The new kittens were soon hidden safely with the others, thanks to Sebastian.
For the second day now, Clara's lesson had been interrupted with laughter and excitement.
Later in the day, everything was explained to Fraulein.
She quickly realized that Heidi's trip the day before was the cause of all the chaos.
"I am going to punish you for all your bad behavior," she told Heidi.
"I'll put you in the cellar with the rats and black beetles."
Heidi was silent and puzzled.
She did not know what a cellar was like, and she had never seen a rat or a black beetle.
But Clara interrupted in great distress.
Clara's father had written to say that he would be home soon, so she said,
"No, no, Fraulein, you must wait until Father arrives.
He will say what is to be done with Heidi."
"Fine, Clara, but I will have something to say to Herr Sesemann when he arrives!" replied Fraulein.
The next days went by without any further disturbance.
Heidi and Clara did their lessons in the mornings.
In the afternoons, Heidi told Clara about Grandfather's hut on the mountain, about Peter and the goats, and Peter's Grannie.
Heidi's heart was longing to return.
She would always finish her stories with,
"I must go home!
Tomorrow I must really go home!"
Even though Heidi missed her old home, she had a secret that cheered her up a little every day.
She knew how much Peter's grandmother would love the soft white rolls that were served with dinner.
So after each meal, she pocketed a roll and saved it in her room.
Detie had told her that she could go home any time she wanted, and one morning Heidi decided she could stay no longer.
From the bundle of clothes Detie had brought to Frankfurt, Heidi chose her red shawl and straw hat.
She tied up the rolls in her shawl and put the hat on her head.
Just as she reached the front door, she ran into Fraulein.
"What are you doing?
Have I not strictly forbidden you to run about?" said Fraulein.
"I am not going to run about.
I am going home!"
said Heidi, hiding the bundle of rolls behind her back.
"What are you talking about?
Have you not been treated well here?
What would Clara's father say?" said Fraulein.
"But I only want to go home.
Grannie is waiting for me.
I can't share my lunch with Peter.
And I can't watch the sunset on the mountains!" exclaimed Heidi.
"The child is out of her mind!" cried Fraulein.
She grabbed Heidi's hand, took away her hat and shawl, and gave them to Sebastian.
"Take her to her room at once," said Fraulein.
Heidi climbed the stairs with slow, heavy steps.
Sebastian felt sad as he watched her.
"Don't give in!" he said.
"Don't let her make you unhappy!
Keep up your courage!"
Later in the day, Fraulein remembered what Heidi had been wearing when she had tried to leave.
She decided to add some of Clara's clothes to Heidi's wardrobe.
When she opened Heidi's closet, she couldn't believe what she saw.
"What is this, Heidi?
A pile of old rolls in the bottom of your closet?!"
Fraulein called Sebastian.
"Take away these old rolls at once!" ordered Fraulein.
"No, no!" screamed Heidi. "The rolls are for Grannie!"
But Fraulein would not listen, and Heidi flung herself down on her bed in despair.