When I was a kid I had become a member of my local library hoping to borrow books and read them in leisure at home. However, only after becoming a member did I realize that the best books are only for reference and not to be taken outside the library premises. Well, I had spent hours together every weekend going through one story book after another. I had loved many stories as a kid. My favourite one and the story I loved most was Heidi, which was written in the year 1881. Heidi is a novel set in the Swiss Alps. It is about a little girl of 5 years who is sent to live with her uncle.

The story was so enchanting that I was magically transported to the world of Heidi when I started reading the book. It was only after this book did I realize that stories are immortal as they live for ever, making the writer immortal as well. It was more than 100 years later I was reading this mesmerising story of a girl whom no would hate, but would love. That is the magic of Heidi.

Even after many years have passed since I read this book, Heidi has always dwelled in my heart. The book was written by Mrs.Johanna Spyri, who was a native Swiss, the book was originally written in German first. Later, it was translated into English and many other languages. I would like to read this book once again sometime and relive my childhood days through this wonderful story.