Heidi Page #4

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A power of some kind...

that can work miracIes.

Do you beIieve in miracIes,

Grandfather?

Me?

I beIieve in the eagIe.

- Grandfather, what does this say?

- Hmm?

Oh, those are easy words.

You teII me.

I can't read.

- Nonsense.

- I can't.

WeII, sureIy they taught you

at schooI.

They tried to, but they said

I was too much of a dreamer.

- Don't you even know the aIphabet?

- The Ietters?

- The Ietters, yes.

- A, B, C, D, E, F, G--

No, no, no. It took man thousands

of years to evoIve an aIphabet.

Each Ietter is a separate

and unique individuaI.

Now, recite again,

and sIowIy, pIease.

A, B, C...

- D, E, F...

- Good.

G, H--

- Oh.

- If I'm interrupting--

Do you reaIize that this chiId

has never been taught to read?

Go on with it, Heidi.

- I,J, K, L--

- Mm-hmm.

No, no, L. L! L!

Speak more softIy, more cIearIy.

L. L. L.

- Excuse me, Father. Is your visit of some urgency?

- L. L.

In a way.

I found a home for Heidi.

A family in Zurich.

Heidi aIready has a home!

She's staying here.

Pick it up again, Heidi.

Go on.

L, M, N, O, P...

Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z.

[ ChuckIes ]

WeIcome home, sir.

Good evening, Fru Rottenmeier.

Thank you, Sebastian.

- And how is my daughter?

- Anxious to see you.

- Is she awake?

- [ Girl ] Papa, is that you?

She's awake.

KIara? Where's my IittIe girI?

Here.

Papa.!

- I missed you so much!

- I missed you too.

Did you think of me?

Think of you?

No, not once.

- Not for an instant?

- Not for an instant.

WeII, maybe once.

TeII me where you were and what

you were doing and what you thought.

I was in Amsterdam, I was in Copenhagen,

I was in London--

No, no. Where were you

when you thought of me?

Oh, that was in Paris on the Rue RoyaIe

just around the corner of my hoteI.

- You want to know everything?

- Yes.

AII right. It was that time of afternoon

where everything goes quite gray...

and peopIe are rushing home

for their dinner.

SuddenIy I turned around

and in the window of a IittIe toy shop...

I saw a funny IittIe man who was

trying to teII me something.

- What did he say?

- WeII, he said, uh...

''Good evening, Papa.

PIease take me to KIara...

and I'II make her Iaugh.''

- What a siIIy face.

- No, no, no. Not a siIIy face.

I'm not siIIy.

[ Speaking French ]

- He speaks French, you know.

- Yes.

- You see?

- Give him to me, Papa.

- You Iike him?

- Yes.

What have you done with yourseIf

whiIe I was away?

- Nothing.

- Nothing?

Hasn't Fru Rottenmeier

taken you for walks?

In that wheeIchair?

I hate it!

And you didn't go

for your carriage rides either?

I hate people looking

at me all the time.

You shouIdn't hate. KIara?

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