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This episode is supported by Fresh Air. Tonight by listener request we'll be reading the next

section of the classic children's story Heidi, published in 1881 by Swiss author

Johanna Schbeery. 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.

We left off at the end of Chapter 2 with Heidi's first night at Grandfather's House on the mountaintop.

Heidi and Grandfather get along better than would be expected,

given his reputation as a surly recluse.

Heidi falls to sleep in her new hayloft bedroom

dreaming of the two captivating goats she met that day.

Let's get cozy.

close your eyes.

Relax your body into the softness of your bed. Now, take a few deep breaths.

Three, on the pasture, Heidi was awakened early next morning by a loud whistle.

Opening her eyes, she saw her little bed and the hay beside her bathed in golden sunlight. For a short

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