Heidi A day on the ALM (6)

Heidi   A day on the ALM (6)

Heidi, by this time, had undone her pinafore and rolled it neatly round the flowers which she laid beside Peter's rucksack in the hollow.

Then she sit down beside him and looked around.

The valley lay far below, bathed in the sparkling morning sunshine.

In front of Heidi a big, broad snowfield rose up to the dark blue sky and on the left stood a huge pile of rocks above which a bare rocky peak reached towards the sky, towering majestically above the child.

Heidi sat motionless.

A great silence was all around and only the delicate blue harebells and yellow cistus swayed softly in the gentle breeze, nodding joyfully on their slender little stems.

Peter had fallen asleep and the goats were climbing high up amongst the bushes.

Heidi had never been so happy.
The golden sun-light, the fresh breezes and the delicate perfume of the flowers filled her with delight and she only wished that she might stay there for ever. 

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