there. He sees Arietty immediately.
“Hello, boy,” Arietty says. “Has Uncle Hendreary got my letter?”
“Yes, and I've got an answer for you from him,” the boy says.
He takes a letter from under his bed. “Here!” he says. “Now
you can visit him. His address is on the letter.”

Arietty is very happy. She takes the letter and starts to read it.
Suddenly, the boy says quietly, “Somebody is
watching you!”
It's Pod. “What are you doing here, Arietty?”
he says. “Come here immediately!”
Arietty hides the letter in her pocket and goes
to her house with her father. Pod is furious. “It's
dangerous to speak to humans, Arietty,” he says.
“You know that.”
 Homily is surprised to see Arietty with Pod. Pod explains
everything and Homily is angry with Arietty. “You mustn't
speak to the boy again,” she says.
Arietty gives her parents the letter. “It's from Uncle
Hendreary. He's happy in his new home,” she says.

1 got the fetter

(rom the boy.

“Now, the boy knows about us,” Pod says. “That's very
dangerous for us — and you're responsible, Arietty! It was a
bad idea to take you to borrow with me.”
“And we can't emigrate to Uncle Hendreary's rabbit hole
because the boy knows about THAT, too!” says Homily.
“You're a stupid girl, Arietty!”
 “The boy HELPED us, he doesn't want to hurt us!”
Arietty exclaims. “Some humans are good.” She runs to
her bedroom. She's crying.
That night, Homily stays in bed and thinks about the
situation. She hears a loud noise and suddenly, there's an
enormous hole in the ceiling and pieces of floorboard
next to her bed.
“Pod!” Homily shouts. “Help!”
Suddenly, an enormous face appears in the hole. It's the
boy. Homily shouts and Arietty runs to her parents' room.

“Hi Arietty, is that your mother?” the boy asks. “Here

are some things for you and I've got more things
upstairs.” He gives them a doll's cupboard and a doll's chair.
“Do you see?” says Arietty, triumphantly. “The boy is
our friend!”
There's silence for a moment. “Thank you,” Pod says
finally, “but now, can you repair the hole in our ceiling?”
1 Circle the correct picture.
1. Which face is furious?

2. Where can you shout?

3. Which thing makes a loud noise?

4. Which is an address?

In the 20th century, the children of wealthy British families

usually played in their bedroom — the “nursery". This wasn't just
a bedroom for the children; it was their schoolroom and their
playroom. They usually had their meals there, and there was
often a nanny to look aker them.
2 Circle the correct letter to answer T (true) or F (false).
Then write the circled letters to answer the question below.
T F
1. Arietty visits the boy. o
2 The letter is in a cupboard. e c
3. Homily is surprised to see Pod with Arietty. h g
4. Pod is angry because the boy knows
about the Clock family. a m
5. The Clock family can emigrate to
Uncle Hendreary's house. t i
6. The boy wants to help the Clocks. r S

What does the boy give the Clocks? a

3 Match each question to the correct picture.

1. Why does Pod go upstairs?
2. Where does Arietty put Uncle Hendreary's letter?
3. Who sees Arietty in the boy's bedroom?
4. Why does Homily shout for help?
5. How does the boy help the Borrowers?

agy;,y •
 Now a marvellous period begins for the Clocks. Every
night, their ceiling opens and the boy gives them beautiful
things from the doll's house — a comfortable sofa, a bed, a
chair. Homily organises all the new things. She's very happy
with the transformations in their house.
Arietty reads to the boy every afternoon in the garden and
Mrs Driver and Crampfurl never see her. They talk about
many things and they are good friends. Arietty is happy
because she's got a friend, finally. But the boy is not staying
forever.
“I must return to my family in India soon,” says the boy.
Then the boy brings them little silver ornaments.

Homily is happy, but Pod isn't. “This is dangerous,” he

says. “We usually borrow simple things. Nobody misses
those things. But silver ornaments are different.”
 Pod is correct. One day, Mrs Driver can't find a silver
ornament.
Is Cramp(url ta1ing the ornaments?
Or the boy! I must know.

That night Mrs Driver goes to bed,

but she can't sleep. At 12.00 she
goes downstairs quietly.
The boy is in the kitchen. He's
taking some new ornaments to the
Borrowers. Suddenly, he hears Mrs
Driver's footsteps and runs to his room. He doesn't close the
hole in the floor!
Mrs Driver goes to the kitchen and sees ornaments on the
floor. She approaches them and sees the Borrowers in the
hole! She shouts for Crampfurl. He runs into the kitchen
immediately.

There are little peop/e in the hole!

Can you see them?

Crampfurl looks in
the hole. “Yes! And I
can see ornaments
there, he says.
“Look! There's an
emerald watch!”
“We must call
the police,” Mrs
Driver says. “And a
rat-catcher to catch
the little people.”
 The boy is in bed. He's trembling. He waits, but nobody
comes. It's quiet.
The boy climbs out of bed and goes downstairs into the
kitchen. He looks into the hole. The Borrowers' home is in
total disorder.

Ar/ett}’! Pod! Homily!

Finally, the Clocks appear.

They're frightened and they're trembling.
“Mrs Driver and Crampfurl saw our home,” they say.
“It's terrible!”
“You can't stay here now,” the boy says. “I must take you
upstairs.”
“No, it's dangerous,” Pod says. “Mrs Driver wants to call the
police and the rat-catcher.”
“We must go to Uncle Hendreary's rabbit hole tomorrow,”
Homily says. “We can't go tonight. We can't see anything.”
“Maybe we can sleep in the doll's house tonight,” Arietty
says.
 “That's a good idea. Tomorrow I can take you to Uncle
Hendreary's house in my pocket,” says the boy. “And then I
can bring you things — food, chairs, or a table. But now I
must take you to the doll's house.”
“But how?” asks Pod. “You haven't got any pockets in your
pyjamas.”
The boy looks round the kitchen. He sees a shopping bag on
the table. “I can take you upstairs in that shopping bag.” he
says.

Suddenly, they hear a noise. “Quick! Hide!” Pod exclaims.

“Somebody's coming!”
The Clocks disappear. Nobody is in the hole now. “Pod!
Homily! Arietty! Come here!” the boy shouts.
At that moment, the door opens. Mrs Driver is standing
there. She's very angry.
 Write each word under the correct picture then write
them in the puzzle.

4 s a

Natch each sentence to the correct picture.

1. The family eats together at 2. Take the milk and eggs
the ... . from my ... .

3. The rabbit is going to .... . 4. I wear . . . at night.

"•
i’ '‘
*’ *‘ ' '
3 I”1atch A and B to make sentences.
A B
1. Homily organises .... . a. all the new things in
2. Arietty reads to the boy her house.
3. Mrs Driver can't find . b. the Borrowers.
4. Mrs Driver hopes to catch . ... c. in a shopping bag.
3. The boy can take the Clocks . d. the silver ornaments.
upstairs ... . e. in the garden.

4 Who is speaking? l"tatch each character to the correct

speech bubble.

a ay n

This is dangerous.We usually =! We most call

t borrow simple things. the police.

You can't stay maybe we can sleep

here now. in the doll's house.

Doll's houses were popular toys in the 1900s, and visitors to

Windsor Castle near London can still see Queen Mary's doll's
house. It has got more than 40 rooms. There is a tiny Rolls-
Royce in the garage and small bottles with real champagne. There
are more than 170 miniature books in the library by real authors,
including Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
 “What are you doing here?” Mrs Driver asks. “And why
have you got that shopping bag?”
The boy looks at Mrs Driver, but he doesn't speak.
“Why was the watch in the hole? Are you responsible?
Answer me!” Mrs Driver says in an angry voice.
“Yes,” the boy answers.
“You're a thief and the little people are thieves, too!” Mrs
Driver exclaims. “Police put thieves in prison. You and your
friends can go to prison!” She takes the boy's arm and
pushes him to the door. The boy is trembling.

I'm NOT a thief

/’m a Borrower. T/te little people are Borrowers, too.

Mrs Driver laughs. “Borrowers!” she exclaims. “Well, they

can't borrow things in this house any more!”
The boy starts to cry. “Please don't hurt them,” he says.
“I can move them from here.”
 Mrs Driver laughs again and pushes the boy to the door.
“Don't worry,” she says. “The police can move them — or the
rat-catcher can catch them!”
She pushes the boy into his bedroom and lochs the door.

, The boy is very sad. He can't help the Clock family now.

“The boy is sad here. He hasn't got friends,” Mrs Driver

tells Sophie. “The next boat for
India is in three days.
A family from the
village wants to travel
on it. We can send the
boy with thcm.”
“That's a good idea,”
says Sophie. “He wants
to return to his family
there and he's sad
here.”
 Mrs Driver keeps the boy in the locked room. She puts the
toy tea set in the doll's house again. “Your Borrowers don't
need it now,” she says. “There's a boat to India in three days.
You can return to your family.”
The boy is very worried.
“The boy can't help the Borrowers now,” Mrs Driver
thinks. “A policeman is coming to take them. After that, the
boy can come out of his room.”
The policeman comes and Mrs Driver tells him her story.
But the policeman only laughs! “That's a good story. I see
you have got a good imagination, Mrs Driver!”
On the third day, Mrs Driver opens the boy's door and
takes him to say goodbye to Sophie. Then they go
downstairs to the hall. The boy is surprised. The clock is in a
different position now and there's a new floorboard over
the hole!
The boy panics. “How can the Borrowers escape now?” he
thinks. “There's no exit.”
Mrs Driver goes into the kitchen. Quickly, the boy runs to
the garden and goes to the grating. He opens it and puts his
face near the new hole.

You can escape now.

Goodbye, my friends!
/’m returning to
India now.
 The boy returns to the house and his taxi arrives
immediately.
Mrs Driver puts him in the taxi quickly. Suddenly, the
rat-catcher arrives. He's coming to catch the Borrowers and
she wants to see it!
Mrs Driver doesn't know it, but the Borrowers aren't
there. The new hole in the grating was a perfect escape.
Now they're going to Uncle Hendreary's house. They see the
boy's taxi. “Good luck in India!” Pod shouts. “Thank you
for your help!”

Goodbye, boy, and

thank you!
Do the puzzle and fnd the hiddenword to complete the
sentence below.

2.

4. The boy's..........................................................are in India.

5.
6. •'
7. d
2 Look at the pictures. What happens next? Circle the
correct answer.

1. a. Mrs Driver locks the door. 3. a. The boy runs to the garden
b. The boy starts to smile. and opens the grating.
b. The boy's taxi is late.
2. a. The policeman takes the boy
to the police station.
b. The policeman laughs at
Mrs Driver.

3 Circle the correct answer.

1. The watch was ...
a. in the hole
b. in the bag
c. in the boy's room
2. Sophie thinks the boy ...
a. has got new friends
b. likes his bedroom
c. wants to return to India
3. After three days, the clock is ... .
a. not there
b. in the kitchen
c. not in the same position
4. Mrs Driver doesn't know .
a. the Borrowers aren't in the hole
b. there's cement over the hole
c. the taxi is coming
acting strangely actuando de forma actuant de forma
extrañ a estranya

any more ya ja
at least al menos, por lo almenys, ben be
menos
at the top of en la parte a la part de dalt
de arriba de
brush cepillo de raspall
carpet alfombra catifa
ceiling techo sostre
climb up subir escalando pujar escalant
cook cocinera cuinera
curtain cortina cortina
doormat felpudo estora
field campo camp
floorboard suelo terra
footsteps pasos passes
front door puerta principal porta principal
gates puertas, portones portes
go upstairs sube las escaleras puja les escales
goes downstairs baja las escaleras baixa les escales
good luck buena suerte bona sort
grass hierba herba
grating rejilla reixeta
hides esconde amaga
hole agujero forat
hopes espera espera
acting strangely jokabide arraroa a actuar /
izan actuando de
xeito estraño
any more jadanik ez xa
at least gutxienez cando menos,
polo menos
at the top of -en goiko aldean na parte de arriba
de
brush eskuila cepillo
carpet alfonbra alfombra
ceiling sabai teito
climb up eskalatuz igo subir gabeando
cook sukaldari cociñeira
curtain errezel, gortina cortina
doormat lanpasa felpudo
field zelai campo, eido
floorboard zoru, ohol chan
footsteps oinkadak pasos
front door ate nagusi porta principal
gates ateak, atetzarrak portas, portñns
go upstairs sobe as escaleiras
eskailerak igo ditu
goes downstairs baixa as escaleiras
eskailerak jaitsi ditu
good luck boa sorte
zorte on
grass herba
belar
grating reixa, enreixado
burdinsare
hides agocha
ezkutatu du
hole burato
zulo
hopes espera
espero du
hurts dañ a, hace dañ o danya, fa mal
en
ill enfermo malalt
locks cierra con llave tanca amb
misses clau echa de menos enyora
nobody nadie ning:i
noise ruido soroll
outside fuera fora
pocket bolsillo butxaca
pushes empuja empeny
rat-catcher exterminador exterminador de rates
de ratas
remembers recuerda recorda
safety pins imperdibles agulles imperdibles
saw habia visto havia vist
sensed senti, me di vaig sentir, vaig
cuenta de adonar-me
silver ornaments adornos de plata ornaments de plata
something algo alguna cosa

SOOR pronto aviat

stays permanece, esta esta
tal‹e cogen; llevan agafen; porten

thief ladrñn lladre

toy tea set juego de té de joc de te de
joguina juguete
truth verdad veritat
velvet terciopelo vellut
walks past pasa por delante de passa per davant de
hurts
min eman dio manca, magoa en
ill
locks gaixo doente, enfermo
misses giltzaz itxi du pecha con chave
nobody -en falta sumatu fai de menos
noise inor(k) ez ninguén
outside zarata ruido
pocket kanpoan fñ ra
pushes patrika peto
rat-catcher bultza egin dio empurra
arratoi-hiltzaile exterminador de
remembers ratas
safety pins gogoratu da lembra
saw kateorratzak imperdibeis
sensed ikusia zuen vira
-z ohartu nintzen sentin, decateime
silver ornaments
something zilarrezko apaingarriak adobios de prata
zerbait algo, algunha
soon cousa
stays laster axiñ a
take dago permanece, esta
hartzen dute; collen; levan
thief eramaten dute
toy tea set lapur ladrñn
jostailuzko te-joko xogo de té de
truth xoguete
velvet egia verdade
walks past belus veludo
-en aurretik pasa da pasa por diante de
 GOBLINS

There are many stories about goblins.

Goblins are mythical creatures. They are
usually small and ugly and can be evil. They are
often angry and like to play tricks on people.

Hobbits are characters in the book The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R.
Tolkien. Hobbits are only about a metre tall, and they've got
pointed ears and big, hairy feet. They wear bright colours and
they're shy.
In The Lord of the Rings, hobbits live in
a place called Middle-Earth. They drink
beer and they like eating bread, cheese,
mushrooms and other simple food. There
are some very old hobbits. They can live
for up to 130 years.
 LEPRECHAUNS

In Irish mythology, leprechauns are small, magical men.

They are similar to goblins because they like playing
tricks on people, but sometimes they try and help
people. In the stories, leprechauns are usually very
rich and they like hiding their gold in secret places. They are usually
old and wear green clothes, and they always live in Ireland.

ELYES

An elf is a creature from Scandinavian mythology. Elves

are usually young and beautiful. They live in forests and
caves, or under the ground. They are usually immortal and
they've got magic powers.

I Which creatures do the sentences

describe? Ticl‹ (/) the correct column. ^

1. They are young and beautiful.

2. They live in Ireland.
1 1
3. They can live for up to 130 years.
4. They are usually very rich.
5. They live in a place called Middle-Earth.
6. They can be evil.
7. They are usually immortal.
8. They are usually small and ugly.
Ch0SS-CURRICULAh I“0CUS

2 Choose the correct answer. Then write the letters of the

answers in the boxes below.
1. Homo Floresiensis lived on the island of . . . .
a. I€omodo b. Flores c. Indonesia
2. They were the size of a three-year-old .
a. elephant b. rat c. child
3. They had long . .
a. arms b. heads c. fish
4. The workers called the small people . . .
a. “dragons” b. “frogs” c. “hobbits”
5. There were also very small . . . in the cave.
a. snakes b. elephants c. birds
6. The small people disappeared . ..
a. because of a b. because of a fire c. in 2004
volcanic eruption

3 What is the name of the youngest hobbit in 7he Lord o{

the Rings?’ Use the boxes above to find the correct letter
in the grid. Circle this letter and find the name. •

1 2 3 4 5 6
a b J ap d m n
pr* i dis
pot
b fio

The youngest hobbit is

Look on the Internet or in an encyclopedia to find

information about Komodo dragons. Draw a picture and write
a paragraph about them.
 Pod and Homily block and llJeii I 3-yeñi'oId
dhughtei Arietty are “Boi i owers” little people„ ,
on Iy TO cm tall. They live under the floor- and ,
, " “box row” things fi om the humans in the big ‘a
house above them. The en tl ‹tnce to fheii home
is undel gi nndfr›thel clocI-‹ so they ai e called
” the “Clock” I mlly. Life is comfot table, hu I a little
hoi ing especially for Al ietfy. She wants to go
into the dig g‹J i den and exploi e. She wnn Ls to
play with othel chilli-en.
Theo a human boy comes to I ice upstart s. It's
danger ozs lot‘ a boi i ovrei to mee I a h oman
but lonely Al ietty wa nts a fi iend. Is it possible!

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