Heidi Page #2

Peter?!

Are you out of your mind,

coming up here before

the snow's even frozen?

I'm here, aren't I?

Hello, Heidi.

Hello.

So, General you're going to have to start

chewing a pencil again, eh?

Chewing a pencil?

In the winter, Peter has to go to school.

And he finds chewing a pencil helps a lot.

Don't you, Peter?

What do you do at school, Peter?

Learning to read and write.

Not like I'm ever gonna bother to.

Why not?

Because it's a waste of time.

Why does a goatherd need to read

and write anyway?

Well, that would depend, wouldn't it?

On whether the goatherd wanted to

spend the rest of his life being a goatherd.

I have to go.

Bye, Peter.

Will I ever have to go to school,

grandfather?

Have you ever been to school?

The nearest school was miles when

I lived with Aunt Detie.

I mean, she was too busy to take me.

When can I go and visit Peter's grannie?

When the snow has frozen over.

When will that be?

Once Christmas is over.

Christmas?

Heidi?

Yes?

Are you all right?

Oh, yes, grandfather.

Now, close your eyes, Heidi.

Why?

Just turn your back and close your eyes.

You can open them now.

Grandfather, a sledge!

Be careful, Heidi.

Your Christmas present.

I'm sorry it's a bit late.

Oh, grandfather, it's beautiful.

Thank you, thank you.

You said you wanted to see

Peter's grannie.

Off we go.

Grandfather!

Hold on.

Yippee!

Wait, wait, wait. Hold on.

Now, in you go.

Just make sure to tell Peter...

to have you back home well before dark.

Heidi, of course. Come in, welcome.

Mother, it's Heidi.

Heidi?

Such warm hands.

Where's Peter?

He's at school.

But how did you get down here, child?

My grandfather brought

me down on a sledge.

What does she look like, Bridget?

Very pretty. In fact, beautiful.

Oh, yes certainly that.

I told you she'd come, didn't I, grannie?

And most welcome she was.

So how did you get on

with your reading today?

Peter, you need to learn to read.

Why?

Can you read, Heidi?

No.

See.

One of these days wind's gonna blow

this place right off the mountain.

Give me your hand.

Peter's grannie's blind.

Yes, I know.

And that house they live in.

The doors creak and the shutters bang...

and grannie gets really

frightened when the wind blows...

in case it blows them right

off the mountain.

Oh, yes?

I just wish there was somebody who

could do something about it.

Somebody who really knew about these

things, grandfather.

Can you think of anyone?

No.

Thank you.

Good morning.

Morning, Pastor.

Good morning, my friend.

May I have a word?

Mind the tables there, children.

The child, Heidi.

What about her?

The teacher has sent

you messages pointing out,

that she should be at school in the winter.

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