When she was lying on the large soft bed in the
hayloft, where Heidi had also climbed up, she



302 HEIDI.
looked through the round open window straight at
the twinkling stars and in full rapture she ex-
claimed :

" Oh, Heidi, see, it is just as if we were riding to
the sky in a high carriage."

" Yes, and do you know why the stars are so
full of joy and are winking at us with their eyes ? "
asked HeidL

" No, I don't know that. What do you think
about it ? " asked Clara.
"Because they see up in heaven how the deal
Lord arranges everything for people so well, that
they need have no anxiety and can be quite safe,
for everything happens in a salutary manner.
