A mountain home
It was a hot morning in June in the Alps.
Heidi walked behind her aunt named Dete.
As Heidi and her aunt hurried out of the village, a villager stopped to talk.
"Dete, is this the orphan your sister left when she died? Where are you taking her?"
While Dete was talking with the villager, Heidi met a boy named Peter.
He was the village goat herder.
Heidi went up the mountain with Peter every day during the summer.
She grew to be healthy and strong.
"I can't see," Grannie said kindly, "but 1 can hear.*
Heidi spent the rest of the winter with Grannie.
It was near the end of Heidi's second happy winter with Grandfather.
One day, the village pastor came to the hut.
"You can even bring fresh bread for Grannie, said Aunt Dete.
This idea pleased Heidi.
Sebastian and Heidi traveled to her village.
All of the villagers were surprised
That night, Heidi slept in her old bed in the loft.
It was the best night of sleep she'd had in a long time.