Heidi A day on the ALM (3)

Heidi   A day on the ALM (3)

" And now the little bowl has to o in, " the old man continued.
" At lunch-time you will milk for her two little bowlfuls, for she is going, too, and can stay with you until you come back in the evening. Take care she doesn't fall over the precipice ! "

Now Heidi came running towards them.
" Grandfather, the sun can't laugh at me now ! "

For fear of the sun's mockery she had rubbed her face, neck and arms so vigorously with the rough cloth which the grandfather had hung up beside the water-tub, that she was almost as red as a lobster.

The old man smiled.
" No, he has no reason to laugh now, " he agreed.
" But do you know what happens when you come home in the evening ? You go right into the tub like a fish because if you run like the goats your feet will get dirty. Now, off you go ! "

Happily the children climbed up the Alm.

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