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The story 'Heidi Goes to Hawthorn School' written by Johanna Spyri. In the sequel called Heidi Grows Up, Heidi is sent to study in the school where her friend Clara had studied. Heidi doesn't want to leave her beloved mountains but understands that she has to go to school for her own good. In this extract, Heidi meets her new school friends and comes to know the rules of the school.
- Heidi Goes to Hawthorn School -
You may have read the story of Heidi, the Swiss girl, who lived in the Alps, in Switzerland. The book titled Heidi is written by Johanna Spyri. In the
sequelA book which continues the story of the earlier one.
called Heidi Grows Up, Heidi is sent to study in the school where her friend Clara had studied. Heidi doesn't want to leave her beloved mountains but understands that she has to go to school for her own good. In this extract, Heidi meets her new school friends and comes to know the rules of the school.
'Heidi Goes to Hawthorn School' story in english :
The sun, shining through the windows, awakened Heidi. A busy day followed, filled with both pleasant and unpleasant happenings.
Heidi met the French teacher,
MademoiselleA title used to address a young, unmarried French woman.
Raymond, who was very tall and thin and near-sighted. She wore a high collar, a high knot of hair on the top of her head and there was a row of buttons that paraded down her back like so many small beetles. She stooped down to look at Heidi and murmured, "I am very strict, especially about dictation. Your friend Clara learned well, very well indeed."Heidi began to be afraid she could not
live up to ClaraTo be as good as Clara.
, of whom everyone in the school had such a good opinion. She felt even more convinced of this when she talked to FrauleinA German title for an unmarried woman.
Feld."Good morning, Heidi! I hope we shall be a happy family and that you are going to be as gay and lovable as your friend Clara."
She said this to impress Heidi with the importance of good behaviour, but privately, Fraulein Feld felt a very real sympathy for this simple fourteen-year-old
country girlGirl from a village.
with her two long braidsPlaits.
and her plain cotton dress. How would her classmates receive her? All of them were girls of families that were more or less well-to-do.That first morning Heidi made fifty-two errors in the dictation about which Mademoiselle Raymond was so very strict. She did not understand one of Fraulein's orders in the gym class and she made a spot on the tablecloth at lunch.
Mademoiselle Larbey, the Headmistress, gave her a very severe look. "We are not living in a village," she said. "You must learn to eat properly." "Excuse me, Mademoiselle," said Heidi. "It was an accident."
"Do not answer back when I correct you," said the Headmistress.
Heidi, who had not meant to be rude, sat silent and confused. Mademoiselle Larbey
resumedContinued after a pause or interruption.
, "This afternoon you will take a walk with Miss Smith. At four-thirty, when Eileen arrives, I shall meet you in the school. Be especially kind to Eileen, girls. Her father has just died in Buenos Aires where he was the Consul-GeneralAn official representing his government in a foreign country.
and her mother is ill."After the walk, Heidi went to her room and found Eileen, the new pupil,
in a flurrySurrounded by.
of dresses, hats, slippers, books, gloves and suitcases."How do you do, Eileen? I am Heidi, your room-mate."
"How do you do," Eileen replied stiffly, not bothering to raise her head.
"May I help you with your things?" Heidi offered, remembering that the Headmistress had asked the girls to be especially kind to her.
"No, thank you. I would much rather have this room to myself. Couldn't you
ask to be changedAsk to change room.
?" Eileen demanded."I'm afraid not," Heidi told her. "The other girls have been here longer than I. They already have room-mates."
"How annoying!" And Eileen turned her back
unsociablyIn an unfriendly manner.
, as she continued her unpacking.On the balcony, Heidi found Jamy, Lise, Anne and Eva.
"Eileen is here," she announced.
"Yes? What is she like?" asked Lise.
"Tall, thin, with very black hair and green eyes," said Heidi.
"Is she nice?" asked Jamy.
"Go in and see for yourselves and then tell me what you think of her," Heidi responded.
The four girls disappeared through the long doors leading into the room.
"Hello, Eileen," they said.
"Oh, hello! Why am I in the same room with that little peasant girl?" the new girl
stormedSpoke angrily.
."But that's Heidi!" protested Lise.
"Who is Heidi?" demanded Eileen.
"Clara's friend," spoke up Eva.
"The granddaughter of Alm Uncle up in the mountains," added Anne.
"She plays the violin beautifully," said Jamy.
"Then she is an artist ... a peasant and an artist ... how dreadful! Why couldn't I have a room with you?" asked Eileen, turning towards Anne.
"Impossible! Since I came three days ago, I've been
afflicted withHave had to put up with.
the companionship of Lise here. We argue all day long," she went on with a laugh, "but I wouldn't leave her for the world!""What a pity! And you?" asked Eileen, turning to Eva.
"Me?" asked Eva. "I'm very happy
rooming withSharing a room with.
Jamy. I'm big and she's little, so we balance each other perfectly.Anyway, Heidi is very nice and we all like her."
"She doesn't please me," said Eileen.
"That's just too bad," concluded Lise. But she left the room with a merry twinkle in her eyes. Heidi had been attacked and they had all had an opportunity to defend her.
On one side of the classroom where the new students gathered to hear the
solemnSerious.
reading of the rules, a large door opened onto a beautifully-kept garden While they were waiting for Mademoiselle Larbey to come, Heidi slipped out to look at the little clusters of primroses in the short grass, the fat buds on the horse-chestnut treesLarge trees which have pink or white flowers and produce shiny brown nuts.
which were just beginning to open and show bits of wrinkled leaves, and a little woolly cloud floating overhead, which seemed to have drifted over the mountains. It looked like Schneehoeppli, the little white orphan goat that had been Heidi's favourite when she first went up to the pastures with Peter."Heidi! Here she comes!" warned one of the girls. Heidi just had time to slip back into her place when Mademoiselle Larbey marched in.
The Headmistress began to read in a solemn voice. She read on and on for two long pages.
# RULES OF HAWTHORN SCHOOL :
1. Politeness is the rule at all times.
2. At half-past nine all lights are to be out.
3. You are forbidden to play the piano when the windows are open.
4. You are not permitted to hang pictures or photographs on the wall.
5. You are forbidden...
6. You must not...
7. Students must...
8. Young girls must not...
All the students were much impressed and looked at one another in silence after the Headmistress had left the room. But Lise, more mischievous than the rest, spoke like Mademoiselle Larbey. "Above all, it is forbidden to take these rules too seriously."
The girls were all laughing when Mademoiselle Raymond came into the room.
She
hushed them with a lifted fingerAsked them to be silent by putting her finger on her lips.
."Go to work now," she said. "You, Lise, to the piano. Heidi, Monsieur Rochat is here to give you your first lesson on the violin. Eileen, you may go and tidy your room. Anne and Eva will have a lesson in English, and the rest of you will study with me."
- Johanna Spyri
Johanna Spyri was a Swiss author of novels, notably children's stories. She wrote the popular book Heidi. Born in Hirzel, a rural area in the canton of Zürich, as a child she spent several summers near Chur in Graubünden, the setting she later would use in her novels.
Johanna Spyri was a Swiss author of novels, notably children's stories. She wrote the popular book Heidi. Born in Hirzel, a rural area in the canton of Zürich, as a child she spent several summers near Chur in Graubünden, the setting she later would use in her novels.
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# Word - Meaning :
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⚈ Sequel : A book which continues the story of the earlier one.
⚈ Mademoiselle : a title used to address a young, unmarried French woman.
⚈ Live up to Clara : To be as good as Clara.
⚈ Fraulein : A German title for an unmarried woman; Frau is used for married women.
⚈ Country girl : Girl from a village.
⚈ Braids : Plaits.
⚈ Resumed : Continued after a pause or interruption.
⚈ Consul-General : An official representing his government in a foreign country.
⚈ In a flurry : Surrounded by.
⚈ Ask to be changed : Ask to change room.
⚈ Unsociably : In an unfriendly manner.
⚈ Stormed : Spoke angrily.
⚈ Afflicted with : Have had to put up with.
⚈ Rooming with : Sharing a room with.
⚈ Solemn : Serious.
⚈ Horse-chestnut trees : Large trees with pink or white flowers and brown nuts.
⚈ Hushed them with a lifted finger : Asked them to be silent.
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# Question Answers :
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# Complete the following :
1. This story tells us about... Heidi, the Swiss girl, who lived in the Alps, in Switzerland.
2. Heidi was afraid... that she could not live up to Clara.
3. Mademoiselle Larbey was annoyed with Heidi because... she made a spot on the tablecloth at lunch.
4. Heidi's friends were... Jamy, Lise, Anne and Eva.
5. The rules of the school were... Politeness is the rule at all times, At half-past nine all lights are to be out, etc.
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# Who said to whom and Why?
1. "It was an accident"
Answer. Heidi said this to Mademoiselle Larbey because Mademoiselle Larbey gave her a very severe look, when she made a spot on the tablecloth at lunch.
2. "You must learn to eat properly."
Answer. Mademoiselle Larbey said this to Heidi because she made a spot on the tablecloth at lunch.
3. "Go and see for yourselves and then tell me what you think of her".
Answer. Heidi said this to Jamy because Jamy asked her to tell about Eileen that is she nice or not?
4. " ."
Answer.
5. "That's just too bad."
Answer. Lise said this to Eileen because Eileen said that Heidi doesn't pleased her.
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# Reference to the context.
___ Q. ___
'Fraulein Feld felt a very real sympathy for this simple fourteen-year-old country girl with her two long braids and her plain cotton dress'.
a. Who was this simple country girl?
Answer. --- Updated Soon ---
b. What did Fraulein Feld tell the girl?
Answer. --- Updated Soon ---
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'Excuse me, Mademoiselle,' said Heidi. 'It was an accident.'
a. Who was Heidi apologizing to?
Answer. --- Updated Soon ---
b. What had happened?
Answer. --- Updated Soon ---
___ Q. ___
'Go in and see for yourselves and then tell me what you think of her,' Heidi responded.
a. To whom was Heidi speaking?
Answer. --- Updated Soon ---
b. Who did Heidi ask them to see?
Answer. --- Updated Soon ---
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'Oh, hello! Why am I in the same room with that little peasant girl?' the new girl stormed.
a. Who was the new girl?
Answer. --- Updated Soon ---
b. Which 'peasant girl' was she referring to?
Answer. --- Updated Soon ---
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'Heidi! Here she comes!' warned one of the girls.
a. What was the girl warning Heidi about?
Answer. --- Updated Soon ---
b. What was Heidi doing at that time?
Answer. --- Updated Soon ---
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"The headmistress began to read in a solemn voice".
a. Explain three rules of Hawthorn School.
Answer. --- Updated Soon ---
b. Who came into the room after the headmistress had left the room ? What order did she give to all the girls?
Answer. --- Updated Soon ---
c. What was Heidi doing when one girl warned her?
Answer. --- Updated Soon ---
d. What was Heidi afraid of?
Answer. --- Updated Soon ---
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"At four - thirty, when Eileen arrives, I shall meet you in the school."
a. Whom does 'I' refer to in the above line? Who was Eileen?
Answer. --- Updated Soon ---
b. Why were the girls asked to be especially kind to Eileen?
Answer. --- Updated Soon ---
c. What did Heidi see when she went to her room after the walk?
Answer. --- Updated Soon ---
d. How was Eileen different from Heidi? Compare them in your own words.
Answer. --- Updated Soon ---
___ Q. ___
Heidi had been attacked and they had all had an opportunity to defend her.
a. Who attacked Heidi? Who were 'they' who defended her?
Answer. --- Updated Soon ---
b. Why did 'they' refuse to share room with Eileen?
Answer. --- Updated Soon ---
c. Why did Heidi never want to leave her beloved mountains?
Answer. --- Updated Soon ---
d. Mention any three Rules of Hawthorn School.
Answer. --- Updated Soon ---
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"May I help you with your things"?
a. Who said these words and to whom and why?
Answer. --- Updated Soon ---
b. Who felt a real sympathy for speaker and why?
Answer. --- Updated Soon ---
c. Describe any three qualities of the speaker?
Answer. --- Updated Soon ---
d. Who was speaker's friend ? What opinion did everyone have in the school about her?
Answer. --- Updated Soon ---
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# Answer the following questions :
Q. What kind of a student do you think Clara was?
Answer. --- Updated Soon ---
Q. How do you know that Heidi loved nature and was fond of being outdoors?
Answer. --- Updated Soon ---
Q. What was Heidi afraid of ?
Answer. --- Updated Soon ---
Q. What were the Names of Heidi’s friends at Hawthorn School ?
Answer. --- Updated Soon ---
Q. Write any 3 rules of the Hawthorn School ?
Answer. --- Updated Soon ---
Q. Who wrote the Book titled ‘Heidi’ ?
Answer. --- Updated Soon ---
Q. Where did Heidi live ?
Answer. --- Updated Soon ---
Q. How we can say that Heidi was a simple country girl ?
Answer. --- Updated Soon ---
Q. Why Mademoiselle Larbey was annoyed with Heidi ?
Answer. --- Updated Soon ---
Q. What was Heidi doing before Mademoiselle Larbey reached the classroom ?
Answer. --- Updated Soon ---
Q. Describe the character sketch of Mademoiselle Raymond ?
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Q. What convinced Heidi that she could not live up to Clara ?
Answer. --- Updated Soon ---
Q. Who had sympathy for Heidi and Why ?
Answer. --- Updated Soon ---
Q. Why did Mademoiselle Larbey ask the girls to be kind to Eileen ?
Answer. --- Updated Soon ---
Q. Why the girls were laughing when Mademoiselle Raymond came into the classroom ?
Answer. --- Updated Soon ---
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