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16 - Heidi by Johanna Spyri · Heidi

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  Speaker 1: Chapter sixteen of Heidi by Joanna Speedy, translated by Elizabeth P. Stork.
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  Speaker 1: This LibriVox recording is in the public domain. Chapter sixteen
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  Speaker 1: a guest on the alp. The early dawn was tinging
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  Speaker 1: the mountains, and a fresh morning breeze rocked the old
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  Speaker 1: fir trees to and fro. Heidi opened her eyes for
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  Speaker 1: the rustling of the wind had awakened her. These sounds
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  Speaker 1: always thrilled her heart, and now they drew her out
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  Speaker 1: of bed. Rising hurriedly, she soon was neatly dressed and combed,
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  Speaker 1: Coming down the little ladder and finding the grandfather's bed empty,
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  Speaker 1: she ran outside. The old man was looking up at
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  Speaker 1: the sky to see what the weather was going to
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  Speaker 1: be like that day. Rosy clouds were passing overhead, but
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  Speaker 1: gradually the sky grew more blue and deep, and soon
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  Speaker 1: a golden light passed over the heights while the sun
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  Speaker 1: was rising in all his glory. Oh, how lovely good morning, grandfather,
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  Speaker 1: Heidi exclaimed, Are your eyes right already? The grandfather retorted,
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  Speaker 1: holding out his hand. Heide then ran over to her
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  Speaker 1: beloved fir trees and danced about while the wind was
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  Speaker 1: howling in the branches. After the old man had washed
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  Speaker 1: and milked the goats, he brought them out of the shed.
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  Speaker 1: When Heide saw her friends again, she caressed them tenderly,
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  Speaker 1: and they, in their turn, nearly crushed her between them. Sometimes,
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  Speaker 1: when Barley got too wild, Heidi was say, but Barley,
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  Speaker 1: you push me like the big turk, And that was
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  Speaker 1: enough to quiet the goat. Soon Peter arrived with the
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  Speaker 1: whole herd that jolly Thistlefinch had. Of all the others, Heide,
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  Speaker 1: being soon in the midst of them, was pushed about
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  Speaker 1: among them. Peter was anxious to say a word to
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  Speaker 1: the little girl, so he gave a shrill whistle, urging
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  Speaker 1: the goats to climb ahead. When he was near her,
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  Speaker 1: he said, reproachfully, you really might come with me today?
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  Speaker 1: No I can't, Peter, said Heidi. They might come from
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  Speaker 1: Frankfort any time. I must be home when they come.
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  Speaker 1: How often have you said that? Grumbled the boy. But
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  Speaker 1: I mean it, replied Heidee. Do you really think I
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  Speaker 1: want to be away when they come from Frankfort? Do
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  Speaker 1: you really think that, Peter? They could come to Uncle
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  Speaker 1: Peter growled. Then the grandfather's strong voice was heard. Why
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  Speaker 1: doesn't the army go forward? Is it the field Marshal's
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  Speaker 1: fault or the fault of the troop. Peter immediately turned
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  Speaker 1: about and let his goats up the mountain without more ado.
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  Speaker 1: Since Heidi had come home again to her grandfather, she
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  Speaker 1: did many things that had never occurred to her before.
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  Speaker 1: For instance, she would make her bed every morning and
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  Speaker 1: run about the hut, tidying and dusting with an old rag.
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  Speaker 1: She would rub the chairs and table till they all shone,
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  Speaker 1: and the grandfather would exclaim, it is always Sunday with
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  Speaker 1: us now, Heidie has not been away in Vain on
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  Speaker 1: this day. After breakfast, when Hidie began her self imposed task,
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  Speaker 1: it took her longer than usual, for the weather was
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  Speaker 1: too glorious to stay within. Over and over again, a
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  Speaker 1: bright sunbeam would tempt the busy child outside. How could
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  Speaker 1: she stay indoors when the glistening sunshine was pouring down
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  Speaker 1: and all the mountains seemed to glow. She had to
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  Speaker 1: sit down on the dry, hard ground and look down
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  Speaker 1: into the valley and all about her. Then, suddenly remembering
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  Speaker 1: her little duties, she would hasten back. It was not long, though,
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  Speaker 1: till the roaring fir trees tempted her again. The grandfather
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  Speaker 1: had been busy in his little shop, merely glancing over
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  Speaker 1: at the child from time to time. Suddenly he heard
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  Speaker 1: her call, oh, grandfather come. He was frightened and came
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  Speaker 1: out quickly. He saw her running down the hill, crying,
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  Speaker 1: they are coming, they are coming. Oh, the doctor is
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  Speaker 1: coming first. When Heide at last reached her old friend,
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  Speaker 1: he held out his hand, which Haidee immediately seized. In
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  Speaker 1: the full joy of her heart, she exclaimed, how do
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  Speaker 1: you do, doctor? And I thank you a thousand times.
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  Speaker 1: How are you Heidee? But what are you thanking me
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  Speaker 1: for already? The doctor asked with a smile, Because you'll
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  Speaker 1: let me come home again, the child explained. The gentleman's
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  Speaker 1: face lit up like sunshine. He had certainly not counted
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  Speaker 1: on such a reception on the alp. On the contrary,
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  Speaker 1: not even noticing all the beauty around him, he had
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  Speaker 1: climbed up sadly, for he was sure that Haidee probably
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  Speaker 1: would not know him any more. He thought that he
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  Speaker 1: would be far from welcome, being obliged to cause her
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  Speaker 1: a great disappointment. Instead, he beheld Haidee's bright eyes looking
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  Speaker 1: up at him in gratefulness and love. She was still
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  Speaker 1: holding his arm when he said, come now, Heidie, and
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  Speaker 1: take me to your grandfather, for I want to see
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  Speaker 1: where you live. Like a kind father. He had taken
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  Speaker 1: her hand, but Haidee stood still and looked down the
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  Speaker 1: mountain side. But where are Clara and Grandmamma, she asked, child.
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  Speaker 1: I must tell you something now which will grieve you
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  Speaker 1: as much as it grieves me. Replied the doctor. I
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  Speaker 1: had to come alone, for Clara has been very ill
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  Speaker 1: and could not travel. Of course, Grandmamma has not come either,
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  Speaker 1: But the spring will soon be here, and when the
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  Speaker 1: days get long and warm, they will surely visit you.
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  Speaker 1: Heidie was perfectly amazed. She could not understand how all
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  Speaker 1: those things that she had pictured to herself so clearly
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  Speaker 1: would not happen. After all, she was standing perfectly motionless,
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  Speaker 1: confused by the blow. It was some time before Heidie
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  Speaker 1: remembered that after all she had come down to meet
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  Speaker 1: the doctor. Looking up at her friend, she was struck
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  Speaker 1: by his sad and cheerless face. How changed he was
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  Speaker 1: since she had seen him. She did not like to
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  Speaker 1: see people unhappy, least of all the good kind doctor.
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  Speaker 1: He must be sad because Clara and Grandmamma had not come,
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  Speaker 1: And to console him, she said, oh, it won't last
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  Speaker 1: long till spring comes again. Then they will come. For sure,
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  Speaker 1: they'll be able to stay much longer then, and will
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  Speaker 1: please Clara. Now we'll go to grandfather, and in hand
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  Speaker 1: she climbed up with her old friend. All the way
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  Speaker 1: she tried to cheer him up by telling him again
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  Speaker 1: and again of the coming summer. Days. After they had
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  Speaker 1: reached the cottage, she called out to her grandfather, quite happily.
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  Speaker 1: They are not here yet, but it won't be very
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  Speaker 1: long before they are coming. The grandfather warmly welcomed his guests,
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  Speaker 1: who did not seem at all a stranger, for had
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  Speaker 1: not Heidi told him many things about the doctor. They
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  Speaker 1: all three sat down on the bench before the door,
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  Speaker 1: and the doctor told of the object of his visit.
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  Speaker 1: He whispered to the child that something was coming up
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  Speaker 1: the mountain very soon, which would bring her more pleasure
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  Speaker 1: than his visit. What could it be? The uncle advised
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  Speaker 1: the doctor to spend the splendid days of autumn on
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  Speaker 1: the alp, if possible, and to take a little room
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  Speaker 1: in the village instead of in Ragott's. Then he could
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  Speaker 1: easily walk up every day to the hut, and from
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  Speaker 1: there the uncle could take him all around the mountains.
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  Speaker 1: This plan was accepted. The sun was in its zenith
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  Speaker 1: and the wind had ceased. Only a soft, delicious breeze
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  Speaker 1: fanned the cheeks of all. The uncle now got up
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  Speaker 1: and went into the hut, returning soon with the table
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  Speaker 1: and their dinner. Go in, Heidie, and set the table here.
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  Speaker 1: I hope you will excuse our simple meal, he said,
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  Speaker 1: turning to his guest. I shall gladly accept this delightful invitation.
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  Speaker 1: I am sure that dinner will taste good up here,
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  Speaker 1: said the guest, looking down over the sun bathed valley.
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  Speaker 1: Heidi was running to and fro for it gave her
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  Speaker 1: great joy to be able to wait on her kind
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  Speaker 1: to protect her. Soon the uncle appeared with the steamy milk,
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  Speaker 1: the toasted cheese, and the finely sliced rosy meat that
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  Speaker 1: had been drapped in the pure air. The doctor enjoyed
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  Speaker 1: his dinner better than any he had ever tasted. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: we must send Clara up here. How she could gather strength,
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  Speaker 1: he said, If she could have an appetite like mine today,
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  Speaker 1: she couldn't help getting nice and fat. At this moment,
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  Speaker 1: a man could be seen walking up with a large
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  Speaker 1: sack on his shoulders. Arriving at the top, he threw
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  Speaker 1: down his load, breathing in the pure fresh air. Opening
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  Speaker 1: the cover, the doctor said, this has come for you
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  Speaker 1: from frankfort Heidie. Come and look what it is. Heidi
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  Speaker 1: timidly watched the heap, and only when the gentleman opened
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  Speaker 1: the box with the cakes for the grandmother did she
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  Speaker 1: say joyfully, Oh, now grandmother can eat this lovely cake.
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  Speaker 1: She was taking the box and the beautiful shawl on
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  Speaker 1: her arm, and was going to race down to deliver
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  Speaker 1: the gifts when the men persuaded her to stay and
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  Speaker 1: unpack the rest. What was her delight at finding the
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  Speaker 1: tobacco and all the other things. The men had been
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  Speaker 1: talking together when the child suddenly planted herself in front
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  Speaker 1: of them and said, these things have not given me
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  Speaker 1: as much pleasure as the dear doctor's coming. Both men smiled.
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  Speaker 1: When it was near sunset, the doctor rose to start
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  Speaker 1: on his way down, the grandfather carrying the box, the
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  Speaker 1: shawl and the sausage, and the guest holding the little
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  Speaker 1: girl by the hand. They wandered down the mountain side.
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  Speaker 1: When they reached Peter's hut, Heidee was told to go
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  Speaker 1: inside and wait for her grandfather. There. At parting, she asked,
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  Speaker 1: would you like to come with me up to the
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  Speaker 1: pasture tomorrow? Doctor? With pleasure? Good Bye, Heidie was the reply.
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  Speaker 1: The grandfather had to posited all the presents before the door,
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  Speaker 1: and it took Heidie long to carry in the huge
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  Speaker 1: box and the sausage the shawl she put on the
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  Speaker 1: grandmother's knee. Bridgeta had silently watched the proceedings that could
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  Speaker 1: not open her eyes wide enough when she saw the
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  Speaker 1: enormous sausage. Never in her life has she seen the like,
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  Speaker 1: and now she really possessed it and could cut it herself. Oh, grandmother,
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  Speaker 1: don't the cakes please you? Awfully? Just look how soft?
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  Speaker 1: They are? The child exclaimed. What was her amazement when
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  Speaker 1: she saw the grandmother more pleased with the shawl which
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  Speaker 1: would keep her warm in winter? Grandmother Clara has sent
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  Speaker 1: you that, Heidi said, Oh, what kind good people they
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  Speaker 1: are to think of a poor old woman like me.
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  Speaker 1: I never thought I should ever own such a splendid rap.
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  Speaker 1: At this moment, Peter came stumbling in. The uncle is
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  Speaker 1: coming up behind me, and Haidee must That was as
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  Speaker 1: far as he got, for his eyes had fastened on
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  Speaker 1: the sausage. Heidee, however, had already said good bye, for
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  Speaker 1: she knew what he had meant. Though her uncle never
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  Speaker 1: went by the hut any more without stepping in, she
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  Speaker 1: knew it was too late to day. Heidee, Come, you
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  Speaker 1: must get your sleep, he called through the open door,
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  Speaker 1: bidding them all good night. He took Haidee by the hand,
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  Speaker 1: and under the glistening stars, they wandered home to their
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  Speaker 1: peaceful cottage. End of chapter sixteen.