"The Borrowers" Traditional Cache
52chevrolet: We no longer live near enough to keep this cache in good order.
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Dr. F.D. Morse Walking Trail N37 22.366 W080 51.447
This cache got its name from the novel, “The Borrowers” written by Mary Norton. The story is about tiny people who "borrow" things from normal humans and keep their existence unknown. It has been made into 2 movies that follow the story quite closely.
Mrs. 52’s reading class read the novel this year. One of the assignments was to “borrow” items and make a house like the borrowers might have made. This assignment led to the creation of this cache.
The students were introduced to geocaching and travel bugs with the help of runawaylu (runawaylu & dan). The class decided to make a cache which I agreed to hide. We “borrowed” the container, 2 travel bugs, and a geocoin from runawaylu. Each student was asked to “borrow” an item from home to place in the cache. They were also required to tell how the borrowers might use that item. Their items are in a plastic bag in the cache container. Other items have been added to the cache for “human beans” to “borrow”.
Please enjoy the cache and read the book if you can find the time. Published in 1952, it won the Carnegie Medal for that year, and was selected in 2007 by judges of the CILIP Carnegie Medal for children's literature as one of the ten most important children's novels of the past 70 years.
Original contents:
Provided by class- broken lock to stand or sit upon
Broken key to use as to pry things
Pink paper for wall hanging
Heart-shaped paper for rugs
Toy dog for decoration
½ plastic egg to use as wash basin
Book key ring for diary
Broken eraser to stand on
Clip from binder to use with stove
Other “borrowed” items:
3 flag key rings
3 mini magnifying glasses
4 mini clothespins
regular clothespin and birthday candle
3 pennies
10 small safety pins
paper clip (bent)
2 bottle caps
red, white, and blue button
empty tape box
mini Tupperware container key ring
2 travel bugs and geocoin
FTF item – small geocaching compass (borrowed from cache nearby)
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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