Heidi A day on the ALM (4)

Heidi   A day on the ALM (4)

The high winds during the night had blown away the last little cloud and now the sky was a vast expanse of deep blue out of which the sun shone and glittered on the green slopes.

The little blue and yellow mountain flowers opened their cups and seemed to nod merrily at Heidi who romped everywhere.

Enchanted by this sparkling, waving sea of flowers, she forgot all about Peter, even about the goats.

All along the way she picked flowers until she had a big bunch which she wrapped in her pinafore, for she wanted to take them home.

Peter was quite dazed trying to look in every direction at once, for the goats, like Heidi, were jumping from one place to another.
He had to whistle and shout and brandish his sticks to bring the goats together again.

" Where are you now, Heidi ? " came the boy's exasperated and rather angry cry.

" Here ! " came the reply, but Peter could see no one.

Heidi was sitting, hidden from view, behind a little hillock.

" Come here ! " Peter called again.
" You are not to go near the precipice the uncle said so ! " 

" Where is that ? " asked Heidi, still not moving from her hiding-place.

" Up there ! Right on the top the old eagle sits on the look-out for his prey. "

That did the tricks.

At once Heidi jumped up and ran to Peter with her apronful of flowers.

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