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Heidi at Herr Sesemann home. ^[1]

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Heidi in Herr Sesemann's house. 1922 illustration by Jessie Willcox Smith.

.. When Fraulein Rottenmeier finds out that Heidi is behind the two disturbances that happened that day, she threatens to punish the girl by locking her in a cellar full of rats and beetles. Clara, however, will not allow that and Fraulein Rottenmeier has to bow to her wishes. Clara also points out that her father will be returning home in a few days.
The next few days pass quietly but Heidi is not happy. The only joy that she finds each day is being able to take two bread rolls, one at lunch and one at dinner, as a present for Peter's grandmother. Heidi cannot learn the alphabet. Since she cannot leave the house, Heidi talks to Clara in the afternoon. She tells her all about her life on the mountain, which only makes her feel more homesick. To try to cheer her up, Clara tells Heidi that she may be able to return home soon. One day, Heidi can stand it no longer and makes up her mind to go home. She wraps up the bread rolls that she has saved in her old red shawl and puts on her battered old straw hat. Fraulein Rottenmeier sees her. She is shocked at Heidi's attempt to leave, calling her ungrateful for wanting to do so, and also at her shabby old clothes. Sebastian takes Heidi back to her room. He tries to comfort her by saying that she can see the kittens later.
Concerned by the state of Heidi's shabby old clothes, Fraulein Rottenmeier gets Clara to agree to give Heidi some of hers. Fraulein Rottenmeier goes to Heidi's closet to see which of her clothes can be kept and which have to be thrown out. To her horror, she finds the bread rolls which Heidi kept for Peter's grandmother. Fraulein Rottenmeier orders Tinette to throw away the rolls and Heidi's misshapen old straw hat. Clara promises Heidi that, when she does go home, she can take as many fresh bread rolls as she likes for Peter's grandmother. Sebastian takes the old straw hat from Tinette and returns it to Heidi. The girl tries to keep the hat hidden in her closet,

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