When Heidi's parents die and she can no longer live with her aunt, she
must stay with her ill-tempered grandfather who lives alone in the Swiss
Alps. The townspeople worry that such a young girl has been left with a
bad-tempered hermit. But Heidi thrives in the mountains and loves living
with her grandfather. She is happiest playing with the mountain goats,
picking wildflowers, and making friends. Then Heidi is taken away to
serve as a companion to a lonely woman. Will she ever get back to the
people and the mountains she loves so much?