12 Heading Home

CHAPTER 12 Heading Home Mr. Sesemann raced through the house. He banged on doors and called to the servants. Even though it was only four o'clock in the morning, it was easy to see that he wanted every one in the house to wake up. Ms. Rottenmeier woke from her sleep with a cry of fear. She heard the master calling that she was to get dressed and meet him in the dining room. She thought it had something to do with the ghost that they all

第十二章回家赛赛曼先生跑过房子。 他砰砰地敲门，叫仆人。 虽然现在才凌晨四点，但很明显他想让屋子里的每个人都醒过来。 罗特麦耶从睡梦中惊醒，惊恐地叫了一声。 她听见主人叫她穿好衣服到餐厅去见他。 她认为这和鬼魂有关，他们都

had been worried about. It wasn't until several minutes later that the woman found out what the meeting was actually for. "We are preparing for a journey," Mr. Sesemann said. He was in good spirits. "John, get the horses and carriage ready. Tinette, go wake Heidi and get her dressed for her trip. Sebastian, hurry off to the house where Dete works and bring her here. Ms. Rottenmeier, get out a trunk at once. Pack up all the things that belong to the Swiss child. Add a bundle of Clara's things as well so that the girl might go home with some nice-looking clothes. But do it now!" Ms. Rottenmeier simply stood still and stared straight ahead. She had expected some long story about a ghost, which she surely would have enjoyed now that it was daylight. Instead she had been given these strange directions. She was still starry-eyed when Mr. Sesemann left to go see Clara.

一直在担心。直到几分钟后，这位女士才知道这次会议到底是为了什么。 “我们正在准备一次旅行，”赛赛曼说。 他精神很好。“约翰，准备好马匹和马车。 蒂内特，去叫醒海蒂，给她穿好旅行的衣服。 塞巴斯蒂安，赶快去德特工作的房子，把她带过来。 罗特麦耶女士，马上把后备箱拿出来。 把那个瑞士孩子的东西都打包。 再加上一捆克拉拉的东西，这样女孩就可以带着漂亮的衣服回家了。 现在就动手吧！”罗特麦耶只是站着不动，直直地盯着前方。 她原以为会听到一些关于鬼的长篇大论，现在天一亮，她肯定会喜欢的。 相反，她得到的却是这些奇怪的指示。 当赛赛曼先生离开去看克拉拉时，她仍然充满了幻想。

As he expected, the poor girl was very upset at the idea of her friend leaving. But as she listened to her father's words, Clara understood that they were only doing what was best for Heidi. "Please, Papa, don't let her leave until I have packed some special things in her box." Clara's father smiled and winked to let her know that this would be fine. In the meantime, Dete came and Mr. Sesemann told her about Heidi. He asked Dete to take the girl home to her grandfather. But the young woman remembered how the old man had thrown her out of his house. She did not want to face him again! She told Mr. Sesemann that she was much too busy at her job to get away right now. Mr. Sesemann said he understood. He sent Dete on her way and called for Sebastian. He would deliver the girl. Mr. Sesemann gave him a letter for Heidi's grandfather that

正如他所料，这个可怜的女孩一想到她的朋友要离开，就非常难过。 但是当克拉拉听着父亲的话时，她明白了他们只是在做对海蒂最好的事情。 “爸爸，请不要让她走，直到我把一些特别的东西装进她的盒子里。” 克拉拉的父亲微笑着眨眨眼，让她知道这样会很好。 与此同时，德特来了，赛赛曼先生给她讲了海蒂的事。 他让德特把女孩带回家给她的祖父。 但年轻的女人想起了老人是如何把她赶出家门的。 她不想再面对他！她告诉赛赛曼先生，她工作太忙了，现在无法离开。 赛赛曼先生说他理解。 他打发德特走了，把塞巴斯蒂安叫来。 他会把女孩送出去。 赛赛曼先生给了他一封信给海蒂的爷爷

would explain everything. Meanwhile, Heidi was standing quietly to the side. She was dressed in her Sunday best, waiting to see what was going on. Tinette had woken her, but had not told her why. When Mr. Sesemann met her at the breakfast table, he looked eagerly into her eyes and said, "What do you think of all this, little one?" Heidi gave him a puzzled look. "Why, you don't know anything about it, I see," laughed Mr. Sesemann. "You are going home today. Going at once!" "Home?" murmured Heidi in a low voice. "Don't you want to hear more about it?" "Oh, yes, yes!" cried Heidi. For the next several minutes, the young girl couldn't tell if she was awake or dreaming. She tried to listen to Mr. Sesemann, but all she could think about was Grandmother and her grandfather and Peter and the goats and the

就能解释一切了。与此同时，海蒂静静地站在一边。 她穿着最好的衣服，等着看发生了什么事。 蒂内特叫醒了她，但没有告诉她为什么。 当赛赛曼先生在早餐桌上遇见她时，他热切地看着她的眼睛说：“你觉得这一切怎么样，小家伙？”海蒂不解地看了他一眼。 “为什么，我看你什么都不知道，”赛赛曼先生笑着说。 “你今天要回家了。 马上走！”“回家？”海蒂低声喃喃地说。 “你不想多听一点吗？”“哦，是的，是的！”海蒂叫道。 接下来的几分钟里，小女孩分不清自己是醒着还是在做梦。 她试着听赛赛曼先生说话，但她满脑子想的都是奶奶、爷爷、彼得、山羊和

mountain and Clara sent for Heidi and filled her box with a list of things. There were dresses, aprons, handkerchiefs, and all kinds of material. "And look here," she added as she held up a basket. Heidi peered in and jumped for joy. Inside were twelve beautiful white rolls for Grandmother. In their delight, the children forgot that the time had come for them to part. When someone yelled that the carriage was ready, there was no time for sadness. Heidi ran to get her favorite book—the one Grandmamma had given to her. She knew no one would have packed it because it was under her pillow. She put the book in the basket with the rolls. Then she opened her closet to look for another treasure that no one would have thought to pack—the old red shawl she had brought with her. The little girl wrapped it around a stuffed kitten Clara had made for her and put it on top of the

山和克拉拉把海蒂叫来，在她的盒子里装满了一张清单。 有衣服、围裙、手帕和各种各样的材料。 “看这里，”她举起一个篮子补充说。 海蒂往里看了看，高兴得跳了起来。 里面是给奶奶的12个漂亮的白面包卷。 在他们的喜悦中，孩子们忘记了他们分开的时间已经到了。 当有人喊马车准备好了，我们没有时间悲伤。 海蒂跑去拿她最喜欢的书——奶奶给她的那本书。 她知道没人会把它打包，因为它就在她的枕头下面。 她把书和面包卷一起放进篮子里。 然后她打开衣柜，寻找另一件没人会想到要打包的宝贝——她带来的旧红披肩。 小女孩把它包在克拉拉为她做的一只小猫毛绒玩具上，放在盒子的顶部

basket. Then she put on her hat and left the room. As she climbed into the carriage, she gave Clara her best wishes and thanked Mr. Sesemann for his kindness. She also asked him to send her thanks along to the doctor. She knew she would not be going home if it weren't for him and his promise of It will all be better tomorrow. The carriage started moving and Heidi was off. She held her basket tightly on her lap. For many hours she sat as still as a mouse. She was afraid to move for fear that she might wake up from a dream. She couldn't believe she was finally going home. When they finished the train ride, Sebastian hired a horse and cart to take Heidi as far as possible. She would finish the rest of the journey on foot. The young girl assured him that she could easily find her way up the mountain. Her grandfather would fetch her trunk later. Sebastian took her aside and gave

篮子里。然后她戴上帽子，离开了房间。 当她爬上马车时，她给了克拉拉最好的祝愿，并感谢赛赛曼先生的好意。 她还请他代她向医生表示感谢。 她知道，如果不是因为他和他的承诺，明天一切都会好起来，她是不会回家的。 马车开动了，海蒂下车了。 她把篮子紧紧地抱在膝上。 她一动不动地坐了好几个小时。 她不敢动，生怕从梦中醒来。 她不敢相信她终于要回家了。 当他们结束火车旅行时，塞巴斯蒂安雇了一辆马车带海蒂尽可能远的地方。 她将步行走完剩下的旅程。 年轻女孩向他保证，她很容易找到上山的路。 她的祖父稍后会去取她的箱子。 塞巴斯蒂安把她拉到一边，给了她