Shortly after the grandmother's death, Dete is offered a good job as a maid in the big city, and takes 5-year-old Heidi to her paternal grandfather's house, up the mountain from Dörfli. Heidi is initially raised by her maternal grandmother and Dete in Maienfeld. Soon after Tobias is killed in a work accident and Adelheid dies of shock. They have a daughter, named Adelheid but affectionately nicknamed Heidi. Adelheid and Tobias marry and work as carpenters.

When they grow, Dete takes a job in the town of Maienfeld, in the Grisons, as a hotel maid. Two village girls, Dete and Adelheid, befriend Tobias. The man becomes known as The Alm-Uncle, as he lives in seclusion on the mountain Alm. Upon his return with a son, Tobias, the villagers ostracize him and create rumors surrounding his life in Naples. The older wasted the family fortune on drinking and gambling, while the younger ran away to serve in the Italian Army in Naples. In the town of Dörfli ('small village' in Swiss German), lived two brothers. Heidi: Elisabeth P.Aunt Dete hurrying away after leaving Heidi with her grandfather Please visit to browse through our range of exciting titles

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