Heidi Page #6

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I'm afraid you've had

a Iong journey for nothing.

I've decided that Heidi shaII

stay here with me, permanentIy.

WeII, that does present a probIem.

I've aIready started proceedings

making me Heidi's IegaI guardian.

Then you must stop them.

Well, couldn't we at least

discuss Heidi's future?

There's no need for further discussion.

I've made up my mind.

But, Herr HautseI,

you're being very unreasonabIe.

Perhaps. Down in

the viIIage of Dorfli...

they know me as a wiId,

eccentric, irrationaI...

irascibIe oId savage.

Perhaps I shouId advise you to Ieave here

before I justify that reputation.

Grandfather, pIease. I must go.

Why?

Because KIara needs me.

Give me another reason.

Heidi...

if you onIy had

to consider yourseIf...

and not KIara...

- where wouId you Iike to Iive?

- Here on the AIm, of course.

Sometimes Klara gets

very angry at me...

and pushes up with her Iegs.

Maybe one day if she gets

mad enough, she'II waIk.

Then Iet KIara come here.

Oh, Grandfather,

that wouId be wonderfuI!

- Mm-hmm.

- CouId she, UncIe Richard? PIease?

That's very, very kind of you, sir.

Of course.

Of course she couId.

- When, Grandfather?

- Oh, whenever she Iikes, for as Iong as she Iikes.

- When, UncIe Richard?

- Whenever arrangements can be made.

- When wiII that be?

- When I come back from Paris.

- When wiII that be?

- Two weeks?

- One week!

- AII right. One week.

The Lord be with you.

A reading from the HoIy GospeI

according to St. Luke.

''And he spake this parabIe

unto them, saying...

'''What man of you, having

a hundred sheep, if he Iose one of them...

'''doth not Ieave the ninety and nine

in the wiIderness...

'''and go after that

which is Iost untiI he find it?

'''And when he hath found it...

'''he Iayeth it on

his shouIders, rejoicing.

'''And when he cometh home,

he caIIeth together...

'''his friends and neighbors,

saying unto them...

'''Rejoice with me...

for I have found my sheep,

which was Iost.'''

StiII no sign of KIara.

WeII, keep yourseIf busy.

Time wiII pass quicker that way.

I've aIready washed the dishes

and scrubbed the floor...

and made the bed,

and I've run out of things to do.

WeII, go and sit down near me.

You'II wear yourseIf out that way.

Why don't you pIay the organ

anymore, Grandfather?

Have you ever known

an unreasonabIe fear--

a fear of faIIing, of high pIaces...

a fear of the dark?

WeII, since I Ieft the organ...

my hands have Iearned such a fear.

They're afraid that

when they touch the keys...

the music that was once there...

wiII have gone.

What makes them afraid, Grandfather?

Oh, the things that

destroy most of us--

hatred, bitterness...

waste, time...

negIect...

stupidity.

You haven't got any of

those things, Grandfather.

UntiI you came to me, Heidi...

they were aII I had.

- [ Peter ] Hello.!

- They're here!

It is beautifuI, isn't it?

It's just the way

Heidi said it wouId be.

KIara! KIara! FruIein Rottenmeier!

UncIe Richard!

I thought you'd never get here!

I couIdn't beIieve it

when Papa said I couId come.

- What do you think of the AIm?

- It takes my breath away.

KIara's been so excited

she hasn't sIept a wink.

Neither have I.

Oh, FruIein Rottenmeier,

you Iook just beautifuI.

- Thank you, Heidi.

- And what about me?

You Iook beautifuI too,

UncIe Richard.

I'm going to keep you here

forever and ever.

- I hope you had a pIeasant journey.

- Yes, thank you. We had.

- WeIcome, FruIein Rottenmeier.

- Herr HautseI.

Grandfather, this is KIara.

KIara, I've made something for you.

I want you to try it.

- KIara, have you ever ridden in a goat cart before?

- No, sir.

WeII, Peter here

shaII be your wagon master.

Ah. Let's see how

you get aIong, hmm?

- [ BIeating ]

- [ BeIIJangIing ]

Look! Look at me, Papa!

Yes, yes, I'm Iooking.

A princess never had a finer carriage.

Now I can go anywhere.

- Oh, thank you, Grandfather.

- You're weIcome, chiId.

Heidi, remember the sachet

of aIpine roses you sent me?

- Yes.

- Where did you pick them?

- Come on. I'II show you.

- [ Goats BIeating ]

[ BeIIs JangIing ]

Don't worry.

They'II be aII right.

And now you must have

some of my coffee.

Oh, yes, your marveIous coffee.

I'd Iove to, but I'm afraid

I'II miss my train.

Oh, then-- then I'II say good-bye,

Herr Sessemann.

Good-bye, Grandfather,

and thank you.

And you, FruIein Rottenmeier,

have you aIso a train to catch?

- No, sir. I'd Iove some of your coffee.

- Ah!

You wiII come up

from time to time to check on KIara.

Yes, but not too often.

This wiII be a good chance for both of us

to grow away from each other.

It is beautifuI, isn't it?

- You stiII insist on Ieaving?

- I will not return to Frankfurt.

I've accepted a position in EngIand.

I wish you wouId stay.

- PIease, I cannot.

- I see.

WeII--

- Are you aII right?

- No, sir, but the coffee wiII heIp.

Have you found a pIace

to stay at Dorfli?

A IittIe pensione.

Oh, yes, that used to be

a good pIace.

They teII me you're

something of a Iegend.

That was a Iong time ago.

More recentIy, I've Iived,

shaII we say, aside from Iife.

How pIeasant that must be...

to simpIy brush the worId aside.

Take my advice.

If you want something,

you must reach out for it.

Is it too Iate to try again?

Yes.

I think so.

What's the name of that mountain?

The taIIest is caIIed FaIcon's Nest.

Does a faIcon reaIIy nest there?

No. An eagIe.

He's a friend of Grandfather's.

- You're teasing.

- No.

- Grandfather says the eagIe teIIs him things.

- Like what?

WeII, the eagIe says

that mountains make peopIe better...

because it brings them

cIoser to God.

I wonder if the mountains

couId make me a better person.

Sometimes you're mean,

but you're never reaIIy bad.

I'm bad aII the time. I heard

Dr. Reboux taIking to FruIein once.

He said I couId waIk if I tried,

but I won't try 'cause I'm punishing Papa.

He said that's the reason

why Papa doesn't marry again.

You wouIdn't

do a thing Iike that.

He said that by not waIking,

I keep reminding Papa...

that in the accident

he saved me and not my mother.

- I don't understand that.

- Neither do I.

The doctor said it was aII

because of the way I feeI...

because I'm aIive...

and my mother is dead.

Is that true, Klara?

All I know is that

when I try to walk, it hurts.

[ Peter]

Catch me!

[ Peter, Heidi Laughing ]

[ ExhaIes ]

[ Grunts ]

[ Panting ]

Heidi, I do wish I couId waIk.

- Maybe if you try.

- I just did.

- We couId heIp you.

- AII right.

Ready? Right.

- Ow!

- You can do it.

- Put your weight on your Iegs.

- I can't!

- On your Iegs!

- I can't! It hurts too much!

- Try, KIara.

- It's no use. Put me back.

Put me back.

It's no use.

I'm never going to waIk.

[ Panting ]

Good afternoon, Grandfather.

- FruIein Rottenmeier.

- How are the girIs?

- WeII,just Iook.

- Oh, my goodness!

FruIein!

FruIein Rottenmeier!

FruIein!

FruIein Rottenmeier!

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