2 Meeting Grandfather

CHAPTER 2 Meeting Grandfather Heidi was enjoying watching the goats and the boy who led them. She struggled to keep up with him as he sprang from one rock to another. The layers of clothing she had on prevented her from getting close enough to speak to him. All at once Heidi sat herself down on the ground. She began pulling off her shoes and stockings as fast as her little fingers could move. When this was done, she unwound the hot red shawl and threw it off. Then she took

见到爷爷海蒂很喜欢看山羊和牵山羊的男孩。 当他从一块岩石跳到另一块岩石时，她挣扎着跟上他。 她身上穿的几层衣服使她无法靠近他和他说话。 海蒂突然在地上坐了下来。 她开始尽可能快地脱掉鞋子和长袜。 这一切完成后，她解开滚烫的红披肩，把它扔掉。 然后她把

off her coat, too. There was still another one underneath to unfasten. Her aunt had put her Sunday coat on atop her everyday one to save her from carrying it. Quick as lightning, this one went, too. Heidi stood up. She was now wearing only the little slip that she had started out with this morning. She put all her clothes together in a tidy little heap and then went jumping and climbing after Peter and the goats. Peter had barely noticed the girl. When he suddenly saw her appear in her undergarments, his face broke into a grin. Heidi questioned him on everything from the goats' homes to how many there were. She had lost herself in her talking when she arrived at the spot where Dete stood. "Heidi, what have you been doing? What a sight you have made of yourself! And where are your two coats and the red shawl? And the new shoes I bought and the new

脱下她的外套。下面还有一个要解开。 姨妈把她那件周日穿的大衣套在她那件日常穿的大衣上面，免得她背着它。 像闪电一样，这个也消失了。 海蒂站了起来。她现在只穿着今天早上出门时穿的那条小裙子。 她把所有的衣服整齐地堆在一起，然后蹦蹦跳跳地跟着彼得和山羊。 彼得几乎没有注意到那个女孩。 当他突然看到她穿着内衣出现时，他的脸上绽开了笑容。 海蒂问了他很多问题，从山羊的家到有多少只。 当她走到德特站着的地方时，她已经谈得入迷了。 “海蒂，你在做什么？” 你真是出洋相了！你的两件外套和那条红披肩呢？ 还有我买的新鞋和新

stockings I knitted for you—everything is gone! Not a thing left! What were you thinking, Heidi? Where are all your clothes?" The child quietly pointed to a spot on the mountainside below and answered, "Down there." Dete followed the direction of her finger. She could just make out something lying on the ground. The pile had a spot of red on top of it, which she knew had to be the shawl. "You rotten little thing!" exclaimed Dete angrily. "What could have made you do something like that? What made you undress yourself? What do you mean by it?" "I don't want any clothes," said the child. "You selfish child! Don't you have any sense at all?" Her aunt was red with anger. "Who is going all that way down to get them? It will take a half hour to walk down there! Peter, you go off and fetch them for me as quickly as you can. Get going! Now!"

我给你织的袜子——什么都没了！什么都没留下！你在想什么，海蒂？ 你的衣服呢？”孩子平静地指着山下的一个地方说：“在那儿。” 德特顺着手指的方向走。 她只看得见地上躺着什么东西。 那堆东西上面有一个红点，她知道那一定是披肩。 “你这个可恶的小东西！” “是什么让你做出那样的事？” 是什么让你脱了衣服？ 你这话是什么意思？”“我不想要任何衣服，”孩子说。 “你这个自私的孩子！你难道一点理智都没有吗？”她姑妈气得脸都红了。 “谁会跑那么远去找他们？” 走到那里要花半个小时！彼得，你快去给我拿来。 走了!现在!”

Peter followed the order, completing the run in a shorter amount of time than Dete thought possible. She gave him a coin for his quickness. Peter's face beamed with delight as he put it into his pocket. The young boy followed Dete and Heidi on the final part of their climb. After almost an hour, they reached the top of the mountain. Grandfather's hut stood on a cliff where every ray of sun could rest upon it. It also had a full view of the valley below. It was a beautiful place. An old man was sitting outside the hut, watching the three people come toward him. He waited patiently for them to speak first. "Good evening, Grandfather," Heidi said. The young girl was not shy with her words. "What is the meaning of this?" her grandfather asked gruffly. He gave the child an abrupt shake of the hand and looked at her from under his bushy eyebrows.

彼得遵照命令，在比德特想象的更短的时间内跑完了全程。 她给了他一枚硬币以奖励他的敏捷。 彼得把它放进口袋时，脸上露出了喜悦的笑容。 小男孩跟着德特和海蒂爬上了最后一段路。 差不多过了一个小时，他们到达了山顶。 祖父的小屋坐落在悬崖上，每一缕阳光都可以照在上面。 从这里还能看到下面山谷的全景。 那是一个美丽的地方。一个老人坐在小屋外面，看着那三个人向他走来。 他耐心地等着他们先开口。 “晚上好，爷爷。”海蒂说。 这个年轻女孩说话并不害羞。 “这是什么意思？”祖父粗暴地问。 他突然握了握孩子的手，从浓密的眉毛下看着她。

Heidi stared back at him. She couldn't take her eyes off his face! The grandfather before her had a long beard and thick gray eyebrows that grew together over his nose. They looked just like a bush. "I wish you good day," said Dete when she and Peter finally reached the old man. "I have brought you Tobias and Adelheid's child. You probably don't recognize her. You haven't seen her since she was a baby." "What has she got to do with me?" the old man asked. "And you, boy," he continued, "be off with your goats! And take mine with you!" One look at the old man made Peter obey at once. It was easy to see that Heidi's grandfather wanted him gone. "The child is here to stay with you," Dete said. "I have done my duty by taking care of her over the last four years. Now it is time for you to do yours."

海蒂盯着他。她目不转睛地盯着他的脸！在她之前的祖父留着长长的胡须，浓密的灰色眉毛长在一起，遮住了鼻子。 它们看起来就像一丛灌木。 “祝你一天好。”当她和彼得终于走到老人身边时，德特说。 “我把托拜厄斯和阿德莱德的孩子带来了。 你可能认不出她了。 她还是个婴儿的时候你就没见过她了。” “她和我有什么关系？”老人问。 “还有你，孩子，”他继续说，“带着你的山羊走吧！把我的也带上！”彼得看了老人一眼就服从了。 很容易看出海蒂的祖父希望他离开。 “孩子在这里和你在一起，”德特说。 “在过去的四年里，我一直在照顾她，尽了我的职责。 现在是你做你该做的事的时候了。”

"That's it?" said the old man. He looked at her with a flash in his eye. "And when the child begins to cry and whine after you leave —as they do when they miss homes and mothers—what am I supposed to do with her then?" "That's your problem," snarled Dete. "I put up with her as a crying baby when her real mother died. It was hard enough to take care of my mother and myself! Now I have the chance to go out and be on my own. I cannot pass this up. You are her nearest relative. You are in charge. And keep in mind that you will have to answer for it if anything happens to the girl." Heidi's grandfather did not like the way Dete spoke to him. And Dete knew that leaving such a small child with this old man was a horrible thing to do. She felt shame and embarrassment as he kicked her out of his house.

“就这样？”老人说。 他眼睛里闪着光看着她。 “当你离开后孩子开始哭闹时——就像他们想念家和母亲时那样——那我该拿她怎么办呢？”“那是你的问题，”蒂特咆哮道。 “当她的亲生母亲去世时，我容忍了她的哭闹。 照顾我和妈妈已经够难的了！现在我有机会走出去，自力更生了。 我不能错过这个机会。你是她最近的亲戚。 你说了算。记住，如果那姑娘出了什么事，你得负责任。” 海蒂的爷爷不喜欢德特对他说话的方式。 德特知道，把这么小的一个孩子留给这个老人是一件可怕的事。 当他把她赶出家门时，她感到羞耻和尴尬。