HEIDI (23)

HEIDI (23)

" What are you doing here, my child ? " asked Herr Sesemann in surprise.

" IーI don't know, " whispered Heidi.

Her feet were bare, and all she had on was her little white nightgown.

She was shivering with cold as well as fright.

The doctor put his pistol down and carried Heidi gently upstairs to bed.
" That doesn't matter, " he said in a kind voice.
" Now tell me where you wanted you to go. "

" Every night I dream I'm with Grandfather. " replied Heidi, " and I run quickly and open the cottage door to see pine trees. But when I wake up, I am still in Frankfurt. "

Then the doctor asked Heidi all about her grandfather and his cottage.

As she told him, the tears gushed from her eyes and her whole body shook with sobs.

The doctor stroked her head.
" Try to sleep now, " he said gently.
" In the morning, everything will be all right. "

He went downstairs and told Herr Sesemann that Heidi had been sleepwaking because she was so homesick.

The only thing that would help would be for her to return to her grandfather at once.

(23/30)