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21 - Heidi by Johanna Spyri · Heidi

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  Speaker 1: Chapter twenty one of Heidi by Janna Speedy, translated by
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  Speaker 1: Elizabeth Peastark. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter twenty one of further events on the elp the
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  Speaker 1: sun was just rising, and the alm uncle was watching
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  Speaker 1: how mountain and dale awoke to the new day, and
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  Speaker 1: the clouds above grew brighter. Next, the old man turned
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  Speaker 1: to go back into the hut and softly climb the ladder. Clara,
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  Speaker 1: having just a moment ago, opened her eyes, looked about
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  Speaker 1: her in amazement. Bright sunbeams danced on her bed. Where
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  Speaker 1: was she? But soon she discovered her sleeping friend and
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  Speaker 1: heard the grandfather's cheery voice, How did you sleep? Not
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  Speaker 1: tard Clara, feeling fresh and rested, said that she had
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  Speaker 1: never slept better in all her life. Heidi was soon
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  Speaker 1: awake to and lost no time in coming down to
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  Speaker 1: join Clara, who was already sitting in the sun. A
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  Speaker 1: cool morning breeze fanned their cheeks, and the spicy fragrance
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  Speaker 1: from the fir trees filled their lungs with every breath.
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  Speaker 1: Clara had never experienced such well being in all her life.
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  Speaker 1: She had never breathed such pure, cool morning air, and
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  Speaker 1: never felt such warm, delicious sunshine on her feet and hands.
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  Speaker 1: It surpassed all her expectations. Oh, Heidi, I wish I
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  Speaker 1: could always stay up here with you, she said. Now
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  Speaker 1: you can see that everything is as beautiful as I
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  Speaker 1: told you. Heidi replied triumphantly. Up on the alp with
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  Speaker 1: Grandfather is the loveliest spot in all the world. The
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  Speaker 1: grandfather was just coming out of the shed with two
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  Speaker 1: full bowls of steaming snow white milk, Handing one to
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  Speaker 1: each of the children, He said to Clara, this will
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  Speaker 1: do you good, little girl. It comes from Swanley and
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  Speaker 1: will give you stress to your health. Just drink it,
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  Speaker 1: he said encouragingly. For Clara had hesitated a little, but
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  Speaker 1: when she saw that Heidie's bowl was nearly empty already,
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  Speaker 1: she also drank without even stopping. Oh how good it was.
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  Speaker 1: It tasted like cinnamon and sugar. We'll take two tomorrow,
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  Speaker 1: said the grandfather. After their breakfast, Peter arrived. While the
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  Speaker 1: goats were rushing up to Heidie, bleeding loudly. The grandfather
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  Speaker 1: took the boy aside. Just listen and do what I
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  Speaker 1: tell you, he said. From now on you must let
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  Speaker 1: Swanley go wherever she likes. She knows where to get
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  Speaker 1: the richest herbs, and you must follow her, even if
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  Speaker 1: she should go higher up than usual. It won't do
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  Speaker 1: you any harm to climb a little more and will
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  Speaker 1: do all the other good. I want the coach to
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  Speaker 1: give me splendid milk. Remember what are you looking at?
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  Speaker 1: So furiously Peter was silent, and without more Ado started
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  Speaker 1: off still angrily looking back. Now and then, as Heidi
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  Speaker 1: had followed a little way, Peter called to her. You
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  Speaker 1: must come along, Heidi shrongly, has to be followed everywhere. No,
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  Speaker 1: but I can't. Heidi called back, I won't be able
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  Speaker 1: to come as long as Clary is with me. Grandfather
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  Speaker 1: has promised, though, to let us come up with you. Once.
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  Speaker 1: With those words, Heidi returned to Clara, while the goatherd
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  Speaker 1: was hurrying onward, angrily shaking his fists. The children had
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  Speaker 1: promised to write a letter to Grandmamma every day, so
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  Speaker 1: they immediately started on their task. Heidi brought out her
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  Speaker 1: own little three legged stool, her school books and her papers,
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  Speaker 1: and with these on Claire Sarah's lap, they began to write.
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  Speaker 1: Clara stopped after nearly every sentence for she had to
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  Speaker 1: look around. Oh how peaceful it was, with the little
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  Speaker 1: gnats dancing in the sun and the rustling of the trees.
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  Speaker 1: From time to time they could hear the shouting of
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  Speaker 1: a shepherd re echoed from many rocks. The morning had passed,
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  Speaker 1: they knew not how, and dinner was ready. They again
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  Speaker 1: ate outside, for Clara had to be in the open
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  Speaker 1: air all day if possible. The afternoon was spent in
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  Speaker 1: the cool shadow of the fir trees. Clara had many
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  Speaker 1: things to relate of Frankfort and all the people that
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  Speaker 1: Heidi knew. It was not long before Peter arrived with
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  Speaker 1: his luck, but without even answering the girl's friendly greeting,
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  Speaker 1: he disappeared with a grim scowl. While Schwanli was being
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  Speaker 1: milked in the shed, Clara said, Oh, Heidi, I feel
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  Speaker 1: as if I could not wait for my milk. Isn't
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  Speaker 1: it funny? All my life I have only eaten because
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  Speaker 1: I had to. Everything always tasted to me like cod, liver, oil,
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  Speaker 1: and I have often wished that I should never have
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  Speaker 1: to eat. But now I am so hungry. Oh yes,
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  Speaker 1: I know, Heidi replied. She had to think of the
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  Speaker 1: days in Frankfort when her food seemed to stick in
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  Speaker 1: her throat. When at last the full bowls were brought
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  Speaker 1: by the old man, Clara, seizing hers, eagerly drank the
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  Speaker 1: contents in one draft, and even finished before Heidie. Please
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  Speaker 1: may I have a little more? She asked, holding out
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  Speaker 1: the bowl, nodding much pleased, the grandfather soon refilled it.
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  Speaker 1: This time he also brought with him a slice of
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  Speaker 1: bread and butter for the children. He had gone to
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  Speaker 1: mine sauce that afternoon to get the butter, and his
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  Speaker 1: trouble was well rewarded. They enjoyed it as if it
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  Speaker 1: had been the rarest dish. This evening, Clara fell asleep
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  Speaker 1: the moment she lay down. Two or three days passed
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  Speaker 1: in this pleasant way. The next brought a surprise. Two
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  Speaker 1: strong porters came up the alp, each carrying on his
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  Speaker 1: back a fresh white bed. They also brought a letter
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  Speaker 1: from Grandmamma, in which she thanked the children for their
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  Speaker 1: faithful writing and told them that the beds were meant
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  Speaker 1: for them. When they went to sleep that night, they
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  Speaker 1: found their new beds in exactly the same position as
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  Speaker 1: their former ones had been. Clara's rapture in her new
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  Speaker 1: life grew greater every day, and she could not write
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  Speaker 1: enough of the grandfather's kindly care and of Heidee's entertaining stories.
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  Speaker 1: She told her Grandmamma that her first thought in the
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  Speaker 1: morning always was thank God, I am still in the
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  Speaker 1: alm Hut. Grandmamma was highly pleased at those reports, and
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  Speaker 1: put her projected visit off a little while, for she
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  Speaker 1: had found the ride pretty tiring. The grandfather took excellent
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  Speaker 1: care of his little patient, and no day passed on
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  Speaker 1: which he did not climb around to find the most
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  Speaker 1: savory herbs for Swanli, the little goat thrived so that
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  Speaker 1: everybody could see it in the way her eyes were flashing.
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  Speaker 1: It was the third week of Clara's stay. Every morning,
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  Speaker 1: after the grandfather had carried her down, he said to her,
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  Speaker 1: would my Clara try to stand? The little Clara always sighed, oh,
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  Speaker 1: it hurts me so, But though she would cling to him,
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  Speaker 1: he made her stand a little longer every day. This
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  Speaker 1: summer was the finest that had been for years. Day
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  Speaker 1: after day, the sun shone on a cloudless sky, and
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  Speaker 1: at night it would pour its purple rosy light down
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  Speaker 1: on the rocks and snowfields till everything seemed to glow
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  Speaker 1: like fire. Heidi had told Clara over and over again
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  Speaker 1: of all the flowers on the pasture, of the masses
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  Speaker 1: of golden roses, and the blue flowers that covered the ground.
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  Speaker 1: She had just been telling it again when a longing
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  Speaker 1: seized her, and jumping up, she ran over to her grandfather,
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  Speaker 1: who was busy carving in the shop. Oh, grandfather, she
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  Speaker 1: cried from a farm. Won't you come with us to
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  Speaker 1: the pasture tomorrow? Oh it's so beautiful up there. Now,
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  Speaker 1: all right, I will, he replied, But tell Clara that
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  Speaker 1: she must do something to please me. She must try
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  Speaker 1: to stand longer this evening for me. Tidy merrily came
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  Speaker 1: running with her message. Of course, Clara promised, for was
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  Speaker 1: it not her greatest wish to go up with Heidie
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  Speaker 1: to the pasture. When Peter returned this evening, he heard
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  Speaker 1: of the plan for the morrow, but for answer, Peter
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  Speaker 1: only growled, nearly hitting forth thistlefinch in his anger. The
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  Speaker 1: children had just resolved to stay awake all night to
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  Speaker 1: talk about the coming day. When their conversation suddenly ceased,
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  Speaker 1: and they were both peacefully slumbering. In her dreams, Clara
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  Speaker 1: saw before her a field that was thickly strewn with
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  Speaker 1: light blue flowers, while Heidi heard the eagle scream to
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  Speaker 1: her from above, Come, Come, Come. End of chapter twenty
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