Heidi (1937)
Mady Christians: Dete
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Heidi : Aunt Dete! What - what do you want here?
Dete : Where's your grandfather?
Heidi : He's up on the mountain, cutting some logs.
Dete : Now you get on your coat and mittens. We're going away.
Heidi : I don't want to go away!
Dete : What?
Heidi : I want to stay here. I love the Grandfather, and he loves me. It's my birthday and we're going to have a party. Look.
[showing Dete a pair of shoes with a dark goat and a light goat sewn on them]
Heidi : He made me these for a present. There's Swanli and Bearli. And we're going down to the village to get sausage and butter because the Grandmother and Peter are coming.
Dete : Well, he won't mind you going on a little trip with me.
Heidi : Where?
Dete : Just to Frankfurt. You can come back whenever you like.
Heidi : I don't want to go to Frankfurt.
Dete : You will do as I say! Where are your clothes?
Heidi : I've got to ask the Grandfather first.
Dete : Where are they?
Heidi : [pointing to the closet] In there.
Dete : Now, there's nothing to worry about. We'll have a sleigh ride to Mayenfeld, and a nice trip on a train. And I'll buy you a present for your birthday.
Heidi : And can I come right back, in time for my party?
Dete : Now, didn't I tell you you could?
Heidi : Can I bring some soft rolls for the Grandmother? You see, she hasn't many teeth and can't eat her black bread.
Dete : Oh, yes. Come! Hurry up! Hurry up!
Heidi : First, I must go up the mountain and tell the Grandfather where I'm going.
Dete : There isn't time. We might miss our train! I'll send word back to him!
Heidi : But I'd rather tell him myself. Do you think if I put my birthday shoes by the fire he'd know I'm coming back soon?
Dete : Yes, yes, of course. Now, come along!
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Fräulein Rottenmeier : That's enough! You will take that impossible child back!
Dete : You'll have to give me more expense money then, and the fifty marks Herr Sesemann promised.
Fräulein Rottenmeier : You dare to speak to me like that? I'll not give you one pfennig.
Dete : You'd better. I've brought just the kind of child Herr Sesemann asked for. Unless you have your own reasons for not wanting her.
Fräulein Rottenmeier : Get out! And take your wretched niece with you!
Dete : All right, but you'll give me the money, or I'll write to Herr Sesemann. You think I don't know what your little game is? A rich widower and his sick child. You don't want Klara to get well, not yet, not until you've made him think his little darling can't live without you. Now you can get rid of the impossible child yourself! Sell her to the gypsies for all I care!
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Andrews, the Butler : [indicating Heidi] Where did you pick up THAT?
Dete : That is my niece.
Andrews, the Butler : How unfortunate for the poor child.
Heidi : Are you the king here? You look like a king.
Andrews, the Butler : Ah, little Fräulein, if only the rest of the world could see through your eyes. Hmm, quite a personage, under that extraordinary hat.
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Heidi : How do you do, Fräulein Rottenmeier?
Fräulein Rottenmeier : What is your name?
Heidi : Heidi.
Fräulein Rottenmeier : Heidi? Ridiculous. What name did they give you when you were baptized?
Heidi : I don't remember that.
Fräulein Rottenmeier : Are you being impudent?
Dete : No, Fräulein. She didn't understand. She was baptized Adelheid.
Fräulein Rottenmeier : Hmm. She looks too young. How old is she?
Dete : She's older than she appears. She's nearly eleven.
Heidi : Aunt Dete doesn't tell the truth. I'm eight years old today.
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Dete : I'm Dete, the sister of Gretchen, who married your son Tobias. I've brought their orphan to live with you. I've taken care of her for six years, but I've got a job in Frankfurt now, rich family, and I can't be bothered with her any more. I know you hated Tobias and Gretchen, but you've got to take their daughter just the same.
Adolph Kramer, The Grandfather : Get out of here!
Dete : Here she is. Her name's Heidi.
[Dete leaves]
Heidi : How do you do, Grandfather? I'm very glad to see you.
