October 18, 2024 • 24 mins
Heidi by Johanna Spyri - Chapter 22 - Something Unexpected Happens
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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 (00:01):
Heidi by Joanna Spiy chapter twenty two. Something unexpected happens.
The next day dawned cloudless and fair. The grandfather was
still with the children when Peter came climbing up. His
(00:24):
goats kept at a good distance from him to evade
the rod, which was striking right and left. The truth
was that the boy was terribly embittered and angry by
the changes that had come when he passed the hut.
In the morning, Hidi was always busy with the strange child,
(00:49):
and in the evening it was the same. All summer long,
Hide had not been up with him a single time.
It was too much, And today she was coming at last,
but again in company with this hateful stranger. It was
(01:15):
then that Peter noticed the rolling chair standing near the hut.
After carefully glancing about him, he rushed at the hated
object and pushed it down the incline. The chair fairly
flew away and had soon disappeared. Peter's conscience smote him now,
(01:40):
and he raced up the elp, not daring to pause
till he had reached a BlackBerry bush. There he could
hide when the uncle might appear. Looking down, he watched
his fallen enemy, tumbling downwards downwards. Sometimes it was thrown
(02:04):
high up in the air to crash down again the
next moment, harder than ever. Pieces were falling from it
right and left and were blown about. Now the stranger
would have to travel home, and Heidi would be his again.
But Peter had forgotten that a bad deed always brings
(02:29):
the punishment. Hide just now came out of the hut.
The grandfather, with Clara followed. Heidi, at first stood still
and then running right and left. She returned to the
old man. What does this mean? Have you rolled the
(02:50):
chair away, Hidie? He asked, I am just looking for
it everywhere, Grandfather, you said it was beside the shop door,
said the child, still hunting for the missing object. A
strong wind was blowing, which at this moment violently closed
the shop door. Grandfather, the wind has done it, exclaimed
(03:14):
Heidi eagerly. Oh dear, if it has rolled all the
way down to the village, it will be too late
to go to day. It will take us a long
time to fetch it. If it has rolled down there,
we shall never get it any more, for it will
be smashed to pieces, said the old man, looking down
(03:35):
and measuring the distance from the corner of the hut.
I don't see how it happened, he remarked, What a shame.
Now I'll never be able to go up to the pasture,
lamented Clara. I am afraid I'll have to go home. Now,
(03:56):
What a pity, What a pity. You can find a
way for her to stay, grandfather, can't you. We'll go
up to the pasture to day as we have planned.
Then we shall see what further happens. The children were delighted,
(04:16):
and the grandfather lost no time in getting ready. First
he fetched a pile of covers, and seating Clara on
a sunny spot on the dry ground, he got their breakfast.
I wonder why Peter is so late to day, he said,
(04:37):
leading his goats out of the shed. Then lifting Clara
up on one strong arm, he carried the covers on
the other. Now march, he cried, the goats can come
with us. That suited Heidi, and with one arm around
(04:59):
schwan and the other round barley, she wandered up. Her
little companions were so pleased at having her with them
again that they nearly crushed her with affection. What was
their astonishment when arriving on top they saw Peter already
(05:22):
lying on the ground with his peaceful flock about him.
What did you mean by going by us like that?
I'll teach you, called the uncle to him. Peter was frightened,
for he knew the voice. Nobody was up yet. The
boy retorted, have you seen the chair? Asked the uncle again,
(05:48):
which Peter growled. The uncle said no more. Unfolding the covers,
he put Clara down on the dry grass. Then, when
he had been assured of Clara's comfort, he got ready
to go home. The three were to stay there till
(06:11):
his return in the evening. When dinner time had come,
Heidi was to prepare the meal and see that Clara
got Shfanny's milk. The sky was a deep blue, and
the snow on the peaks was glistening. The eagle was
(06:33):
floating above the rocky crags. The children felt wonderfully happy now,
and then one of the goats would come and lie
down near them. Tender little snow hopper came oftener than
any and would rub her head against their shoulders. They
(06:56):
had been sitting quietly for a few hours, drinking in
the beauty about them, when Heidi suddenly began to long
for the spot where so many flowers grew in the evening,
it would be too late to see them, for they
always shut their little eyes by them. Oh, Clara, she said, hesitatingly,
(07:23):
would you be angry if I went away from you
a minute and left you alone? I want to see
the flowers. But wait. Jumping away, she brought Clara some
branches of fragrant herbs and put them in her lap.
Soon after she returned with little snowhopper. So now you
(07:46):
don't need to be alone, said Heidi. When Clara had
assured her that it would give her pleasure to be
left alone with the goats, Hidie started on her walk.
Clara slowly handed one leaf after another to the little creature.
(08:08):
It became more and more confiding, and cuddling close to
the child, ate the herbs out of her hand. It
was easy to see how happy it was to be
away from the boisterous big goats, which often annoyed it.
(08:30):
Clara felt a sensation of contentment such as she had
never before experienced. She loved to sit there on the
mountain side with a confiding little goat by her. A
great desire rose in her heart that hour. She longed
(08:52):
to be her own master, and be able to help
others instead of being helped by them. Many other thoughts
and ideas rushed through her mind. How it would be
to live up here in continual sunshine. The world seemed
(09:12):
so joyous and wonderful. All of a sudden premonitions of
future undreamt of happiness made her heart beat. Suddenly, she
threw both arms about the little goat and said, Oh,
little snowhopper, how beautiful it is up here. If I
(09:38):
could always stay with you, Heide in the meantime, had
reached the spot. Where as she had expected, the whole
ground was covered with yellow rock roses, near together in patches.
(10:00):
The bluebells were nodding gently in the breeze. But all
the perfume that filled the air came from the modest
little brown flowers that hid their heads between the golden
flower cups. Heidie stood and enraptured, drawing in the perfumed air.
(10:28):
Suddenly she turned and ran back to Clara, shouting to
her from far, Oh you must come, Clara, it is
so lovely there in the evening. It won't be so
fine anymore. Don't you think I could carry you? But
Heidi Clara said, of course you can't. You are much
(10:52):
smaller than I am. I wish I could walk, Hidie
meditated a little. Peter was still lying on the ground.
He had been staring down for hours, unable to believe
what he saw before him. He had destroyed the chair
(11:17):
to get rid of the stranger, and there she was again,
sitting right beside his playmate. Heidi now called to him
to come down, but as reply, he only grumbled, shan't come,
but you must come quickly, for I want you to
(11:40):
help me, quickly, urged the child. Don't want to sounded
the reply. Heidi hurried up the mountain now and shouted
angrily to the boy Peter. If you don't come this minute,
I shall do something that you won't like. Those words
(12:04):
scared Peter, for his conscience was not clear. His deed
had rejoiced him till this moment, when Hide seemed to
talk as if she knew it all. What if the
grandfather should hear about it? Trembling with fear, Peter obeyed.
(12:30):
I shall only come if you promise not to do
what you said, insisted the boy. No, no, I won't.
Don't be afraid, said Heidi. Compassionately. Just come along, it
isn't so hard, Peter on. Approaching, Clara was told to
(12:50):
help raise the lame child from the ground on one side,
while Heidi helped on the other. This went easily enough,
but difficulties soon followed. Clara was not able to stand alone,
and how could they get any further. You must take
(13:15):
me round the neck, said Heidi, who had seen what
poor guides they made. The boy who had never offered
his arm to anybody in his life had to be
shown how first, but further efforts could be made, but
it was too hard. Clara tried to set her feet forward,
(13:39):
but got discouraged. Press your feet on the ground more,
and I'm sure it will hurt you less, suggested Heidi.
Do you think so? Said Clara timidly, but obeying, She
ventured a firmer step, and soon another, uttering a little
(14:03):
cry as she went, Oh it really has hurt me, Less,
she said, joyfully, try it again, Hidi urged her. Clara
did and took another step, and then another and another. Still.
(14:23):
Suddenly she cried aloud, Oh, Hidi, I can do it,
Oh I really can. Just look, I can take steps
one after another, Hidi rapturously exclaimed, Oh, Clara, can you
really can you walk? Oh? Can you take steps? Now? Oh?
(14:45):
If only grandfather would come. Now you can walk, Clara,
Now you can walk, she kept on saying joyfully. Clara
held on tight to the children, but with every new
step he became more firm. Now you can come up
here every day, cried Id. Now we can walk wherever
(15:10):
we want to. And you don't have to be pushed
in a chair anymore. Now you'll be able to walk
all your life. Oh, what a joy. Clara's greatest wish
to be able to be well like other people had
been fulfilled at last. It was not very far to
(15:32):
the flowering field. Soon they reached it and sat down
among the wealth of bloom. It was the first time
that Clara had ever rested on the dry, warm earth.
All about them, the flowers nodded and exhaled their perfume.
(15:59):
It was his scene of exquisite beauty. The two children
could hardly grasp this happiness that had come to them.
It filled their hearts brimming full and made them silent.
(16:21):
Peter also lay motionless, for he had gone to sleep.
Thus the hours flew, and the day was long past noon.
Suddenly all the goats arrived, for they had been seeking
the children. They did not like to graze in the flowers,
(16:44):
and were glad when Peter awoke with their loud bleating.
The poor boy was mightily bewildered, for he had dreamt
that the rolling chair with the red cushions stood again
before his eyes. On waking, he had still seen the
golden nails, but soon he discovered that they were nothing
(17:08):
but flowers. Remembering his deed, he obeyed Heidi's instructions willingly.
When they came back to their former place, Heidi lost
no time in setting out the dinner. The bag was
very full today, and Hidi hurried to fulfill her promise
(17:30):
to Peter, who, with bad conscience, had understood her threat differently.
She had made three heaps of the good things, and
when Clara and she were through, there was still a
lot left for the boy. It was too bad that
all this treat did not give him the usual satisfaction,
(17:54):
for something seemed to stick in his throat. Soon after
their belated dinner, the grandfather was seen climbing up the alp.
Heidi ran to meet him, confusedly, telling him of the
great event. The old man's face shone at this news.
(18:18):
Going over to Clara, he said, so you have risked it,
now we have won. Then, picking her up, he put
one arm around her waist and the other one he
stretched out as support, and with his help she marched
(18:42):
more firmly than ever. Heidi jumped and bounded gaily by
their side. In all this excitement, the grandfather did not
lose his judgment, and before long lifted Clara on his
eye to carry her home. He knew that too much
(19:04):
exertion would be dangerous, and rest was needed for the
tired girl. Peter, arriving in the village late that day,
saw a large disputing crowd. They were all standing about
an interesting object, and everybody pushed and fought for a
(19:26):
chance to get nearest. It was no other than the chair.
I saw it when they carried it up, Peter heard.
The baker said, I'd bet it was worth at least
five hundred francs. I should like to know how it
has happened. The wind might have blown it down, remarked Barbara,
(19:48):
who was staring open mouthed at the beautiful velvet cushions.
The uncle said so himself. It is a good thing.
If nobody else has done it, continued the baker. When
the gentleman from Frankfort, here's what has happened. He'll surely
find out all about it, and I should pity the culprit.
I am glad I haven't been up on the elm
(20:10):
for so long, else they might suspect me, as they
would anybody who happened to be up there at the time.
Many more opinions were uttered, but Peter had heard enough.
He quietly slipped away and went home. What if they
should find out he had done it? A policeman might
(20:33):
arrive any time now, and they might take him away
to prison. Peter's hair stood up on end at this
alarming thought. He was so troubled when he came home
that he did not answer any questions, and even refused
(20:53):
his dish of potatoes. Hurriedly, creeping into bed, he grew,
I am sure Peter has eaten sorrow again, and that
makes him grown, so said his mother. You must give
him a little more bread in the morning, Brigida, take
(21:15):
a piece of mine, said the compassionate grandmother. When Clara
and Heidie were lying in the beds that night, glancing
up at the shining stars. Heidi remarked, didn't you think
to day, Clara, that it is fortunate God did not
(21:35):
always give us what we pray for fervently because he
knows of something better. What do you mean, hide, asked Clara.
You see, when I was in Frankfort, I prayed and
prayed to come home again, and when I couldn't, I
thought he had forgotten me. But if I had gone
away so soon, you would never have come here and
(21:58):
would never have got where. Well, Clara, becoming thoughtful, said,
but Heidi, then we could not pray for anything anymore
because we would feel that He always knows of something better.
But Clara, we must pray to God every day to
show we don't forget that all gifts come from him.
(22:21):
Grandmamma has told me that God forgets us if we
forget him, but if some wish remains unfilled, we must
show our confidence in Him, for he knows best. How
did you ever think of that, asked Clara. Grandmamma told me,
But I know that it is so. We must thank
(22:42):
God today that he has made you able to walk. Clara.
I am glad that you have reminded me, Heidi, for
I have nearly forgotten it in my excitement. The children
both prayed and sent their thanks thanks up to Heaven
for the restoration of the invalid. Next morning, a letter
(23:08):
was written to Grandmamma inviting her to come up to
the Elp within a week's time, for the children had
planned to take her by surprise. Clara hoped then to
be able to walk alone with Heidi for her guide.
(23:30):
The following days were happier still for Clara. Every morning
she awoke with her heart singing over and over again,
now I am well, Now I can walk like other people.
She progressed and took longer walks every day. Her appetite
(23:53):
grew amazingly, and the grandfather had to make larger slices
of the bread and utter that, to his delight, disappeared
so rapidly he had to fill bowl after bowl of
the foaming milk for the hungry children. In that way,
(24:13):
they reached the end of the week that was to
bring the Grandmamma
Heidi by Joanna Spiy chapter twenty two. Something unexpected happens.
The next day dawned cloudless and fair. The grandfather was
still with the children when Peter came climbing up. His
(00:24):
goats kept at a good distance from him to evade
the rod, which was striking right and left. The truth
was that the boy was terribly embittered and angry by
the changes that had come when he passed the hut.
In the morning, Hidi was always busy with the strange child,
(00:49):
and in the evening it was the same. All summer long,
Hide had not been up with him a single time.
It was too much, And today she was coming at last,
but again in company with this hateful stranger. It was
(01:15):
then that Peter noticed the rolling chair standing near the hut.
After carefully glancing about him, he rushed at the hated
object and pushed it down the incline. The chair fairly
flew away and had soon disappeared. Peter's conscience smote him now,
(01:40):
and he raced up the elp, not daring to pause
till he had reached a BlackBerry bush. There he could
hide when the uncle might appear. Looking down, he watched
his fallen enemy, tumbling downwards downwards. Sometimes it was thrown
(02:04):
high up in the air to crash down again the
next moment, harder than ever. Pieces were falling from it
right and left and were blown about. Now the stranger
would have to travel home, and Heidi would be his again.
But Peter had forgotten that a bad deed always brings
(02:29):
the punishment. Hide just now came out of the hut.
The grandfather, with Clara followed. Heidi, at first stood still
and then running right and left. She returned to the
old man. What does this mean? Have you rolled the
(02:50):
chair away, Hidie? He asked, I am just looking for
it everywhere, Grandfather, you said it was beside the shop door,
said the child, still hunting for the missing object. A
strong wind was blowing, which at this moment violently closed
the shop door. Grandfather, the wind has done it, exclaimed
(03:14):
Heidi eagerly. Oh dear, if it has rolled all the
way down to the village, it will be too late
to go to day. It will take us a long
time to fetch it. If it has rolled down there,
we shall never get it any more, for it will
be smashed to pieces, said the old man, looking down
(03:35):
and measuring the distance from the corner of the hut.
I don't see how it happened, he remarked, What a shame.
Now I'll never be able to go up to the pasture,
lamented Clara. I am afraid I'll have to go home. Now,
(03:56):
What a pity, What a pity. You can find a
way for her to stay, grandfather, can't you. We'll go
up to the pasture to day as we have planned.
Then we shall see what further happens. The children were delighted,
(04:16):
and the grandfather lost no time in getting ready. First
he fetched a pile of covers, and seating Clara on
a sunny spot on the dry ground, he got their breakfast.
I wonder why Peter is so late to day, he said,
(04:37):
leading his goats out of the shed. Then lifting Clara
up on one strong arm, he carried the covers on
the other. Now march, he cried, the goats can come
with us. That suited Heidi, and with one arm around
(04:59):
schwan and the other round barley, she wandered up. Her
little companions were so pleased at having her with them
again that they nearly crushed her with affection. What was
their astonishment when arriving on top they saw Peter already
(05:22):
lying on the ground with his peaceful flock about him.
What did you mean by going by us like that?
I'll teach you, called the uncle to him. Peter was frightened,
for he knew the voice. Nobody was up yet. The
boy retorted, have you seen the chair? Asked the uncle again,
(05:48):
which Peter growled. The uncle said no more. Unfolding the covers,
he put Clara down on the dry grass. Then, when
he had been assured of Clara's comfort, he got ready
to go home. The three were to stay there till
(06:11):
his return in the evening. When dinner time had come,
Heidi was to prepare the meal and see that Clara
got Shfanny's milk. The sky was a deep blue, and
the snow on the peaks was glistening. The eagle was
(06:33):
floating above the rocky crags. The children felt wonderfully happy now,
and then one of the goats would come and lie
down near them. Tender little snow hopper came oftener than
any and would rub her head against their shoulders. They
(06:56):
had been sitting quietly for a few hours, drinking in
the beauty about them, when Heidi suddenly began to long
for the spot where so many flowers grew in the evening,
it would be too late to see them, for they
always shut their little eyes by them. Oh, Clara, she said, hesitatingly,
(07:23):
would you be angry if I went away from you
a minute and left you alone? I want to see
the flowers. But wait. Jumping away, she brought Clara some
branches of fragrant herbs and put them in her lap.
Soon after she returned with little snowhopper. So now you
(07:46):
don't need to be alone, said Heidi. When Clara had
assured her that it would give her pleasure to be
left alone with the goats, Hidie started on her walk.
Clara slowly handed one leaf after another to the little creature.
(08:08):
It became more and more confiding, and cuddling close to
the child, ate the herbs out of her hand. It
was easy to see how happy it was to be
away from the boisterous big goats, which often annoyed it.
(08:30):
Clara felt a sensation of contentment such as she had
never before experienced. She loved to sit there on the
mountain side with a confiding little goat by her. A
great desire rose in her heart that hour. She longed
(08:52):
to be her own master, and be able to help
others instead of being helped by them. Many other thoughts
and ideas rushed through her mind. How it would be
to live up here in continual sunshine. The world seemed
(09:12):
so joyous and wonderful. All of a sudden premonitions of
future undreamt of happiness made her heart beat. Suddenly, she
threw both arms about the little goat and said, Oh,
little snowhopper, how beautiful it is up here. If I
(09:38):
could always stay with you, Heide in the meantime, had
reached the spot. Where as she had expected, the whole
ground was covered with yellow rock roses, near together in patches.
(10:00):
The bluebells were nodding gently in the breeze. But all
the perfume that filled the air came from the modest
little brown flowers that hid their heads between the golden
flower cups. Heidie stood and enraptured, drawing in the perfumed air.
(10:28):
Suddenly she turned and ran back to Clara, shouting to
her from far, Oh you must come, Clara, it is
so lovely there in the evening. It won't be so
fine anymore. Don't you think I could carry you? But
Heidi Clara said, of course you can't. You are much
(10:52):
smaller than I am. I wish I could walk, Hidie
meditated a little. Peter was still lying on the ground.
He had been staring down for hours, unable to believe
what he saw before him. He had destroyed the chair
(11:17):
to get rid of the stranger, and there she was again,
sitting right beside his playmate. Heidi now called to him
to come down, but as reply, he only grumbled, shan't come,
but you must come quickly, for I want you to
(11:40):
help me, quickly, urged the child. Don't want to sounded
the reply. Heidi hurried up the mountain now and shouted
angrily to the boy Peter. If you don't come this minute,
I shall do something that you won't like. Those words
(12:04):
scared Peter, for his conscience was not clear. His deed
had rejoiced him till this moment, when Hide seemed to
talk as if she knew it all. What if the
grandfather should hear about it? Trembling with fear, Peter obeyed.
(12:30):
I shall only come if you promise not to do
what you said, insisted the boy. No, no, I won't.
Don't be afraid, said Heidi. Compassionately. Just come along, it
isn't so hard, Peter on. Approaching, Clara was told to
(12:50):
help raise the lame child from the ground on one side,
while Heidi helped on the other. This went easily enough,
but difficulties soon followed. Clara was not able to stand alone,
and how could they get any further. You must take
(13:15):
me round the neck, said Heidi, who had seen what
poor guides they made. The boy who had never offered
his arm to anybody in his life had to be
shown how first, but further efforts could be made, but
it was too hard. Clara tried to set her feet forward,
(13:39):
but got discouraged. Press your feet on the ground more,
and I'm sure it will hurt you less, suggested Heidi.
Do you think so? Said Clara timidly, but obeying, She
ventured a firmer step, and soon another, uttering a little
(14:03):
cry as she went, Oh it really has hurt me, Less,
she said, joyfully, try it again, Hidi urged her. Clara
did and took another step, and then another and another. Still.
(14:23):
Suddenly she cried aloud, Oh, Hidi, I can do it,
Oh I really can. Just look, I can take steps
one after another, Hidi rapturously exclaimed, Oh, Clara, can you
really can you walk? Oh? Can you take steps? Now? Oh?
(14:45):
If only grandfather would come. Now you can walk, Clara,
Now you can walk, she kept on saying joyfully. Clara
held on tight to the children, but with every new
step he became more firm. Now you can come up
here every day, cried Id. Now we can walk wherever
(15:10):
we want to. And you don't have to be pushed
in a chair anymore. Now you'll be able to walk
all your life. Oh, what a joy. Clara's greatest wish
to be able to be well like other people had
been fulfilled at last. It was not very far to
(15:32):
the flowering field. Soon they reached it and sat down
among the wealth of bloom. It was the first time
that Clara had ever rested on the dry, warm earth.
All about them, the flowers nodded and exhaled their perfume.
(15:59):
It was his scene of exquisite beauty. The two children
could hardly grasp this happiness that had come to them.
It filled their hearts brimming full and made them silent.
(16:21):
Peter also lay motionless, for he had gone to sleep.
Thus the hours flew, and the day was long past noon.
Suddenly all the goats arrived, for they had been seeking
the children. They did not like to graze in the flowers,
(16:44):
and were glad when Peter awoke with their loud bleating.
The poor boy was mightily bewildered, for he had dreamt
that the rolling chair with the red cushions stood again
before his eyes. On waking, he had still seen the
golden nails, but soon he discovered that they were nothing
(17:08):
but flowers. Remembering his deed, he obeyed Heidi's instructions willingly.
When they came back to their former place, Heidi lost
no time in setting out the dinner. The bag was
very full today, and Hidi hurried to fulfill her promise
(17:30):
to Peter, who, with bad conscience, had understood her threat differently.
She had made three heaps of the good things, and
when Clara and she were through, there was still a
lot left for the boy. It was too bad that
all this treat did not give him the usual satisfaction,
(17:54):
for something seemed to stick in his throat. Soon after
their belated dinner, the grandfather was seen climbing up the alp.
Heidi ran to meet him, confusedly, telling him of the
great event. The old man's face shone at this news.
(18:18):
Going over to Clara, he said, so you have risked it,
now we have won. Then, picking her up, he put
one arm around her waist and the other one he
stretched out as support, and with his help she marched
(18:42):
more firmly than ever. Heidi jumped and bounded gaily by
their side. In all this excitement, the grandfather did not
lose his judgment, and before long lifted Clara on his
eye to carry her home. He knew that too much
(19:04):
exertion would be dangerous, and rest was needed for the
tired girl. Peter, arriving in the village late that day,
saw a large disputing crowd. They were all standing about
an interesting object, and everybody pushed and fought for a
(19:26):
chance to get nearest. It was no other than the chair.
I saw it when they carried it up, Peter heard.
The baker said, I'd bet it was worth at least
five hundred francs. I should like to know how it
has happened. The wind might have blown it down, remarked Barbara,
(19:48):
who was staring open mouthed at the beautiful velvet cushions.
The uncle said so himself. It is a good thing.
If nobody else has done it, continued the baker. When
the gentleman from Frankfort, here's what has happened. He'll surely
find out all about it, and I should pity the culprit.
I am glad I haven't been up on the elm
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for so long, else they might suspect me, as they
would anybody who happened to be up there at the time.
Many more opinions were uttered, but Peter had heard enough.
He quietly slipped away and went home. What if they
should find out he had done it? A policeman might
(20:33):
arrive any time now, and they might take him away
to prison. Peter's hair stood up on end at this
alarming thought. He was so troubled when he came home
that he did not answer any questions, and even refused
(20:53):
his dish of potatoes. Hurriedly, creeping into bed, he grew,
I am sure Peter has eaten sorrow again, and that
makes him grown, so said his mother. You must give
him a little more bread in the morning, Brigida, take
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a piece of mine, said the compassionate grandmother. When Clara
and Heidie were lying in the beds that night, glancing
up at the shining stars. Heidi remarked, didn't you think
to day, Clara, that it is fortunate God did not
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always give us what we pray for fervently because he
knows of something better. What do you mean, hide, asked Clara.
You see, when I was in Frankfort, I prayed and
prayed to come home again, and when I couldn't, I
thought he had forgotten me. But if I had gone
away so soon, you would never have come here and
(21:58):
would never have got where. Well, Clara, becoming thoughtful, said,
but Heidi, then we could not pray for anything anymore
because we would feel that He always knows of something better.
But Clara, we must pray to God every day to
show we don't forget that all gifts come from him.
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Grandmamma has told me that God forgets us if we
forget him, but if some wish remains unfilled, we must
show our confidence in Him, for he knows best. How
did you ever think of that, asked Clara. Grandmamma told me,
But I know that it is so. We must thank
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God today that he has made you able to walk. Clara.
I am glad that you have reminded me, Heidi, for
I have nearly forgotten it in my excitement. The children
both prayed and sent their thanks thanks up to Heaven
for the restoration of the invalid. Next morning, a letter
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was written to Grandmamma inviting her to come up to
the Elp within a week's time, for the children had
planned to take her by surprise. Clara hoped then to
be able to walk alone with Heidi for her guide.
(23:30):
The following days were happier still for Clara. Every morning
she awoke with her heart singing over and over again,
now I am well, Now I can walk like other people.
She progressed and took longer walks every day. Her appetite
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grew amazingly, and the grandfather had to make larger slices
of the bread and utter that, to his delight, disappeared
so rapidly he had to fill bowl after bowl of
the foaming milk for the hungry children. In that way,
(24:13):
they reached the end of the week that was to
bring the Grandmamma
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