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Tonight I'll be reading the next section of the classic children's story, Heidi, published in 1881 by Swiss author

Johanna Schberi. It's a novel about the life of a young girl in her grandfather's care in the Swiss Alps.

Heidi is one of the best-selling books ever written and is among the best-known works of Swiss literature. Let's get cozy.

close your eyes.

relax your body. Relax your body into the softness of your bed.

Now. Now take a few deep breaths.

Daitay Peter and Heidi climbed up the mountain towards uncles or grandfather's house.

After a climb of more than three quarters of an hour, they reached the top of the Alm

mountain. Uncle's hut stood on a projection of the rock, exposed indeed to the winds, but where every ray of sun could

rest upon it, and a full view could be had

had of the valley beneath.

Behind the hut stood three old fur trees with long, thick, unlocked branches.

Beyond these rows a further wall of mountain, the lower heights still overgrown with beautiful grass and plants.

Against the hut, and plants.

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