Heidi

Heidi leaves Clara and takes the train from Frankfurt to Dörfli with Sebastian. Heidi beams at the prospect of seeing Grandfather and Peter again, unaware that exactly at the same time, in Dörfli, Grandfather is packing his bags to move back to Italy and take the train to Mayenfeld to sell the Manor to the Kellers. When she reaches Dörfli and understands what’s going on, Heidi will do everything she can to reach Grandfather in Mayenfeld and ask him to come back.

Heidi is back in the meadow with Peter and the goats. She couldn’t be happier, especially when Peter asks her to fulfil her duty as Goat General. Meanwhile, Karl gets in trouble and falls into a shaft near the Devil’s Bridge and needs the urgent help of Peter. William fetches Peter and Peter has to leave Heidi with the herd up in the meadow. The only problem is that Goldfinch, Peter’s goat, is about to deliver her baby goat and Heidi will have to assist her, which is something she has never done before!

Heidi and Grandfather move to the Manor just before winter so Heidi can go to school. People in the village are not too happy about that, especially the Kellers, who are still cross with Grandfather because they couldn’t buy his property. Mrs Keller refuses to sell Grandfather any supplies and Grandfather is upset about it. When Teresa breaks a statue in the store and needs Grandfather’s help to fix it before her parents come back, Grandfather refuses. So Teresa, scared of her parents’ reaction, runs away in the mountains. Heidi will need to convince Grandfather to help her find Teresa before she gets in more trouble.

Grandmother is sick and needs expensive medication. Peter and Brigitte don’t have enough money and Heidi really wants to help. When she finds a family heirloom in the Manor, a brooch that belonged to Ana, Grandfather’s wife, she thinks her only solution is to exchange it for Grandmother’s medication. But the decision is hard to make, as this is the only memory of the late Ana and of Heidi’s past.

Mr Traber, the teacher, organises a test at school for the end of term. Karl, Teresa, William and Peter have to pass it, but not Heidi, as she is in the small section. The best student will receive a book and a coin. The Kellers put pressure on Teresa; she has to be the best or she’ll be punished! But now Peter is a good student, thanks to Heidi’s help and advice from her time in Frankfurt with Grandmamma. The day of the test, Peter finds his goats enclosure open; the goats have gone and he decides to find them instead of going to the test. Heidi will have to find a solution to help him pass the test anyway.

Mr Traber has taken a new teacher position in another village and will leave Dörfli with Karl. Before he leaves, Karl decides to leave his collection of fossils behind and he organises a treasure hunt for his friends; the first one to find the box will own the collection. Teresa, who secretly loves Karl and doesn’t want to see him leave, desperately wants the collection. Heidi understands this and wants to get Teresa to confess her feelings to Karl.

Clara arrives in Dörfli for a visit, which is great, but she comes with Miss Rottenmeier, which is not so great for Heidi. They both stay at the Manor, as Miss Rottenmeier refuses to live at the cabin (not suitable and not comfortable enough). Heidi and Clara really want to spend as much time as possible together, so they plan to force Miss Rottenmeier to move to the cabin.

Clara and Miss Rottenmeier now live at the cabin with Heidi and Grandfather. While Miss Rottenmeier goes to the village to get some supplies, Grandfather takes Clara and Heidi to the mountains to see marmots. When she comes back, Miss Rottenmeier finds the cabin empty and decides to go after the others in the mountains. She soon gets lost as a storm is brewing over the mountains. Grandfather and the girls worry about Miss Rottenmeier, but the governess will prove to be more resourceful than expected.

The council comes to Grandfather to ask him to finish building the Devil’s Bridge that he started six years ago and stopped when Tobias had his accident. Grandfather can’t really refuse. But when he starts working on the bridge, memories come back to him and he starts having nightmares. Worried about Grandfather, Heidi understands the only way for him to be at rest is to face exactly what happened that day with Tobias. Together with Clara, they gather information to find out what happened, and then they go to the bridge to talk to Grandfather. They find him petrified on the bridge, frozen by his memories of the past, and they have to talk him through the accident for him to let go of the past.

Clara walks better and better as Heidi helps her train. To celebrate her progress, Heidi organises a night out where the girls will sleep under the stars. Grandfather and Miss Rottenmeier accept and Miss Rottenmeier decides to sleep outside with the girls. Under the stars, Miss Rottenmeier relaxes and surprises everyone when she names all the stars and constellations. When Heidi and Clara ask her how she knows all this, Miss Rottenmeier opens up and tells the girls a surprisingly sad story.

Peter is jealous of Clara, as Heidi now spends most of her time with her. He fights with Heidi, and Teresa fuels Peter’s anger when she tells him Heidi will soon not be his friend anymore because of Clara. Heidi makes things worse when she innocently shows Peter’s treehouse to Clara as they walk in the woods with Grandfather. Angry and jealous, Peter steals Clara’s wheelchair in the cabin. Clara understands what’s going on between Heidi and Peter and she decides to go back to Frankfurt. Heidi tells her not to go and an argument ensues, leading to an unexpected and wonderful result!

When he learns that Clara is walking again, Mr Sesemann comes to Dörfli with Grandmamma and Dete. When he sees them, Peter thinks they’re after him for stealing the wheelchair and he decides to give it back. But the wheelchair has disappeared from where he left it, so Peter panics and runs away. At the cabin, everyone’s happiness is short-lived when Brigitte arrives and tells them that Peter is gone. They all look for Peter, even Clara. She’s the one who finds Peter and reassures him; no one is looking for him to send him to jail, and she won’t need her wheelchair ever again!

Grandfather has finished the Devil’s Bridge and the whole village is ready to celebrate but Heidi is still cross at Peter about the wheelchair. As the celebration at the bridge starts, everyone realises that Grandfather has disappeared. Heidi looks for him and finds him in the meadow. She convinces him to come back to the bridge and to make peace with the whole village and also with Dete. She also wants him to forgive himself about the past. Grandfather is moved and decides to follow Heidi. After the ceremony, Clara finds a way to get Peter and Heidi to talk again, and it works perfectly; the three friends take the New Treehouse Oath that will seal their eternal friendship.