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Opening Heidi
Johanna Spyri
Public domain text from Project Gutenberg.
Ver.04.07.00*END*
HEIDI
by JOHANNA SPYRI
CONTENTS
I Up the Mountain to Alm-Uncle
II At Home with Grandfather
III Out with the Goats
IV The Visit to Grandmother
V Two Visits and What Came of Them
VI A New Chapter about New Things
VII Fraulein Rottenmeier Spends an Uncomfortable Day
VIII There is Great Commotion in the Large House
IX Herr Sesemann Hears of Things that are New to Him
X Another Grandmother
XI Heidi Gains in One Way and Loses in Another
XII A Ghost in the House
XIII A Summer Evening on the Mountain
XIV Sunday Bells
XV Preparations for a journey
XVI A Visitor
XVII A Compensation
XVIII Winter in Dorfli
XIX The Winter Continues
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XX News from Distant Friends
XXI How Life went on at Grandfather's
XXII Something Unexpected Happens
XXIII "Good-bye Till We Meet Again"
INTRODUCTION
"Heidi" is a delightful story for children of life in the Alps,
one of many tales written by the Swiss authoress, Johanna Spyri,
who died in her home at Zurich in 1891. She had been well known
to the younger readers of her own country since 1880, when she
published her story, Heimathlos, which ran into three or more
editions, and which, like her other books, as she states on the
title page, was written for those who love children, as well as
for the youngsters themselves. Her own sympathy with the
instincts and longings of the child's heart is shown in her
picture of Heidi. The record of the early life of this Swiss
child amid the beauties of her passionately loved mountain-home
and during her exile in the great town has been for many years a
favorite book of younger readers in Germany and America.
Madame Spyri, like Hans Andersen…
Contents
CHAPTER I. UP THE MOUNTAIN TO ALM-UNCLE
Page 3 CHAPTER II. AT HOME WITH GRANDFATHER
Page 15 CHAPTER III. OUT WITH THE GOATS
Page 23 CHAPTER IV. THE VISIT TO GRANDMOTHER
Page 37 CHAPTER V. TWO VISITS AND WHAT CAME OF THEM
Page 49 CHAPTER VI. A NEW CHAPTER ABOUT NEW THINGS
Page 60 CHAPTER VII. FRAULEIN ROTTENMEIER SPENDS AN UNCOMFORTABLE DAY
Page 68 CHAPTER VIII. THERE IS GREAT COMMOTION IN THE LARGE HOUSE
Page 82 CHAPTER IX. HERR SESEMANN HEARS OF THINGS WHICH ARE NEW TO HIM
Page 92 CHAPTER X. ANOTHER GRANDMOTHER
Page 98 CHAPTER XI. HEIDI GAINS IN ONE WAY AND LOSES IN ANOTHER
Page 107 CHAPTER XII. A GHOST IN THE HOUSE
Page 112 CHAPTER XIII. A SUMMER EVENING ON THE MOUNTAIN
Page 123 CHAPTER XIV. SUNDAY BELLS
Page 138 CHAPTER XV. PREPARATIONS FOR A JOURNEY
Page 150 CHAPTER XVI. A VISITOR
Page 156 CHAPTER XVII. A COMPENSATION
Page 165 CHAPTER XVIII. WINTER IN DORFLI
Page 173 CHAPTER XIX. THE WINTER CONTINUES
Page 183 CHAPTER XX. NEWS FROM DISTANT FRIENDS
Page 191 CHAPTER XXI. HOW LIFE WENT ON AT GRANDFATHER'S
Page 207 CHAPTER XXII. SOMETHING UNEXPECTED HAPPENS
Page 215 CHAPTER XXIII. "GOOD-BYE TILL WE MEET AGAIN"
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To His praise abound--
Where are the signs of His love not found?
All things must pass,
But God shall still
With steadfast power
His will fulfil--
Sure and unshaken is His will.
His saving grace
Will never fail,
Though grief and fear
The heart assail--
O'er life's wild seas He will prevail.
Joy shall be ours
In that garden blest,
Where after storm
We find our rest--
I wait in peace--God's time is best.
The grandmother sat with folded hands and a look of indescribable
joy on her face, such as Heidi had never seen there before,
although at the same time the tears were running down her cheeks.
As Heidi finished, she implored her, saying, "Read it once again,
child, just once again."
And the child began again, with as much pleasure in the verses
as the grandmother,--
Joy shall be ours
In that garden blest,
Where after storm
We find our rest--
I wait in peace--God's time is best.
"Ah, Heidi, that brings light to the heart! What comfort you
have brought me!"
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