"HEIDI" Reading Notes 4 After aunt Deta disappeared, the uncle sat down on the bench, blowing big clouds of smoke out of his pipe. He did not speak, but kept his eyes fastened to the ground. Heidi looked around the hut, then walked into the small shed where the goats lived. She saw the three old fir trees behind the hut. Here the wind was blowing loudly through the branches and the tree-tops were moving from one side to another. Heidi stood still to listen. After the wind had become less strong (you could also say “after the wind had weakened/ died down”, but this is still good), the uncle walked into the hut with Heidi. His life was so hard. His furnishings, clothes, food and other daily necessities were in very poor condition. There wasn’t more room on bed, so Heidi climbed up to the loft where a lot of hay was and made a bed with it. She asked for a sheet and a cover for (from?) her grandfather. The uncle didn’t have any more bedding, but found a long rough cloth for a sheet and a large heavy bag for a cover in his only rough cupboard. However, Heidi liked her new simple bed so much. She liked the hay-bed exuding a fresh and fragrant smell. She was delight to be able to look far down into the valley through a tiny round window. Heidi settled down with her grandfather like this.