5 The Visit to Grandmother

CHAPTER 5 The Visit to Grandmother Day after day Heidi spent her time with Peter. They went high into the meadows and among the rocks and the flowers. When the weather finally grew cold and Grandfather told Heidi to stay home, Peter felt the same unhappiness as the young girl. Not only did he miss the extra food at lunchtime, but he always had more trouble with the goats on those days. The animals seemed to behave better when their kind Heidi was around to guide them.

第五章拜访祖母海蒂日复一日地和彼得在一起。 他们走进高高的草地、岩石和花丛。 当天气终于变冷了，爷爷让海蒂呆在家里时，彼得和小女孩一样感到不开心。 他不仅错过了午餐时额外的食物，而且在那些日子里，他总是和山羊有更多的麻烦。 当善良的海蒂在旁边引导它们时，动物们似乎表现得更好了。

When it grew very cold, Peter no longer took the goats out. This was his time to go to school. Heidi loved to ask him questions about his schooling, but Peter wasn't fond of answering the girl. He liked his job as a goatherder far more than he liked school. One evening he gave Heidi a message instead of answering her questions. "Grandmother sent word that she would like you to come and see her," the boy said. It was quite a new idea for Heidi that she would go visit anyone. For the next few days she bothered Grandfather so much about going that he finally gave in to her wishes. Grandfather rose from the table. He climbed up to the hayloft and brought down the thick sack to wrap the young girl in. Then he went to the shed and came out dragging a large sled. After climbing into the seat, he placed the girl comfortably on his lap. They took off like a bird gliding swiftly

当天气变得很冷时，彼得不再把山羊带出去了。 这是他上学的时间。 海蒂喜欢问他关于上学的问题，但彼得不喜欢回答这个女孩。 他喜欢牧羊人的工作远甚于喜欢学校。 一天晚上，他给海蒂留言，而不是回答她的问题。 “奶奶捎话说，她想让你来看她，”男孩说。 对海蒂来说，她会去拜访任何人，这是一个相当新的想法。 在接下来的几天里，她一直缠着爷爷要去，爷爷终于答应了她的要求。 祖父从桌子上站起来。 他爬上干草垛，取下厚厚的麻袋，把小女孩裹起来。 然后他去了小屋，拖着一个大雪橇出来。 爬上座位后，他把女孩舒服地放在自己的腿上。 他们像鸟儿一样迅速滑翔

through the air. Within minutes they sailed to a stop in front of Peter's hut. "There you are now. Go on in. When it begins to get dark you must start on your way home again." Then he left her and went back up the mountain, pulling his sled behind him. Heidi opened the door of the hut and stepped into the small dark room. It had a fireplace and looked like a kitchen. In the corner sat an old woman, bent over from age. She was spinning wool into yarn on a big spinning wheel. Heidi walked up to her. "Good day, Grandmother," she said. "I have come at last. Did you think I would never get here?" The old woman raised her head and felt for the hand that the child held out to her. "Are you the child who lives at the top of the mountain? Are you Heidi?" "Yes, yes," answered Heidi "I came down in

通过空气。几分钟后，他们在彼得的小屋前停了下来。 “你现在在这儿。进去吧。 天一黑，你就得回去了。” 然后他离开了她，拉着雪橇回到了山上。 海蒂打开小屋的门，走进那个黑暗的小房间。 它有一个壁炉，看起来像个厨房。 角落里坐着一位老妇人，因年老而弯腰。 她正在一个大纺车上把毛线纺成纱。 海蒂走向她。“你好，奶奶，”她说。 “我终于来了。你以为我永远也到不了这儿吗？”老妇人抬起头去摸孩子向她伸出的手。 “你是住在山顶上的那个孩子吗？” 你是海蒂吗？”“是的，是的，”海蒂回答，“我下来了

the sled with Grandfather." "Is it possible? Why, your hands are quite warm! What does she look like, Brigitta?" the old woman asked her daughter, who was sewing in the corner of the room. "She is a beautiful little girl, much like her mother was. And I believe her grandfather must be taking care of her! She looks quite well!" the younger woman said. During this time Heidi had not been standing still. She had been wandering around the room, looking carefully at everything there was to see. All of a sudden she exclaimed, "Grandmother, one of your shutters is flapping back and forth. Grandfather will come and make it right for you. See how it keeps banging?" "Dear child," said the old woman. "I can't see, but I can hear. There are many things wrong with this house. It creaks and rattles so much that I lie awake at night thinking the

和爷爷一起坐雪橇。” “这可能吗？”咦，你的手好热啊！布丽吉塔，她长得怎么样？”老太太问正在房间角落里做针线活的女儿。 “她是一个美丽的小女孩，很像她的母亲。 我相信她的祖父一定在照顾她！她看起来很好！”年轻的女人说。 在这段时间里，海蒂没有一动不动地站着。 她一直在房间里转来转去，仔细地观察着所有可以看到的东西。 突然，她叫道：“奶奶，你的一个百叶窗在前后拍打着。 爷爷会来帮你解决的。 看到它怎么一直砰砰作响了吗？”“亲爱的孩子，”老妇人说。 “我看不见，但我能听到。 这房子有很多问题。 它嘎吱嘎吱地响个不停，我晚上躺在床上睡不着觉，想着

whole place may just fall down. There is no one to fix it for us. Peter doesn't know such things." "Why can't you see the shutter?" Heidi asked. "Heidi, dear, I can't see anything." "But if I take you out into the snow, there will be more light. Surely you will see it then." "No, my dear. It is always dark for me now. Whether in the snow or the sun, no light can help me." Heidi wouldn't give up. "But in the summer, Grandmother, when the hot sun is shining down, it will be bright and beautiful for you again." "Oh, child, I won't ever see the sunshine gleaming on the mountains or the yellow flowers again." At these words, Heidi broke into loud crying. In her sadness she kept saying, "Why

整个地方可能会倒塌。 没人能帮我们解决。 彼得不知道这些事。” “你为什么看不见快门？”海蒂问我。 “海蒂，亲爱的，我什么也看不见。” “但如果我带你到雪地里去，就会有更多的光。 到时候你一定会看到的。” “不，亲爱的。现在对我来说总是黑暗的。 无论是在雪地里还是在阳光下，没有光能帮助我。” 海蒂不会放弃。“但是在夏天，奶奶，当炎热的太阳照下来的时候，它又会为你变得明亮和美丽。” “哦，孩子，我再也看不到山上闪烁的阳光和黄色的花朵了。” 听到这些话，海蒂大声哭了起来。 她悲伤地说：“为什么

can't someone make it light for you? Why can't you see?" Grandmother tried to calm the girl, but it was not easy to quiet her. Heidi didn't cry often. When she did, she could not get over her sadness for a long while. At last Grandmother said, "Come here, my Heidi. Tell me how Grandfather is. Tell me what you do up there. I knew him very well in the old days, but I have heard nothing of him for many years now. All I know I learn from Peter, who never says much." This brought a new and happy idea to Heidi. She quickly dried her tears and said, "Wait until I have told Grandfather everything. He will make it light for you again. I am sure of it. And he will fix your house for you, too. He will put everything right." Grandmother was silent. Heidi began the lively tale of her life with Grandfather and

没人能帮你弄得轻松点吗？ 你为什么看不见呢？”祖母试图使女孩平静下来，但要使她平静下来并不容易。 海蒂不常哭。当她这样做的时候，她很长一段时间都无法克服她的悲伤。 最后，奶奶说：“过来，我的海蒂。 告诉我爷爷怎么样了。 告诉我你在上面做什么。 过去我和他很熟，但现在我已经很多年没有他的消息了。 我所知道的一切都是从彼得那里学来的，他从来不多说话。” 这给海蒂带来了一个新的快乐的想法。 她赶紧擦干眼泪说：“等我把一切都告诉爷爷。 他会再次为你减轻负担的。 我对此深信不疑。他也会帮你修房子。 他会把一切都摆平的。” 祖母沉默了。海蒂开始生动地讲述她和爷爷的生活