Heidi Page #3

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to the IittIe girI...

and during Iunch she squirted

grape seeds at her.

She did?

WeII, I don't bIame her.

I never cared

for the Grubers myseIf.

Anyway, tomorrow...

I'd Iike KIara to spend

at Ieast one hour in the fresh air.

And I'II be on hand to see

that she raises no objection.

Sir, during your absence, a woman

by the name of HautseI was here.

- She wanted to Ieave a IittIe girI caIIed Heidi.

- Heidi?

The woman said she couId

no Ionger take care of her...

and that she was going to Ieave her

with her grandfather near Dorfli, I beIieve.

I know the pIace.

AII right, I'II Iook into the matter.

Thank you. Good night.

[ Classical ]

- HeIIo.

- WeIcome home, Richard. Sit down.

- Thank you.

- How did you find Paris?

WeII, how does one find Paris?

CoId and damp, as usuaI.

- That's not the Paris I know.

- WeII, it's the Paris I know.

I heard of a bone speciaIist in Paris.

- Neidermeyer. He's BeIgian.

- A good man, Neidermeyer.

But KIara's troubIe

is not with the bones.

Of course, there's stiII some pain

from the injury, but she can waIk.

And she must waIk soon...

for ifher mind becomes

convinced that she can't...

then she very likely will be a cripple

for the rest ofher days.

Look, Bern, we know

each other quite weII enough.

You can teII me the truth.

Do you think there's a chance

she'II ever waIk again?

It's entireIy up to her and to you.

You must make her try.

You know, Richard, you spoiI KIara,

you and that IoveIy governess both.

Klara is not a child anymore.

Waiter!

Thank you.

What effect do you think...

another chiId in the house

might have on KIara?

Why do you ask?

My brother's daughter

is in need of a home.

You have a big house.

Why not?

It wouId be good for KIara.

WeII, I think I'm going tomorrow

to the AIm and I'II bring her down.

The AIm?

A mountain above Dorfli.

Dorfli?

- A viIIage near MaienfeId.

- Maienfeld?

WeII, never mind. I'II find it.

[Jonas ] I take it the purpose of your visit

concerns the child. Am I correct?

[ Sessemann ] Yes. I wish to make

a home for Heidi in Frankfurt.

No.

WeII, I thought--

It was my understanding...

that Heidi was a burden for you.

Heidi is not a burden.

Even so, I think it's best

for the chiId if she came with me.

- Do you? I do not.

- And I'm sure that my brother, if he were aIive...

wouId think the same.

You need not remind me

who Heidi's father was.

He took my daughter from me.

And I can promise you I wiII not aIIow

Heidi to suffer the same fate.

Don't you think

you're a IittIe bit seIfish?

SeIfish?

She Iikes it here!

Of course she Iikes it here.

Any chiId wouId Iike it here.

But you and I must decide

what's best for her.

I know what's best.

Here Heidi has something reaI...

something she can hoId onto.

Yes, on the other side,you're depriving her

of every possible advantage--

the best schooling,

food, clothing...

and a governess to see

that she grows into a proper young Iady.

I very much doubt whether

that is one of Heidi's ambitions.

But pIease think

a few years ahead of it.

What do you think wouId become of her if

she wouId be raised under these circumstances?

Give her some chance.

I can't give her

into the hands of strangers.

We are not strangers!

We are reIatives too...

who Iove and provide for her.

And I must admit...

I have a seIfish reason too.

I have a daughter...

about the same age as Heidi.

She cannot waIk...

and I think she needs her.

I onIy want to do

what's best for the chiId.

WeII, isn't that

what we both want?

- I must make one condition.

- Yes?

If Heidi isn't happy or wants

to come back here on the AIm...

she must be given permission to do so.

Agreed.

You have my promise.

- Evening, sir.

- Good evening, Fru Rottenmeier.

So, this is Heidi,

and this is your new governess.

- We've aIready met. WeIcome, Heidi.

- Thank you.

Don't you think she's pretty?

Hmm? AII right.

Why don't you go upstairs

and say heIIo to your cousin KIara, hmm?

And say heIIo from me too.

It's the second door on the right.

- Name five countries bordering

on ancient Mesopotamia.

- What?

What did the Marie Antoinette say to the

revolutionaries when they clamored for bread?

I don't know.

- Name five European monarchs

who were beheaded.

- What's a monarch?

They told me you were ignorant

and countrified, and they were right.

- Are you cousin KIara?

- Come here. Let me see you.

Why are you dressed so funny?

I'm not dressed funny.

This is my best dress.

You smeII funny too.

What's that funny smeII?

I do not smeII funny.

- You smeII Iike... cheese.

- You smeII Iike medicine.

- Get out of my room! I don't want you here!

- I don't want to be here either.

I was just trying to be nice because

they toId me you were crippIed--

Get out of my room!

Get out! Get out!

FruIein! Papa!

Get out! Get out!

Get out.! Get out.! Papa.!

HeIp me! Get out!

Get out! Get out!

Get out! Leave me aIone!

Leave me aIone! Get out!

Heidi, teII Sebastian

to fetch the doctor.

- Get out! Leave me aIone! Leave me aIone!

- KIara, pIease, pIease.

Get out! Leave me aIone!

[ Footsteps ]

You ought to be in bed, young Iady.

- I waited to see how KIara is.

- She'II be fine in the morning.

Was she aIways Iame?

No.

UntiI a year ago,

KIara waIked as weII as you do.

And then one day

on a famiIy outing on a Iake...

their smaII boat turned over.

KIara and her mother were drowning.

Your uncIe was abIe

to save onIy one of them.

And since that day...

KIara hasn't waIked.

Maybe she hurt herseIf.

There was some injury

and there stiII is some pain.

Now I'm sorry that I yeIIed at her.

I am not.

I'm gIad you did.

When I went into her room just now,

KIara was stiII fighting mad.

She was thrashing about

with her arms and her Iegs.

So, you see, her Iegs

are not as useIess...

as she teIIs herseIf they are.

Heidi, you shouId be in bed.

I was just Ieaving.

- Good night, Fru Rottenmeier.

- Good night, Doctor.

So, my darIing, be happy.

Huh?

Come on.

When I was a IittIe girI,

they toId me to be happy.

It isn't easy, is it?

It's just that I miss my grandfather...

and my pIace on the AIm.

It isn't IadyIike to cry, is it?

Perhaps not,

but Iadies aIways do.

''In the dark foIiage...

''the goId oranges gIow.

The soft wind hovers,

and the myrtIe is stiII.''

WeII done, KIara.

Now, get on with your needIepoint...

whiIe I Iisten to Heidi's reading.

Heidi?

''Once upon a time a Iong time ago...

''there Iived in

a smaII aIpine viIIage...

''a girI named EIwin.

''Every day she wouId cIimb

to the high meadows...

''and pIay with the goats who came there

to eat the sweet cIover.

One day in the high meadow,

she found a great goIden eagIe--''

What's the matter with Heidi?

Poor Heidi. I'm afraid

she's terribIy homesick.

Were you Iooking for something

up there, mademoiseIIe?

Yes. I want to see the mountains.

How do you open

the windows, Sebastian?

This way.

WeII, where are the mountains?

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