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Heidi was written over 130 years ago, but children can relate to her story today just as easily as they did when the book was first written. Heidi taught me that if I want a friend, I have to be a friend first. Peter misses Heidi terribly, and there’s a part in the book where we are not sure if they will ever be best friends again. When Clara came, everything changed for Peter who became jealous because he felt that he was not getting Heidi’s complete attention. The relationship between Heidi and her grandfather was undoubtedly strong, while the relationship between Heidi and Peter was strong too until Clara came along. Spyri writes about relationships and feelings between the characters, which we all experience. I loved the part when Heidi saved up all her soft, white rolls for Grandma so that she wouldn’t have to chew the hard bread or when the housekeeper screamed after seeing the basketful of kittens which Heidi had rescued from the top of the clock tower. Of course my favourite character was the caring, courageous and funny Heidi, who inspired me to be more open and caring to others. Oh, I absolutely loved Heidi! It was a brilliant book. Finally, after what seems like forever, Heidi is sent back to the mountains where she belongs. Clara’s father realises that Heidi is very sick and doesn’t know what to do, so he sends for his doctor friend, who tells him that Heidi must return to the mountains. Heidi makes a good playmate and friend to Clara, but she can’t get over her homesickness and longs for the mountains where everything is green and fresh. Heidi has to travel very far to Frankfurt where Clara lives, and is dismayed by the grey, dreary and gloomy streets. Life in the mountains is perfect and it all seems too good to be true, and it is when Heidi is suddenly taken away from her beloved grandfather and mountains to be a playmate for Clara, an invalid young girl who can’t walk. Every morning up in the mountains with Peter, the goat-herder and Heidi’s best friend, is a day to look forward to. However, as they get to know each other, the love between Heidi and her grandfather grows so strong they cannot be separated. Heidi’s grandfather is a cold-hearted and mean man at the beginning. This beautiful and charming story is about an orphaned girl named Heidi who is sent away from her aunt to live with her grandfather in the Swiss Alps.
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