 Meanwhile, the Platters, a married couple who own a rival model village, learn of the Borrowers' existence.Fearing their own model village will be ruined, as they cannot compete with a model village with live occupants, the Platters kidnap the Clock family and keep them in an attic, planning to show them after building a see-through, escape-proof miniature house in which to display the tiny family.The Clocks are horrified at their fate, but escape seems impossible.