September 13, 2024 • 13 mins
Heidi by Johanna Spyri - Chapter 17 - Retaliation
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STORYTIME FRIDAY
Heidi is a story of goats and a young childs resilience and adventures in the Mountains. It was written in 1880 by Johanna Spyri who was born and lived in Switzerland. A timeless Classic enjoyed by children and adults alike. Echoes from the Mountain is a podcast by Gracious Mountain Therapies
Echoes from the Mountain YouTube Channel can be found here
Music by Chris Collins, Indie Music
Ready to climb your own personal mountain and looking for help? Loraine is an accredited BWRT practitioner, clinical Hypnotherapist and Advanced EFT practitioner. Book an initial consultation at https://www.graciousmountain.co.uk/book-online
If you would like to support my podcast and YouTube channel I do have a buy me a coffee page https://www.buymeacoffee.com/echoesfromthemountain
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Heidi by Joanna Spiary, Chapter seventeen Retaliation. Early the next morning,
the doctor climbed up the mountain in company with Peter
and his goats. The friendly gentleman made several attempts to
start a conversation with the boy, but as answer to
(00:22):
his questions, he got nothing more than monosyllables. When they
arrived on top, they found Heidi already waiting, fresh and
rosy as the early dawn. Are you coming, asked Peter.
As usual, of course I shall, if the doctor comes
(00:45):
with us, replied the child. The grandfather, coming out of
the hut, greeted the newcomer with great respect. Then he
went up to Peter and hung on his shoulder the sack,
which seemed to contain more than usual that day. When
they had started on their way, Heidi kept urging forward
(01:09):
the goats, which were crowding about her. When at last
she was walking peacefully by the doctor's side, she began
to relate to him many things about the goats and
all their strange pranks, and about the flowers, rocks, and
birds that they saw. When they arrived at their destination.
(01:34):
Time seemed to have flown. Peter all the time was
sending many an angry glance at the unconscious doctor, who
never even noticed it. Heidi now took the doctor to
her favorite spot. From there they could hear the peaceful
(01:56):
sounding bells of the grazing cattle. Below, the sky was
deep blue, and above their heads the eagle was circling
with outstretched wings. Everything was luminous and bright about them,
But the doctor had been silent. Suddenly, looking up, he
(02:21):
beheld Hide's radiant eyes. Hide, it is beautiful up here,
he said, But how can anybody with a heavy heart
enjoy the beauty? Tell me, oh, exclaimed Heidy. One never
has a sad heart here, one only gets unhappy in frankfort.
(02:46):
A faint smile passed over the doctor's face. Then he began,
But if somebody has brought his sorrow away with him,
how would you comfort him? God in Heaven alone can
help him, That is true, child, remarked the doctor. But
(03:06):
what can we do when God himself has sent us
this affliction. After meditating a moment, Haide replied, one must
wait patiently, for God knows how to turn the saddest
things to something happy. In the end, God will show
(03:26):
us what he has meant to do. For us, But
he will only do so if we pray to him patiently.
I hope you will always keep this beautiful belief, Heidy,
said the doctor, Then, looking up at the mighty cliffs above,
he continued, think how sad it would make us not
(03:49):
to be able to see all these beautiful things? Wouldn't
that make us doubly sad? Can you understand me? Child?
A great pain shot through Heidee's breast. She had to
think of the poor grandmother. Her blindness was always a
(04:10):
great sorrow to the child, and she had been struck
with it anew. Seriously, she replied, Oh, yes, I can
understand it. But then we can read grandmother's songs. They
make us happy and bright again. Which songs, Heidee, Oh,
(04:31):
those of the Sun and of the beautiful Garden, and
then the last verses of the Long One. Grandmother loves
them so that I always have to read them over
three times, said heide. I wish you would say them
to me, child, for I should like to hear them,
said the doctor. Heide, folding her hands, began the consoling verses.
(04:58):
She stopped suddenly, however, for the doctor did not seem
to listen. He was sitting motionless, holding his hand before
his eyes, thinking that he had fallen asleep. She remained silent.
But the verses had recalled his childhood days. He seemed
(05:20):
to hear his mother and see her loving eyes, for
when he was a little boy, she had sung this
song to him. A long time he sat there till
he discovered that Heidi was watching him. Heidi, your song
was lovely, he said, with a more joyful voice. We
(05:43):
must come here another day, and then you can recite
it to me again. During all this time, Peter had
been boiling with anger. Now that Heidie had come again
to the pasture with him, she did nothing but talk
to the old gentleman. It made him very cross that
(06:06):
he was not even able to get near her. Standing
a little distance behind Heidie's friend, he shook his fist
at him, and soon afterwards both fists, finally raising them
up to the sky. As Heidie and the doctor remained together.
(06:27):
When the sun stood in its zenith and Peter knew
that it was noon, he called over to them with
all his might. Time to eat. When Hidie was getting
up to fetch their dinner, the doctor just asked for
a glass of milk, which was all he wanted. The
child also decided to make the milk her soul repast,
(06:50):
running over to Peter and informing him of their resolution.
When the boy found that the whole contents of the
bag was his, he hurried with his task as never
in his life before, but he felt guilty on account
of his former anger at the kind gentleman. To show
(07:11):
his repentance, he held his hands up flat to the sky,
indicating by his action that his fists did not mean
anything anymore. Only after that did he start with his feast.
Heidi and the doctor had wandered about the pasture till
(07:32):
the gentleman had found it time to go. He wanted
Heidi to remain where she was, but she insisted on
accompanying him all the way down. She showed him many
places where the pretty mountain flowers grew, all of whose
names she could tell him. When they parted at last,
(07:56):
Heidie waved to him. From time to time. He turned about, and,
seeing the child still standing there, he had to think
of his own little daughter, who used to wave to
him like that when he went away from home. The
weather was warm and sunny that month. Every morning the
(08:19):
doctor came up to the elp, spending his day very
often with the old man. Many a climb they had
together that took them far up to the bare cliffs
near the eagles Haunt. The uncle would show his guest
all the herbs that grew on hidden places and were
(08:39):
strengthening and healing. He could tell many strange things of
the beasts that lived in holes in rock or earth,
or in the high tops of trees. In the evening
they were part and the doctor would exclaim, my dear friend,
(09:00):
I never leave you without having learned something. But most
of his days he spent with Heidi. Then the two
would sit together on the child's favorite spot, and Peter
quite subdued behind them. Heidi had to recite the verses
(09:22):
as she had done the first day, and to entertain
him with all the things she knew. At last, the
beautiful month of September was over. One morning, the doctor
came up with a sadder face than usual. The time
had come for him to go back to Frankfort, and
(09:45):
great was the uncle's sadness at that news. Heidie herself
could hardly realize that her loving friend, whom she had
been seeing every day, was really leaving. The doctor himself
was loath to go, for the Elp had become as
(10:05):
a home to him, but it was necessary for him
to go. And shaking hands with the grandfather, he said,
good bye, Heidie, Going along with him a little way.
Hand in hand, they wandered down till the doctor stood still. Then,
(10:29):
caressing Haidee's curly hair, he said, now I must go, Heidi.
I wish I could take you along with me to Frankfort.
Then I could keep you at those words. All the
rows and rows of houses and streets, Miss Rothemeyer and
tournette rose before Heidee's eyes. Hesitating a little, she said,
(10:55):
I should like it better if you would come to
see us again. I believe that will be better. Now, farewell,
said the friendly gentleman. When they shook hands, his eyes
filled with tears. Turning quickly, he hurried off. Heidi, standing
(11:19):
on the same spot, looked after him what kind eyes
he had, but they had been full of tears. All
of a sudden. She began to cry bitterly and ran
after her friend, calling with all her might, but interrupted
by her sobs. Oh doctor, Doctor, Looking round, he stood
(11:46):
still and waited till the child had reached him. Her
tears came rolling down her cheeks while she sobbed. I'll
come with you to Frankfort, and I'll stay as long
as ever you want me to. But first I must
see grandfather. No, no, dear child, he said affectionately, not
(12:08):
at once. You must remain here. I don't want you
to get ill again. But if I should get sick
and lonely and ask you to come to me, would
you come and stay with me? Can I go away
and think that somebody in this world still cares for
me and loves me. Yes, I shall come to you
(12:31):
the same day, for I really love you as much
as grandfather, Heidi assured him, crying all the time. Shaking
hands again, they parted. Hide stayed on the same spot,
waving her hand and looking after her departing friend till
(12:53):
he seemed no bigger than a little dot. Then he
looked back a last time at Hidie and the sunny elp,
muttering to himself, it is beautiful up there, body, and
soul gets strengthened in that place, and life seems worth
(13:13):
living again.
Heidi by Joanna Spiary, Chapter seventeen Retaliation. Early the next morning,
the doctor climbed up the mountain in company with Peter
and his goats. The friendly gentleman made several attempts to
start a conversation with the boy, but as answer to
(00:22):
his questions, he got nothing more than monosyllables. When they
arrived on top, they found Heidi already waiting, fresh and
rosy as the early dawn. Are you coming, asked Peter.
As usual, of course I shall, if the doctor comes
(00:45):
with us, replied the child. The grandfather, coming out of
the hut, greeted the newcomer with great respect. Then he
went up to Peter and hung on his shoulder the sack,
which seemed to contain more than usual that day. When
they had started on their way, Heidi kept urging forward
(01:09):
the goats, which were crowding about her. When at last
she was walking peacefully by the doctor's side, she began
to relate to him many things about the goats and
all their strange pranks, and about the flowers, rocks, and
birds that they saw. When they arrived at their destination.
(01:34):
Time seemed to have flown. Peter all the time was
sending many an angry glance at the unconscious doctor, who
never even noticed it. Heidi now took the doctor to
her favorite spot. From there they could hear the peaceful
(01:56):
sounding bells of the grazing cattle. Below, the sky was
deep blue, and above their heads the eagle was circling
with outstretched wings. Everything was luminous and bright about them,
But the doctor had been silent. Suddenly, looking up, he
(02:21):
beheld Hide's radiant eyes. Hide, it is beautiful up here,
he said, But how can anybody with a heavy heart
enjoy the beauty? Tell me, oh, exclaimed Heidy. One never
has a sad heart here, one only gets unhappy in frankfort.
(02:46):
A faint smile passed over the doctor's face. Then he began,
But if somebody has brought his sorrow away with him,
how would you comfort him? God in Heaven alone can
help him, That is true, child, remarked the doctor. But
(03:06):
what can we do when God himself has sent us
this affliction. After meditating a moment, Haide replied, one must
wait patiently, for God knows how to turn the saddest
things to something happy. In the end, God will show
(03:26):
us what he has meant to do. For us, But
he will only do so if we pray to him patiently.
I hope you will always keep this beautiful belief, Heidy,
said the doctor, Then, looking up at the mighty cliffs above,
he continued, think how sad it would make us not
(03:49):
to be able to see all these beautiful things? Wouldn't
that make us doubly sad? Can you understand me? Child?
A great pain shot through Heidee's breast. She had to
think of the poor grandmother. Her blindness was always a
(04:10):
great sorrow to the child, and she had been struck
with it anew. Seriously, she replied, Oh, yes, I can
understand it. But then we can read grandmother's songs. They
make us happy and bright again. Which songs, Heidee, Oh,
(04:31):
those of the Sun and of the beautiful Garden, and
then the last verses of the Long One. Grandmother loves
them so that I always have to read them over
three times, said heide. I wish you would say them
to me, child, for I should like to hear them,
said the doctor. Heide, folding her hands, began the consoling verses.
(04:58):
She stopped suddenly, however, for the doctor did not seem
to listen. He was sitting motionless, holding his hand before
his eyes, thinking that he had fallen asleep. She remained silent.
But the verses had recalled his childhood days. He seemed
(05:20):
to hear his mother and see her loving eyes, for
when he was a little boy, she had sung this
song to him. A long time he sat there till
he discovered that Heidi was watching him. Heidi, your song
was lovely, he said, with a more joyful voice. We
(05:43):
must come here another day, and then you can recite
it to me again. During all this time, Peter had
been boiling with anger. Now that Heidie had come again
to the pasture with him, she did nothing but talk
to the old gentleman. It made him very cross that
(06:06):
he was not even able to get near her. Standing
a little distance behind Heidie's friend, he shook his fist
at him, and soon afterwards both fists, finally raising them
up to the sky. As Heidie and the doctor remained together.
(06:27):
When the sun stood in its zenith and Peter knew
that it was noon, he called over to them with
all his might. Time to eat. When Hidie was getting
up to fetch their dinner, the doctor just asked for
a glass of milk, which was all he wanted. The
child also decided to make the milk her soul repast,
(06:50):
running over to Peter and informing him of their resolution.
When the boy found that the whole contents of the
bag was his, he hurried with his task as never
in his life before, but he felt guilty on account
of his former anger at the kind gentleman. To show
(07:11):
his repentance, he held his hands up flat to the sky,
indicating by his action that his fists did not mean
anything anymore. Only after that did he start with his feast.
Heidi and the doctor had wandered about the pasture till
(07:32):
the gentleman had found it time to go. He wanted
Heidi to remain where she was, but she insisted on
accompanying him all the way down. She showed him many
places where the pretty mountain flowers grew, all of whose
names she could tell him. When they parted at last,
(07:56):
Heidie waved to him. From time to time. He turned about, and,
seeing the child still standing there, he had to think
of his own little daughter, who used to wave to
him like that when he went away from home. The
weather was warm and sunny that month. Every morning the
(08:19):
doctor came up to the elp, spending his day very
often with the old man. Many a climb they had
together that took them far up to the bare cliffs
near the eagles Haunt. The uncle would show his guest
all the herbs that grew on hidden places and were
(08:39):
strengthening and healing. He could tell many strange things of
the beasts that lived in holes in rock or earth,
or in the high tops of trees. In the evening
they were part and the doctor would exclaim, my dear friend,
(09:00):
I never leave you without having learned something. But most
of his days he spent with Heidi. Then the two
would sit together on the child's favorite spot, and Peter
quite subdued behind them. Heidi had to recite the verses
(09:22):
as she had done the first day, and to entertain
him with all the things she knew. At last, the
beautiful month of September was over. One morning, the doctor
came up with a sadder face than usual. The time
had come for him to go back to Frankfort, and
(09:45):
great was the uncle's sadness at that news. Heidie herself
could hardly realize that her loving friend, whom she had
been seeing every day, was really leaving. The doctor himself
was loath to go, for the Elp had become as
(10:05):
a home to him, but it was necessary for him
to go. And shaking hands with the grandfather, he said,
good bye, Heidie, Going along with him a little way.
Hand in hand, they wandered down till the doctor stood still. Then,
(10:29):
caressing Haidee's curly hair, he said, now I must go, Heidi.
I wish I could take you along with me to Frankfort.
Then I could keep you at those words. All the
rows and rows of houses and streets, Miss Rothemeyer and
tournette rose before Heidee's eyes. Hesitating a little, she said,
(10:55):
I should like it better if you would come to
see us again. I believe that will be better. Now, farewell,
said the friendly gentleman. When they shook hands, his eyes
filled with tears. Turning quickly, he hurried off. Heidi, standing
(11:19):
on the same spot, looked after him what kind eyes
he had, but they had been full of tears. All
of a sudden. She began to cry bitterly and ran
after her friend, calling with all her might, but interrupted
by her sobs. Oh doctor, Doctor, Looking round, he stood
(11:46):
still and waited till the child had reached him. Her
tears came rolling down her cheeks while she sobbed. I'll
come with you to Frankfort, and I'll stay as long
as ever you want me to. But first I must
see grandfather. No, no, dear child, he said affectionately, not
(12:08):
at once. You must remain here. I don't want you
to get ill again. But if I should get sick
and lonely and ask you to come to me, would
you come and stay with me? Can I go away
and think that somebody in this world still cares for
me and loves me. Yes, I shall come to you
(12:31):
the same day, for I really love you as much
as grandfather, Heidi assured him, crying all the time. Shaking
hands again, they parted. Hide stayed on the same spot,
waving her hand and looking after her departing friend till
(12:53):
he seemed no bigger than a little dot. Then he
looked back a last time at Hidie and the sunny elp,
muttering to himself, it is beautiful up there, body, and
soul gets strengthened in that place, and life seems worth
(13:13):
living again.
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