The Borrowers Afield is a children's fantasy novel by Mary Norton, published in 1955 by Dent in the UK and Harcourt in the US.
Kate learns that the present tenant Tom Goodenough knows Arrietty Clock, a tiny "Borrower" also known to Mrs May's brother.
Spiller, a mysterious wild Borrower, brings meat and saves Arrietty from a dog attack.
Although everything outdoors — cows, moths, field mice, cold weather — endangers the Borrowers' lives, they learn to survive in the wild.
One night, a Romani Mild Eye finds his lost boot and brings the Clocks back to his caravan.