Heidi reluctantly goes, and her departure is especially upsetting to Grandfather and Peter’s grandmother. Dete believes the change will be good for Heidi, especially as Grandfather has refused to send her to school or church. However, three years after leaving Heidi, Aunt Dete reappears, having found her niece a job in Frankfurt as a companion to a wheelchair-bound girl, Clara Sesemann. She quickly comes to love life on the mountain and makes friends with Peter the goatherd and his blind grandmother, among others. Away from her aunt’s oppression, the little girl’s spirits soar, and her goodness and faith soften the old man’s heart. Nevertheless, Heidi is left with him, and the odd couple-after some initial reluctance on the grandfather’s part-are happy together. He is a bitter old man who has become reclusive and has rejected religion. However, villagers express concern about Heidi living with her grandfather. Dete, who has taken care of Heidi since she was orphaned as a baby, has a new job and can no longer care for the child. The novel opens with Aunt Dete taking her niece, Heidi, to stay with the young girl’s grandfather, a goatherd who lives alone in the Swiss Alps. The title character is a young orphan who is sent to the Swiss mountains to live with her grandfather. Heidi, classic children’s novel by Swiss writer Johanna Spyri, published in two volumes in 1880–81. SpaceNext50 Britannica presents SpaceNext50, From the race to the Moon to space stewardship, we explore a wide range of subjects that feed our curiosity about space!.Learn about the major environmental problems facing our planet and what can be done about them! Saving Earth Britannica Presents Earth’s To-Do List for the 21st Century.100 Women Britannica celebrates the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment, highlighting suffragists and history-making politicians.COVID-19 Portal While this global health crisis continues to evolve, it can be useful to look to past pandemics to better understand how to respond today.Student Portal Britannica is the ultimate student resource for key school subjects like history, government, literature, and more.This Time in History In these videos, find out what happened this month (or any month!) in history.#WTFact Videos In #WTFact Britannica shares some of the most bizarre facts we can find.Demystified Videos In Demystified, Britannica has all the answers to your burning questions.

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