About this story
Dete has a position waiting in Frankfurt and no room in it for a child, so she is delivering you to a grandfather you barely know — the man the village calls Alm-Uncle and gives six reasons for avoiding. He is mending a stool outside his hut when you arrive, and asks Dete how soon duty will carry her back down. You pick the hayloft. One of Peter's goats walks in and stands beside you.
Who you’ll meet
The grandfather of the Alm and his niece Dete, the two adults who bring Heidi from one life into another. You play Heidi.
How it opens
The June path rose between hot stones and meadows loud with insects.
DeteKeep walking, Heidi. Your grandfather's hut stands above the last pasture.
Your aunt wore her travelling dress while you carried several dresses at once.
PeterNo one climbs the Alm dressed for three kinds of weather.
I shall remove a season when the mountain becomes too warm.
Choose
Do the goats know the shorter road?
Will you show me where Grandfather lives?