Heidi
The Pastor
The village minister
The Dörfli pastor who urges Alm-Uncle to return to church. He welcomes him warmly when he does.
The Pastor is the minister of Dörfli, a gentle, earnest man who wants to heal the quarrel between Alm-Uncle and the village. He visits the Alm to say that Heidi must come down to the village for church and schooling.
He is patient and forgiving, and he never gives up on the old man. He is earnest and kind, and he sees the good in a man whom the whole village has written off.
“Welcome back among us, neighbor!”
In the story
Contains spoilers.
The Pastor tells Alm-Uncle that Heidi is eight and must go to school, but Alm-Uncle refuses, saying he will not send her among people who speak ill of him.
After Heidi reads him the Prodigal Son, Alm-Uncle goes to church. The Pastor shakes his hand and welcomes him back among them, and the villagers crowd around in joyful reconciliation. His patience is rewarded when the old man he had been urging finally walks into his church.
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