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Heidi, Part 3 of 10

The Sleepy Bookshelf

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The Importance of Keeping a Child Warm

Heidi's aunt Deta had heard from her lady that a sweet, quaint child was wanted as a playmate and a schoolmate for the girl. Very rich relations of her lady who owned the largest house in Frankfurt had a lame daughter. This poor little girl was confined to her rolling chair and needed a companion at her lessons. The old man said, it is a two hours walk. I shall not let her go, for the wind often howls so that it chokes me if I venture out. Did you know Adelade, her mother? She was a sleepwalker and had fainting fits. You were perfectly right, said the clergyman kindly. Why don't

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