into her heart. And she wished that the grand-
mother might hear those words every day, for then
there would at least be a little while each day when
she would be happy. But Heidi knew very well
that it might be a whole week, perhaps even two,
before she could get up there again; and that
seemed so sad to her that she tried harder and
harder to think of some way by which the grand-
mother might have those words read to her every
day. All at once it came to her, and she was so
glad, and so eager to begin on her new plan that
she could hardly wait for the morning to come.

Suddenly Heidi sat bolt upright in bed, for, so
absorbed had she been in her thoughts about the
grandmother that she had quite forgotten to send
her evening prayer up to the dear Lord in heaven,
and she was quite shocked, for she meant never to
forget that again.

After she had prayed earnestly for her grand-
father and the grandmother and herself, she sank
back on her soft pillow of hay and slept sweetly
and peacefully until the morning light waked her.

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