Heidi Page #3

So?

So, what do you intend to do with her?

I certainly shan't be sending

her to any school.

Then what will become of her?

She'll grow up with the goats

and the birds.

They at least won't give

her any bad ideas.

She's not a goat or a bird, man.

She's not a goat or a bird, man.

Going to school.

And just how do you suggest

we get her there?

Mmm? Do you really think that

I would send a girl...

a little child of her age,

down the mountain?

You could come back to Dorfli to live.

What sort of life is that for a young girl?

Stuck up there.

One she loves, take my word for it.

And certainly a better one than

she would have down here,

among people who despise me.

My friend, people don't think

half as unkindly of you,

as you seem to think they do.

Frankly, Pastor,

I don't care much how they feel.

Just as long as they leave us alone.

What do you want?

Well, if you'll give me a chance

to get my breath back, I'll tell you.

Heidi, darling. How well you look, child.

Hello.

I asked you what you wanted.

Well you must have realised that

I always intended to come back for her.

What?

Well, of course I did.

In fact, since then,

I've spent my every waking hour trying

to find a good home for her.

And now I'm delighted to say that

I've found one.

But she already has a good home. Here.

Living on top of a mountain like a hermit?

The people I work for have rich

relations in Frankfurt...

who have a child who's wheelchair bound,

and longs for a little playmate.

Some simple, unspoilt child of her own age.

In fact, someone just like Heidi, ight?

That's right.

How much are these rich

relatives offering you,

for providing this little playmate?

How dare you.

And how typical of you to think of that.

Because I know you, Detie.

I know you well enough...

to know that there has to be

something in it for you...

for you to suddenly turn up here again,

after dumping her on me the way you did.

Has it ever occurred to you to find

out what Heidi might think of this idea?

She's still a child.

She's also a human being.

And certainly not some chattel,

to be traded in whenever

you find it convenient.

You certainly are the most

selfish brat I ever met.

And what about you?

It's fairly obvious why you're so

determined to hang on to her, isn't it?

You'll need someone to look after you

when you're no longer able to.

Never mind that you're an old man now.

In fact, a very old man who,

let's face it,

hasn't much longer to live.

And when you do die,

what's going to happen to her then, eh?

But you won't be here then, will you?

So why should that bother you?

I understand that you're refusing

to send her to school.

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