XVI. The Doctor Comes with Presents 140 XVII. Excursions Over the Mountains 149 XVIII. A New Home for the Winter 157 XIX. Heidi Teaches Obstinate Peter 167 XX. A Strange Looking Procession 176 XXI. Happy Days for the Little Visitor 191 XXII. Wicked Peter and the Unlucky Chair 199 XXIII. Good-Bye to the Beautiful Mountain 217 ILLUSTRATIONS Up the Mountain to Grandfather (_color_) FRONTISPIECE Heidi Tenderly Stroked the Two Goats in Turn 27 Heidi Drank in the Golden Sunlight, the Fresh Air and the Sweet Smell of the Flowers (_color_) 33 Heidi Now Began to Give a Lively Description of Her Life with the Grandfather (_color_) 48 "Why, There Is Nothing Outside but the Stony Streets" 72 Miss Rottermeyer Jumped Higher Than She Had for Many Long Years (_color_) 80 Grandmother's Kind Advice Brings Comfort to Heidi (_color_) 96 Heidi Learns to Make Doll Clothes 99 The Doctor Discovers Heidi's Home-Sickness 109 "Our Milk Tastes Nicer Than Anything Else in the World, Grandfather" 123 It Was Not Long Before the Fir Trees Began Their Old Song (_color_) 144 A Strange-Looking Procession Was Making Its Way Up the Mountain (_color_) 192 The Little Invalid Finds That She Is Able to Walk 208 "We Must Not Overdo It," He Said, Taking Clara Up in His Arms 212 Peter Went Rolling and Bumping Down the Slope 222 "Are You Really My Little Clara?" (_color_) 232 [Illustration: HEIDI] CHAPTER I HEIDI'S FIRST MOUNTAIN CLIMB On a bright June morning two figures--one a tall girl and the other a child--could be seen climbing a narrow mountain path that winds up from the pretty village of Mayenfeld, to the lofty heights of the Alm mountain. In spite of the hot June sun the child was clothed as if to keep off the bitterest frost. She did not look more than five years old, but what her natural figure was like would be hard to say, for she had on apparently two dresses, one above the other, and over these a thick red woolen shawl. Her small feet were shod in thick, nailed mountain-shoes. When the wayfarers came to the hamlet known as Doerfli, which is situated half-way up the mountain, they met with greetings from all sides, for the elder girl was now in her old home. As they were leaving the village, a voice called out: "Wait a moment, Dete; if you are going on up the mountain, I will come along with you." The girl thus addressed stood still, and the child immediately let go her hand and seated herself on the ground. "Are you tired, Heidi?" asked her companion. "No, I am hot," answered the child.