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Tonight, I'll be reading the classic children's story, Heidi, published in 1881 by Swiss author Johanna Spiri. 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.

your eyes.

Let's get cozy.

Close your eyes.

Relax your body into the softness of your bed.

Now, take a few deep breaths.

Chapter 1, Heidi's First Mountain Clim. 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,

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