The Clock family--Pod, Homily, and Arrietty--live beneath the floor of a country house in a home furnished with objects they have borrowed from the humans who live above them.
Driven from their home in the big house, Pod, Homily, and Arrietty take up life in a boot.
Uprooted once again, the little people journey down a drain, live briefly in a teakettle, and are swept away in a flood.
Pod, Homily, and Arrietty escape from the Platters’ attic and set off to an old rectory to begin life anew.Â