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The Borrowers
fictional characters
The Borrowers, a race of tiny people in the Borrowers series of novels for children by British author Mary Norton. Secretive and resourceful, the Borrowers live concealed in the houses of full-sized human beings, subsisting on bits of food and cleverly using odds and ends that they “borrow” and fashion into clothing, tools, and furnishings.
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