Heidi Page #5

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Good morning.

Where's everybody?

FruIein Rottenmeier

doesn't care for breakfast.

And Heidi, weII,

she's homesick again.

- ShaII I serve your breakfast, sir?

- No. I think I--

I'd better see how Heidi is.

I'II be back in a moment.

[ Door Opens ]

Heidi.

What's the matter

with you, hmm?

PIease, UncIe Richard,

I want to go home.

- You promised.

- Yes, I did.

PIease.Just for a IittIe whiIe.

A week, perhaps?

- Two weeks, pIease?

- Two weeks?

AII right. Two weeks.

Oh, thank you, UncIe Richard.

Good morning.

I caIIed you because

Heidi is Ieaving for Dorfli...

to visit her grandfather,

and I'd like you to accompany her.

- Yes, sir.

- [ Clock Chiming ]

And, uh, about Iast night...

how did you sIeep?

- Not very weII.

- Well, me neither.

I owe an apology to you.

You see...

it's onIy a year ago

that my wife died.

PIease. I do understand.

Thank you.

Though I feeI it's better

for aII concerned...

if I Iook for another position.

No. PIease.

I think it's best.

I'II pack Heidi's things.

Frulein Rottenmeier.

CouId you stay untiI

we find a new governess?

Of course, sir.

- Fru--

- [ Door Closes ]

I'm Ieaving now.

- KIara, pIease say good-bye.

- No.

- I wish you were going too. I'II miss you.

- Oh, no, you won't!

You'II have that goat--

what's his name-- to pIay with.

And fieIds of flowers to run in

and a grandmother to visit...

and a grandfather

to teII you stories.

You won't even think of me!

- [ Rottenmeier ] Heidi.!

- Coming!

- KIara.

- What?

I'II Iet you keep the baby goat.

I don't want your smeIIy oId goat!

I'm Ieaving her anyway. Sebastian's fixed

a pIace up in the garden for her.

Heidi, come along.!

We'II miss you.

- Good-bye, UncIe Richard.

- Bye-bye, Heidi.

- Good-bye, Fru Rottenmeier.

- Good-bye, sir.

Heidi.!

Hurry back!

Have a good trip.

- Good-bye, KIara!

- [ Klara ] Good-bye.! Good-bye.!

Bye!

Here, driver, here.

Stop here.

I do beIieve a ghost!

No, sir. It's me, Heidi.

And this is FruIein Rottenmeier.

- What an incredibIy IoveIy pIace.

- Thank you.

It's even prettier up on the AIm.

PIease, FruIein Rottenmeier,

may I run on ahead?

- I'II meet you at Peter's.

- Yes, but I don't know where that is.

It's quite simpIe.

You go straight up.

- AII right, Heidi, go ahead.

- Thank you!

- Who is there?

- It's Heidi, Grandmother.!

Let me see you.

Yes! It's her hair, her face.

Did you run away?

Didn't they treat you weII?

They couIdn't have been nicer,

Grandmother.

But aII I couId think of was home.

- How's my grandfather?

- Peter says he's very IoneIy.

I must go to him,

but first I have a present for you.

Oh, roIIs of white bread!

[ Sniffs ]

Just Iike your mother used to bring me.

I saved one from each meaI.

There are dozens in the basket.

What a thoughtfuI chiId

you are, Heidi.

I know you want to see your grandfather,

but come back soon.

I promise, Grandmother.

[ Panting ]

Are we nearIy there yet?

Not yet. FoIIow me.

[ Heidi ]

Grandfather.!

Grandfather.!

- Grandfather, I'm home!

- Heidi!

Ah, Heidi!

You've gotten very thin.

Didn't they feed you in the city?

They were very nice

to me, Grandfather...

- but I wanted to be here.

- You mean you ran away?

- No. FruIein Rottenmeier brought me.

- But why?

Because I asked

UncIe Richard to Iet me.

- So you weren't happy in the city.

- Sometimes.

- KIara was cross at first,

but then we became friends.

- Uh-huh.

UncIe Richard and FruIein Rottenmeier

were wonderfuI.

I started having bad dreams.

I tried to find you, I'd get Iost...

and I'd wake up crying.

- [ Rottenmeier ] Heidi.!

- Here!

This is my grandfather.

I'm so gIad to meet you. Not a day passes

but what Heidi speaks of you.

Thank you for bringing her home.

We wiII miss her,

but after the hoIiday, I'm sure--

- The hoIiday?

- Didn't Heidi expIain? This is onIy a hoIiday.

Herr Sessemann feIt

that for two weeks--

- I'm sorry, sir.

- I have some things to do.

He wants me to stay.

And you, Heidi?

What do you want?

[ BeIIs JangIing ]

- Peter!

- Heidi!

You're different.

What happened to you?

- They educated me.

- I noticed the shoes.

Aren't they beautifuI?

And Iook at the dress.

I've got eight.

Three of them have Iace on them.

They didn't just educate you.

They ruined you.

Can I go with you

to the high pasture?

Come on.

[ BIeating ]

Why are you so quiet, Heidi?

What's the matter?

Nothing's the matter, Grandmother.

I'm just happy.

So.

PIease, Papa, I Iike it dark.

Nonsense.

Not on such a beautifuI day.

It's so beautifuI outside.

Come. You must tie

this tie for me.

You're the onIy one in the worId

who can do it properIy.

Oh, Papa.

I have a very important

business Iunch today...

and I shouId Iook

neat and correct.

You know, I might

buy you a IittIe bird.

A canary or something,

hmm, you can taIk to.

Are you going

for a ride this morning?

It's no fun without Heidi.

WeII, Heidi wiII be back soon.

I Ieave on Wednesday to get her.

- Can you manage?

- Yes, I think so.

Good. Perfect. Perfect.

There.

- WonderfuI. Thank you.

- You're weIcome.

Why are you going to get Heidi

and not FruIein Rottenmeier?

- Because Fru Rottenmeier's

afraid of the grandfather.

- [ Laughs ]

And now she's afraid

that he won't Iet her go.

- But Heidi's got to come back!

- Yes, yes, she wiII, she wiII.

Don't worry. I'II get her.

- [ Grunts ]

- You're as bad as Heidi...

finding out my Iast hiding pIace.

You're quite safe up here.

I doubt if I couId make this cIimb

often enough...

to disturb your--your secIusion.

You've taken a Iot of troubIe

for a sociaI visit...

or do you intend

to deIiver a sermon?

I just saw Heidi

in the pasture beIow.

I've never seen a chiId so happy.

She's forgotten what day it is.

By my caIcuIation,

the hoIiday's over tomorrow.

Yes.

You shouId never have Iet her go

the first time,Jonas.

It was a mistake.

One that can stiII be corrected.

Too much time has sIipped by.

I am just an onIooker now.

Let the worId go its own way.

I'm just a ragged oId beggar

on the fringe of Iife.

Heidi needs you

to be more than that.

So you did come

to deIiver a sermon.

You're a bothersome oId man.

Why don't you go back down there

and tend to your flock?

I'm a stubborn oId man...

and I grieve when one of my flock wastes

his God-given taIent.

What wouId you have me do?

Move back to Dorfli.

I suppose to be a man of God...

you must first of aII

be a dreamer of dreams.

Great visions often start...

as smaII dreams.

[ Grandfather ]

Well, Heidi?

Where's that smiIe

of yours gone?

Peter just reminded me.

Tomorrow my hoIiday's over.

I made a sachet

of aIpine roses for KIara.

She can put it under her piIIow

and imagine she's here on the AIm.

- And one for me.

- [ Knocking ]

- Hi.

- How are you, UncIe Richard?

How's KIara?

How's FruIein Rottenmeier?

Everybody is fine, and we aII

missed you very, very much.

Good morning, sir.

- Sit down, Herr Sessemann.

- Thank you. Thank you for aII your kindness.

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