Chapter eight starts with Sebastian the butler answering the doorbell thinking that it is Herr Sesemann, Klara's father. When he opens the door he sees a young boy with a hand organ who asks to see Klara because he says she owes him forty pfennings. Sebastian starts to get irritated because he doesn't know who this boy is or why he is saying Klara owes him money, but he eventually figures out that when Heidi went out the day before she had the boy show her the way to the church and back to the house and told him that Klara would pay him forty pfennings. Sebastian then lets the boy in so that he can see Klara, but he tells him that he must play some music for Klara, after the boy starts playing Fräulein Rottenmeier hears the music then goes to the library to see what is going on, once she sees the boy she gets angry and tells Sebastian to make him leave. Sebastian leads the boy out and gives him the money that he is owed.
Soon after, the door rang again and a basket was dropped off for Klara, then the kittens that were inside the basket jump out and start running around, which makes Fräulein Rottenmeier extremely mad because she hates cats. Eventually, Sebastian takes the kittens away and puts them with the rest, Fräulein Rottenmeier eventually figures out that Heidi was the one responsible for the chaos that happened earlier in the day, and decides that Heidi's punishment should be to stay in the dark cellar for a while, but Klara talks her out of it. A few days later Heidi decides that she wants to go home because she misses living with her grandfather, but on her way out the door she runs into Fräulein Rottenmeier who doesn't let her go and gets mad at her for trying to leave, which makes Heidi feel sad. The next day Fräulein Rottenmeier finds the rolls that Heidi had been keeping for Peter's grandmother while she is going through Heidi's closet deciding what clothes to get rid of. Fräulein Rottenmeier decides to throw away Heidi's crumpled straw hat and the rolls she had collected, which makes Heidi cry because then she can't give Peter's grandmother any bread, but Klara consoles her by telling her that when she leaves she will give her more fresh rolls to give to the grandmother and Sebastian saves Heidi's hat from being thrown away and hides it for her. The theme of Heidi is that adversity can be the doorway to many wondrous adventures. This is supported by Fräulein Rottenmeier always being mean to Heidi yet Heidi always overcomes this and is able to enjoy being in Frankfurt.
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