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  Speaker 1: Chapter twenty of Heidi by Joanna Speedy, translated by Elizabeth P. Stork.
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  Speaker 1: This leever Vox recording is in the public domain. Chapter
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  Speaker 1: twenty news from distant friends may had come. Warm sunshine
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  Speaker 1: was bathing the whole alf in glorious light, and having
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  Speaker 1: melted the last snow, had brought the first string flowers
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  Speaker 1: to the surface. A merry spring wind was blowing, drying
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  Speaker 1: up the damp places in the shadow. High above, in
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  Speaker 1: the azure heaven, the eagle floated peacefully. Heidi and her
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  Speaker 1: grandfather were back on the alp. The child was so
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  Speaker 1: happy to be home again that she jumped about among
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  Speaker 1: the beloved objects. Here she discovered a new spring bud,
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  Speaker 1: and there she watched the gay little gnats and beetles
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  Speaker 1: that were swarming in the sun. The grandfather was busy
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  Speaker 1: in his little shop. Sound of hammering and sawing could
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  Speaker 1: be heard. Heidee had to go and see what the
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  Speaker 1: grandfather was making. There before the door stood a neat
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  Speaker 1: new chair, while the old man was busy making a second. Oh,
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  Speaker 1: I know what they are for, said Heidi gaily. You
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  Speaker 1: are making them for Clara and Grandmamma. Oh, but we
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  Speaker 1: need a third or do you think that miss Rottenmeyer
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  Speaker 1: won't come. Perhaps I really don't know, said grandfather, But
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  Speaker 1: it is safer to have a chair for her if
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  Speaker 1: she should come. Heidi, thoughtfully, looking at the backless chairs, remarked, Grandfather,
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  Speaker 1: I don't think she would sit down on those. Then
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  Speaker 1: we must invite her to sit down on the beautiful
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  Speaker 1: green lounge of grass, quietly, answered the old man. While
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  Speaker 1: Heidie was still wondering what the grandfather had meant, Peter arrived,
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  Speaker 1: whistling and calling as usual. Heidee was soon sounded by
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  Speaker 1: the goats, who also seemed happy to be back on
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  Speaker 1: the alp. Peter, angrily pushing the goats aside, marched up
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  Speaker 1: to Heidie, thrusting a letter into her hand. Did you
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  Speaker 1: get a letter from me on the pasture? Heide said, astonished, No,
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  Speaker 1: Where did he come from? From my bag? The letter
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  Speaker 1: had been given to Peter the previous evening, putting it
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  Speaker 1: in his lunch bag. The boy had forgotten it there
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  Speaker 1: till he opened the bag for his dinner. Heide immediately
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  Speaker 1: recognized Clara's handwriting, and, bounding over to her, grandfather, exclaimed,
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  Speaker 1: A letter has come from Clara, wouldn't you like me
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  Speaker 1: to read it to your grandfather. Heide immediately read to
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  Speaker 1: her two listeners as follows, Dear Heidi, we are all
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  Speaker 1: packed up and shall travel in two or three days.
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  Speaker 1: Papa is leaving too, but not with us, for he
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  Speaker 1: has to go to Paris Hurst. The dear doctor visits
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  Speaker 1: us now every day, and as soon as he opens
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  Speaker 1: the door, he calls away to the alp, for he
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  Speaker 1: can hardly wait for us to go. If you only
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  Speaker 1: knew how he enjoyed being with you last fall. He
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  Speaker 1: came nearly every day this winter to tell us all
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  Speaker 1: about you and the grandfather, and the mountains and the
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  Speaker 1: flowers he saw. He said that it was so quiet,
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  Speaker 1: in the pure delicious air, away from towns and streets,
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  Speaker 1: that everybody has to get well there. He is much
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  Speaker 1: better himself since his visit, and seems younger and happier. Oh,
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  Speaker 1: how I look forward to it all. The Doctor's advice
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  Speaker 1: is that I shall go to Ragat's first for about
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  Speaker 1: six weeks. Then I can go to live in the village,
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  Speaker 1: and from there I shall come to see you every
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  Speaker 1: fine day. Grandmamma, who is coming with me, is looking
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  Speaker 1: forward to the trip too, And just think miss Rottenmeier
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  Speaker 1: does not want to go. When Grandmamma urges her, she
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  Speaker 1: always declines politely. I think Sebastian must have given her
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  Speaker 1: such a terrible description of the high rocks and fearful
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  Speaker 1: abysses that she is afraid. I think he told her
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  Speaker 1: that it was not safe for anybody, and that only
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  Speaker 1: goats could climb such dreadful heights. She used to be
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  Speaker 1: so eager to go to Switzerland, but now neither to
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  Speaker 1: net nor she wants to take the risk. I can
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  Speaker 1: hardly wait to see you again. Good Bye, dear Heidi,
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  Speaker 1: with much love from Grandmamma. I am your true friend, Clara.
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  Speaker 1: When Peter heard this, he swung his rod to right
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  Speaker 1: and left, furiously, driving the goats before him. He bounded
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  Speaker 1: down the hill. Heidi visited the grandmother next day, for
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  Speaker 1: she had to tell her the good news. Sitting up
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  Speaker 1: in her corner, the old woman was spinning as usual,
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  Speaker 1: her face looked sad, for Peter had already announced the
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  Speaker 1: near v of Heidie's friends, and she dreaded the result.
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  Speaker 1: After having poured out her full heart, Heidie looked at
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  Speaker 1: the old woman. What is it? Grandmother said? The child?
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  Speaker 1: Are you not glad. Oh, yes, Heidie, I am glad
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  Speaker 1: because you are happy. But Grandmother, you seem so anxious.
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  Speaker 1: Do you still think Miss Rottenmeyer is coming? Oh no,
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  Speaker 1: it is nothing. Give me your hand. I want to
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  Speaker 1: be sure that you are still here. I suppose it
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  Speaker 1: will be for the best, even if I shall not
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  Speaker 1: live to see the day. Oh, but then I would
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  Speaker 1: not care about this coming, said the child. The grandmother
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  Speaker 1: had hardly slept all night for thinking of Clara's coming.
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  Speaker 1: Would they take Heidee away from her now that she
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  Speaker 1: was well and strong, But for the sake of the child,
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  Speaker 1: she resolved to be brave heide she said, Please read
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  Speaker 1: me the song that begins with God will see to it.
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  Speaker 1: Heidi immediately did as she was told. She knew nearly
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  Speaker 1: all the grandmother's favorite hymns by now, and always found
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  Speaker 1: them quickly. That does me good, child, the old woman said.
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  Speaker 1: Already the expression of her face seemed happier and less troubled.
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  Speaker 1: Please read it a few times over, child, she entreated.
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  Speaker 1: Thus evening came, and when Heidi wondered homewards, one twinkling
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  Speaker 1: star after another appeared in the sky. Heidi stood still
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  Speaker 1: every few minutes, looking up to the firmament in wonder.
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  Speaker 1: When she arrived home, her grandfather also was looking up
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  Speaker 1: to the stars, muttering to himself, what a wonderful month,
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  Speaker 1: one day clearer than the other. The herbs will be
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  Speaker 1: fine and strong this year. The blossom month had passed,
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  Speaker 1: and June, with the long, long days, had come. Quantities
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  Speaker 1: of flowers were blooming everywhere, filling the air with perfume.
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  Speaker 1: The month was nearing its end when one morning Heidi
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  Speaker 1: came running out of the hut where she had already
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  Speaker 1: completed her duties. Suddenly she screamed so loud that the
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  Speaker 1: grandfather hurriedly came out to see what had happened. Grandfather,
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  Speaker 1: come here, look, look, A strange procession was winding up
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  Speaker 1: the alms. First marched two men carrying an open sedan
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  Speaker 1: chair with a young girl in it, wrapped up in
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  Speaker 1: many shawls. Then came a stately lady on horseback, who,
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  Speaker 1: talking with a young guide beside her, looked eagerly right
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  Speaker 1: and left. Then an empty rolling chair carried by a
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  Speaker 1: young fellow was followed by a porter who had so
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  Speaker 1: many covers, shawls, and furs piled up on his basket
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  Speaker 1: that they towered high above his head. They are coming,
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  Speaker 1: They are coming, cried Heidy in her joy, and soon
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  Speaker 1: the party had arrived at the top. Great was the
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  Speaker 1: happiness of the children at seeing each other again. When
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  Speaker 1: Grandmamma had descended from her horse, she tenderly greeted Haidee first,
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  Speaker 1: and then turned to the uncle, who had approached the group.
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  Speaker 1: The two met like two old friends they had heard
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  Speaker 1: so much about each other. After the first words were exchanged,
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  Speaker 1: the grandmother exclaimed, my dear uncle, what a wonderful residence
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  Speaker 1: you have. Who would have ever thought it? Kings could
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  Speaker 1: envy you here? Oh how well my Heidie is looking
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  Speaker 1: just like a little rose. She continued, drawing the child
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  Speaker 1: closely to her side and patting her cheeks. What glory everywhere, Clara,
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  Speaker 1: what do you say to it all? Clara, looking about
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  Speaker 1: her rapturously, cried, Oh, how wonderful, how glorious. I have
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  Speaker 1: never dreamt it could be as beautiful as that, Oh, Grandmamma,
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  Speaker 1: I wish I could stay here. The uncle had busied
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  Speaker 1: himself in the meantime with getting Clara's rolling chair for her. Then,
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  Speaker 1: going up to the girl, he gently lifted her into
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  Speaker 1: her seat, putting some covers over her knees. He tucked
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  Speaker 1: her feet in warmly. It seemed as if the grandfather
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  Speaker 1: had done nothing else all his life than nurse lame people.
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  Speaker 1: My dear uncle, said the Grandmamma, surprised. Please tell me
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  Speaker 1: where you learned that, for I shall send all the
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  Speaker 1: nurses I know here Immediately the uncle smiled faintly when
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  Speaker 1: he replied, it comes more from care than study. His
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  Speaker 1: face became sad before his eyes had risen by gone times.
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  Speaker 1: For that was the way he used to care for
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  Speaker 1: his poor wounded captain, whom he had found in Cecily
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  Speaker 1: after a violent battle. He alone had been loud to
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  Speaker 1: nurse him till his death, and now he would take
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  Speaker 1: just as good care of poor lame Clara. When Clara
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  Speaker 1: had looked a long time at the cloudless sky above
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  Speaker 1: and all the rocky crags, she said longingly, I wish
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  Speaker 1: I could walk round the hut to the fir trees,
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  Speaker 1: if I could only see all the things you told
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  Speaker 1: me so much about. Heidie pushed with all her might,
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  Speaker 1: and behold, the chair rolled easily over the dry grass.
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  Speaker 1: When they had come into the little grove, Clara could
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  Speaker 1: not see her fill of those splendid trees that must
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  Speaker 1: have stood there so many many years. Although the people
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  Speaker 1: had changed and vanished, they had remained the same. Ever,
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  Speaker 1: looking down into the valley when they passed the empty
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  Speaker 1: goat shed, Clara said, pitifully, Oh, grandmamma, if I could
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  Speaker 1: only wait up here for Schwanli and Barley, I'm afraid
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  Speaker 1: I I chan't see Peter and his goats if we
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  Speaker 1: have to go away so soon again, dear child, enjoy
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  Speaker 1: now which you can, said the grandmamma, who had followed.
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  Speaker 1: Oh what wonderful flowers, exclaimed Clara again, whole bushes of
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  Speaker 1: exquisite red blossoms. Oh if I could only pick some
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  Speaker 1: of those bluebells, Haidee, immediately, gathering a large bunch, put
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  Speaker 1: them in Clara's lap. Clara, this is really nothing in
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  Speaker 1: comparison with the many flowers in the pasture. You must
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  Speaker 1: come up once and see them. There are so many
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  Speaker 1: that the ground seems golden with them. If you ever
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  Speaker 1: sit down among them, you will feel as if you
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  Speaker 1: could never get up anymore. It is so beautiful. Oh Grandmamma,
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  Speaker 1: do you think I can ever go up there? Clara asked,
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  Speaker 1: with a wild longing in her eyes. If I could
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  Speaker 1: only walk with you, Heidie and climb round everywhere, I'll
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  Speaker 1: push you, Heidi said, for comfort. To show how easy
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  Speaker 1: it was, she pushed the chair at such a rate
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  Speaker 1: that it would have tumbled down the mountain if the
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  Speaker 1: grandfather had not stopped it. At the last moment. It
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  Speaker 1: was time for dinner. Now the table was spread near
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  Speaker 1: the bench, and soon everybody sat down. The grandmother was
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  Speaker 1: so overcome by the view and the delicious wind that
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  Speaker 1: fanned her cheek, that she remarked, what a wondrous place
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  Speaker 1: this is. I've never seen its like. But what do
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  Speaker 1: I see? She continued, I think you are actually eating
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  Speaker 1: your second piece of cheese. Clara, Oh, Grandmamma, it tastes
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  Speaker 1: better than all the things we get in Ruggott's, replied
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  Speaker 1: the child, eagerly eating the savory dish. Don't stop. Our
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  Speaker 1: mountain wind helps along where the cooking is faulty, contentedly,
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  Speaker 1: said the old man. During the meal, the uncle and
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  Speaker 1: the grandmamma had soon got into a live conversation. They
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  Speaker 1: seemed to agree on many things and understood each other
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  Speaker 1: like old friends. A little later, the grandmamma looked over
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  Speaker 1: to the west. We must soon start, Clara, for the
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  Speaker 1: sun is already low. Our guides will be here shortly.
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  Speaker 1: Clara's face had become sad, and she entreated, Oh, please,
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  Speaker 1: let us stay here another hour or so. We haven't
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  Speaker 1: even seen the hut yet. I wish the day were
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  Speaker 1: twice as long. The Grandmamma assented to Clara's wish to
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  Speaker 1: go inside. When the rolling chair was found too broad
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  Speaker 1: for the door, the uncle quietly lifted Clara in his
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  Speaker 1: strong arms and carried her in. Grandmamma was eagerly looking
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  Speaker 1: about her, glad to see everything so neat. Then, going
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  Speaker 1: up the little ladder to the hayloft, she discovered Heidie's bed.
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  Speaker 1: Is that your bed, Heidie? What a delicious perfume. It
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  Speaker 1: must be a hell healthy place to sleep, she said,
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  Speaker 1: looking out through the window. The grandfather, with Clara, was
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  Speaker 1: coming up to with Heidie following. Clara was perfectly entranced.
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  Speaker 1: What a lovely place to sleep. Oh, Heidi, you can
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  Speaker 1: look right up to the sky from your bed. What
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  Speaker 1: a good smell. You can hear the fir trees roar here,
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  Speaker 1: can't you? Oh? I never saw a more delightful bedroom.
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  Speaker 1: The uncle, looking at the old lady said, now I
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  Speaker 1: have an idea that it would give Clara new strength
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  Speaker 1: to stay up here with us a little while. Of course,
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  Speaker 1: I only mean if you did not object. You have
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  Speaker 1: brought so many raps that we can easily make us
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  Speaker 1: soft bed for Clara. Here, my dear lady, you can
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  Speaker 1: easily leave the care to meet. I'll undertake it gladly.
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  Speaker 1: The children scream for joy, and Grandmamma's face was beaming.
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  Speaker 1: What a fine man you are, she burst out. I
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  Speaker 1: was just thinking myself got a stay here, which strengthened
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  Speaker 1: the child. But then I thought of the care and
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  Speaker 1: trouble for you, And now you have offered to do
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  Speaker 1: it as if it was nothing at all. How can
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  Speaker 1: I thank you enough? Uncle? After shaking hands many times,
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  Speaker 1: the two prepared Clara's bed, which, thanks to the old
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  Speaker 1: lady's precautions, was soon so soft that the hay could
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  Speaker 1: not be felt through at all. The uncle had carried
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  Speaker 1: his new patient back to her rolling chair, and there
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  Speaker 1: they found her sitting with Heidi beside her. They were
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  Speaker 1: eagerly talking of their plans for the coming weeks. When
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  Speaker 1: they were told that Clara might stay for a month
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  Speaker 1: or so their faces beamed more than ever. The guide
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  Speaker 1: with the horse and the carriers of the chair now appeared,
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  Speaker 1: but the last two were not needed any more and
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  Speaker 1: could be sent away. When the grandmother got ready to leave,
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  Speaker 1: Clara called gaily to her, Oh, Grandmamma, it won't be long,
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  Speaker 1: for you must often come and see us. While the
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  Speaker 1: uncle was leading the horse down the steep incline, the
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  Speaker 1: Grandmamma told him that she would go back to Ruggatt,
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  Speaker 1: for the Darfleet was too lonely for her. She also
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  Speaker 1: promised to come back from time to time. Before the
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  Speaker 1: grandfather had returned, Peter came racing down to the hut
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  Speaker 1: with all his goats. Seeing Heidi, they ran up to
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  Speaker 1: her in haste, and so Clara made the acquaintance of
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  Speaker 1: Schwan Lee and Barley and all the others. Peter, however,
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  Speaker 1: kept away, only sending furious looks at the two girls.
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  Speaker 1: When they bade him good night, he only ran away,
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  Speaker 1: beating the air with his stick. The end of the
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  Speaker 1: joyous day had come. The two children were both lying
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  Speaker 1: in their beds. Oh Heidi, Clara exclaimed, I can see
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  Speaker 1: so many glittering stars, and I feel as if we
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  Speaker 1: were driving in a high carriage straight into the sky. Guy. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: and do you know why the stars twinkle so merrily,
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  Speaker 1: inquired Heidi. No, but tell me because they know that
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  Speaker 1: God in heaven looks after us mortals, and we never
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  Speaker 1: need to fear see they twinkle and show us how
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  Speaker 1: to be married to. But Clara, we must not forget
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  Speaker 1: to pray to God and ask him to think of
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  Speaker 1: us and keep us safe. Sitting up in bed, they
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  Speaker 1: then said their evening prayer. As soon as Heidi lay down,
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  Speaker 1: she fell asleep, but Clara could not sleep quite yet.
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  Speaker 1: It was too wonderful to see the stars from her bed.
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  Speaker 1: In truth, she had never seen them before, because in
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  Speaker 1: Frankfort all the blinds were always down long before the
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  Speaker 1: stars came out, and at night she had never been
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  Speaker 1: outside the house. She could hardly keep her eyes shut
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  Speaker 1: and had to open them again and again to watch
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  Speaker 1: the twinkling, glistening stars, till her eyes closed at last,
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  Speaker 1: and she saw two big glittering stars in her dream.
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  Speaker 1: End of chapter twenty