Heidi New Adventures

Peter needs to write an essay about an event that changed his whole life. The first thing that comes to his mind is Heidi’s arrival in Dörfli. He remembers how Heidi was first brought by her aunt to the Swiss Alps to live with her grand-father. Her cheerful nature, enthusiasm and her love of animals bright up the lives of people around her.

Little Swan, the old goat, has died. Heidi is worried as now she is alone, the goat Little Bear is wasting away. Heidi and Peter would like to buy a new goat to keep her company but Grandfather does not have enough money.

It is the Dörfli village fair. Heidi, Peter and Grandfather all go. The little girl spots a pretty goat called Snowdrop and is upset that she cannot buy it. Suddenly, Mrs. Keller, the grocer’s wife, shouts that she has been robbed and offers a reward for the return of the stolen goods. Heidi and Peter see a way of buying Snowdrop.

Grandfather leaves with Mason to climb the White Peak. While they are away, Heidi takes her mind off her anxiety by teaching Rico English. The little Italian is very gifted. Meanwhile, due to Mason plotting something during the hike, Grandfather falls into a crevasse.

Grandfather, who is recovering after his fall, notices that Rico disappears every day without saying where he is going. Heidi and Peter are busy looking after the goats that are going to take part in a competition. On the way to the event, with Rico, Mrs. Keller notices some worrying red patches on the little Italian’s hands.

Autumn is here. This morning, Peter closed up his treehouse and took out his treasure that has been there all summer. Part of this treasure is the watch that used to belong to his father, a Spanish soldier killed in battle. He decides to wear it to school so as to more precisely measure the time passing.

Mr. Traber has had a good idea for the Autumn Festival – Rico will open the festivities with a tune on his violin. The little Italian is delighted, Heidi too but not Theresa. She is offended as normally it is William who opens the ball, playing the Alpenhorn. This is intolerable and, to avoid humiliation for William, Theresa decides to steal Rico’s violin.

A stranger arrives in Dörfli and asks if a little Italian boy has arrived recently; he is his father, Francesco. Mrs. Keller gives directions to Grandfather’s chalet where Rico has found a home. Francesco is delighted to find Rico… but is in a hurry to leave for Marseilles where he hopes to find work. However, Rico does not want to leave; he loves the mountains, Heidi, Peter and Grandfather.

Peter asks Grandfather to repair the broken watch. The old man accepts… but realises, when he starts, that his hands have started shaking. He is worried and says nothing to Heidi. Peter is disappointed and makes an important decision – he will go to Frankfurt to have the watch repaired and to try to find some trace of his father.

The doctor in Maienfeld is adamant; Grandfather must visit a specialist in Frankfurt. The old man refuses categorically. Annoyed at being treated like an old invalid, he leaves, grumbling, to repair the Meier Bridge. Heidi and Rico are worried and decide to follow him to make sure that everything goes well.

Heidi and Grandfather are staying with the Sesemanns in Frankfurt when they receive Dr. Beckman’s diagnosis – Grandfather must have an operation, or he will lose the use of his hands. As the operation is risky, Grandfather prefers to return to the mountains.

Episode Flash Back. Grandfather is about to have surgery. He is discussing with the lawyer to make his testament, in case things turned bad. He wants to protect his little granddaughter and keep her safe. While talking to the lawyer, Grandfather reminds good and hard times he had in the mountains. After kissing his grandchild, Grandfather follows the doctor.

During a walk in a park, Grandfather, convalescent, is shattered by a lady dressed in red. He thinks he has seen Grandmother Anna, his great love and the mother of Tobias. She disappeared twenty years ago on a voyage to Italy.

Troubled by discovering Mr. Sesemann, for lack of girlfriend, decline an invitation for the Winter Bal, Heidi and Clara decide, unwittingly, to find him one. They think that Susanne Linke, Clara’s young and pretty dance teacher, would be the ideal candidate. The two girls have to use cunning and imagination to bring Clara’s father and the dance teacher together.

Clara made significant progress in dancing. Miss Linke confirms her that she is ready to try to join the conservatory. Full of joy, Clara announces this great news to her father. Meanwhile, Mr. Sesemann and Elisabeth announce their future marriage. Despite the happy atmosphere in the house, Clara can’t hide her sadness.

Heidi is surprised to see Peter arrive in Frankfurt, determined to find some trace of his father, the watchmaker Anton Bendorf. Heidi helps him and calls on Rudy the street urchin and Frida to assist them. Peter is astonished to find his father in a slum, ruined and impoverished. Peter is so shocked that he does not tell him he is his son.

Now, Peter lives with his father. Despite an enthusiastic start, Peter is not happy in the watchmaker’s shop where his father has taken him on as an apprentice. Peter doesn’t know how to talk to his father. Peter has the unpleasant surprise of learning that his dad has been chosen by the authorities to repair the huge clock of the library’s belfry.

Under the initiative of Grandfather, Heidi invites Frida for Christmas Eve. The little orphan is full of joy and entrust Heidi that she will write a letter to her brother Ulrich as she is able to read now. Frida gives the letter to Frau Decker who pretends to post it, but Frida surprised her tearing it! She also discovers that the nasty woman lies to her since the beginning.

When she returns from Frankfurt with Grandfather, Heidi is delighted to see her friend Rico again, along with her beloved mountains and their snow-covered fir trees. Unfortunately, some bad news is waiting for them – during their absence an avalanche has destroyed their chalet.

Overhearing a conversation between the Kellers and Mason, Heidi discovers that the Englishman has something to do with the avalanche that destroyed Grandfather’s chalet. Along with Rico, she secretly follows Mason to White Peak and uncovers his secret; he did not come to the mountains for a holiday but to look for a kind of precious quartz.

Mr. Keller has a bad accident while taking a money order to Grandfather. He ignores the safety measures and a tree, felled by Grandfather and Francesco to repair the chalet, falls on him. Mr. Keller is rushed to hospital. Theresa, now alone, is comforted by Heidi. However, Mrs. Keller chases Heidi away, telling her daughter that Grandfather was responsible for her father’s accident.

Spring has arrived in Dörfli and with it the Wolpertinger, a mythical animal who symbolizes the spirit of Winter. According to legend, the Wolpertinger prowls around the village, looking for a place to haunt until the return of winter. Traditionally, the villagers hang little good luck charms on the doors of their houses to protect themselves.

Heidi has sent a letter to Alice Di Borgo along with a photograph of her grandmother, Anna, holding a tablecloth embroidered with a butterfly that closely resembles the one on Alice’s handkerchief. Alice Di Borgo is intrigued by this coincidence and comes to visit Heidi in Dörfli. Hoping to jog her memory, Heidi shows Alice various things associated with her grandmother Anna.

Now back in Dörfli, Peter has taken up beekeeping and cheesemaking. Rico, who, along with Heidi, has looked after the goats well, asks Peter to let him take the test to become a General Goatherd. Unwilling at first, Peter finally accepts. However, he is unfair to Rico and demands the impossible. Heidi and Peter quarrel and fall out.

Heidi has written to Peter’s father so that he could come and see his son’s first honey harvest. However, the evening before, the hives are hit by lightning and any hope of a crop disappears. To make things worse, Mrs. Keller discovers the financial deal between Peter and her husband which allowed the boy to buy his hives.