Johanna spyri heidi grandmother

eidi was awakened early next morning by a loud whistle. Opening her eyes, she saw her little bed and the hay beside her bathed in golden sunlight. For a short while she did not know where she was, but when she heard her grandfather's deep voice outside, she recollected everything.

She remembered how she had come up the mountain the day before and left old Ursula, who was always shivering with cold and sat near the stove all day.

Johanna spyri heidi grandmother dies

While Heidi lived with Ursula, she had always been obliged to keep in the house, where the old woman could see her. Being deaf, Ursula was afraid to let Heidi go outdoors, and the child had often fretted in the narrow room and had longed to run outside.

She was therefore delighted to find herself in her new home and hardly could wait [51]to see the goats again. Jumping out of bed, she put on her few things and in a short time went down the ladder and ran outside. Peter was already there with his flock, waiting for Schwänli and Bärli, whom the grandfath