Arriettys father, Pod, was an expert Borrower. He could scale curtains using a hatpin, and bring back a dolls teacup without breaking it. Girls werent supposed to go borrowing but as Arrietty was the only child her father broke the rule. She made friends with the human boy living in the house. Paperback , 148 pages Published October 28th 1993 by Penguin Books, Limited (UK) (first published 1952)