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(light whimsical music)

* Now the mist has cleared

* As day is dawning

* It's all becoming clearer to me

* The seasons change

* As I change with them

* And the cool of spring

* Gives me strength

* And courage to know

* I will make it through

* Whatever life throws at me

* Summer's sweet scent

* Autumn's whisper

* Winter stings with the cold

* When trouble comes rolling in like thunder

* Tears may fall

* Fear may call

* But with spring in my heart

* When seasons change

* I'll change with them

* And I know I can weather the storm *

(birds calling)

(soothing woodwind music)

(birds crying)

- What's making those sounds?

- Don't trouble yourself.

The guards are watching.

Hey, play something cheerful.

- Certainly, sir.

(upbeat music)

(music stops)

- Why are we stopped?

(horse neighs)

(thunderous sounds)

- [Female] The monsters. Monsters!

- [Old Man] Will you calm down?

- [Guard] What is going on?

- [Female] Oh me, oh my.

- [Old Man] And I said calm down.

- [Guard] Hey!

(horse squeals)

- [Guards] Huh?

Oh!

**

(horse galloping)

-(Laughter) Good day.

But not for you.

If you value your lives,

leave all your belongings

and run.

- Oh my, we're done for.

- Rubbish.

Just go!

(whips horse)

(fast-paced music)

- They're over there!

A mare as well!

- [Old Man] Drive faster!

- I don't wanna die.

- Borka? You good for nothing.

- Mattis, you shameless low life.

- Borka, you foolish bull, this is our turf.

Hurry on back to your own forest.

- Oh, you think you can just get away

with taking our treasure from us?

- You're the ones tryin' to take it from us!

- You lay one finger on that treasure,

and I'll plunge you and your entire clan

into the depths of hell.

- This loot happens to belong to us.

We've been tracking that wagon before

it even entered the forest.

- There's no way I'm letting you have it.

- You want some?

- Say that again and I'll send you home crying.

- That's my line.

- Fine, stop your horse.

- You stop your horse.

- I said it first.

- Well, I thought it first.

- You're a toad.

- You're a toad bottom.

- Ahh!

- Chief! Chief!

(grunting)

- Let go of my tongue!

- Chief, quick! It's serious!

(grunting)

- [Both] Whoa!

- Serious, eh? I hope so.

I was just about to get the better of him.

- Not likely.

(birds crying)

(water flowing)

- Mattis! Quick!

Faster! They're waiting for you.

- Yah, yah!

- Go now,

as quick as you can. Go!

(horse galloping)

- Yah, yah!

(thunder)

- Yah!

(thunder)

- It's Mattis.

Oy, open the doors.

(doors creaking)

- Lovis!

- Oh my.

- Lovis.

Lovis.

Lovis.

Lovis!

Noddle-Pete, where's Lovis?

-(Laughs) Upstairs, where else would she be?

- Oh yeah, good point.

-(Laughs) Yep.

- Lovis!

(hollering)

Lovis!

(panting)

Has he been born?

- Oh, the baby? No.

- I heard you were in agony and struggling,

groaning in pain.

- The baby will come when it's ready to come

and not a moment before.

Waiting here is all I can do.

(panting)

(whimsical music)

(thunder)

(birds crying)

(bird laughing)

- [Lovis](grunting)

Let me have some quiet for our baby

so it can hear me sing.

Go and drive those nasty harpies away.

- You wanna sing a song while giving birth?

- I think it might be easier that way, and besides,

the baby would turn out all the jollier if it arrived

on earth to the sound of a song.

A quiet song, something soothing, you know.

Nice and calm.

- Hmm?

- Now hush those harpies! Go on!

- I...

-(Sigh)

(birds crying)

- Be gone, you harpies.

(birds crying)

My baby will be born tonight.

Hear that, you hags?

(birds crying)

Ahh!

(thunder)

- So, out for a spot of hunting, are we?

Tonight when you should be inside having your baby.

A baby of storms.

Ugly as thunder.

(bird laughing)

- My baby will be anything but ugly, unlike you!

(thunder)

* Wild wolf please

* Leave us be

* I know you're prowling

* Out from the forest

* To come steal from me

* I know your pain

* Cubs hungry again

* But you won't take mine from me

* Wild wolf please

* Why don't you feed

* On the scraps

*That I leave you

* I promise this

- That's some wind. - * If my child you kiss

* That's the last thing you'll do*

- We still waitin'?

- Indeed.

- I'm bettin' it's gonna be a boy.

Anyone else wanna bet?

Oh, come on now.

This is the stuff you just took.

Wait 'til you see what I bet.

- I bet it's a girl.

(frog croaks)

- Huh?

You put that down?

- Incredible.

The first child born in this fort.

- Hey, Shaggy. You ever held a baby?

- Not that I remember.

- Why, have you?

- I have. I'm an expert babysitter.(laughs)

- Knotas, you need to be quiet.

- Eh?

What, we're supposed to be quiet

when a baby's being born then?

- Well, uh, of course.

Everyone knows that, uh, well,

I'm not sure.

(laughter)

- All this sitting around.

I can feel myself fading away.

My robbing days will soon to be over.

I'm old, and I'd like to meet this child

before I'm through,

which, if you think about it,

could be any moment now

or precisely now.

-(panting)

My good men,

I'm a father!

- [All] Hey!

Yay! Yay!

- I have a child.

I am a father!

- Is it a boy or a girl? What, then?

- Happiness and joy.

It's a girl.

- [All] Huh?

- Wait, here she is.

(soft calm music)

Now, my friends, behold a robber's daughter.

(soft calm music)

Hey, hey, hey!

Come here and see the most beautiful girl in the world.

- [Female] I told you so.

- [Male] Hello.

- [Male 2] So cute.

(baby cooing)

- Oh, look how smart she is.

You can just tell.

- Eh, what's her name, then, Mattis?

-(Clearing throat)

You could ask the mother.

I decided long ago the name is Ronia.

- But how did you know

it was gonna be a girl?

- I didn't. However, Ronia was what I decided

so it was always going to be Ronia.

-(Laughter)

- Will you hand Ronia to me now?

Did you hear me, Mattis?

(baby cooing)

- Ah, Ronia, you're already holding my heart

in your tiny little hands.

(baby cooing)

I do not understand it, but that's how it is.

- Mattis, could I hold her for a bit?

Mattis?

- Huh, of course, you can hold the baby.

The next robber chieftain, I present her to you.

Here, now listen, my good friend,

if you drop her like a loaf of bread,

I will drop you from this world.

- Look at you, eh?

You're as light as a feather.

Oh! Oh!

- Give her back, you foolish old man!

How dare you?

What were you expecting,

some lumbering robber giant with a pointy beard?

- Mattis' daughter is our finest treasure!

- And nobody can match her beauty.

- The loveliest of the forest!

- That's right!

- All right, then, let's celebrate.

- [All] Yay!

(thunder)

- [All] Hey, hey, hey, hey!

(upbeat music)

Hey, hey, hey, hey!

- Dinner's here.

Don't feed the dog, feed the hornet!

- [All] Ha ha ha!

- Borka's going to be sick with jealousy.

I'll wager he'll be gnashing his teeth at this news.

-(Laughs) There'll be such a gnashing that all

the wild harpies and great wolves in the woods

will be holding their ears.

- That's right.

The pitiful bulkatry bears no fruit.

He is falling down.

I say "Timber" to his family tree!(laughs)

-(Evil laughter)

(thunder crashes)

(thunderous pounding)

- Ow, ow!

- [All] Oh!

- Well, that was certainly close by.

What a lightning crack!

It's like a demon struck a direct hit on this fort.

(baby cries)

- Oh, my child is crying.

What do I do?

(baby stops crying)

(baby swallowing)

(soft soothing music)

(wind howling)

- Can you believe that lightning

smashed this place in two?

- We should call it Hell's Gap.

(dramatic music)

- Hey, look at the chief.

-(Growling)

- Who can blame him?

This fort's been a home to his family for generations

and now look at it.

- I'm afraid to.

If I look around, I might catch Mattis' eye.

- Don't worry, Mattis doesn't have it in him

to stay angry about anything for too long.

-(Growling)

(laughs)

- See? Told ya.

- All right, it could be worse.

Remember Noddle-Pete, back to that time

you went missing in the vault for four days?

- Oh, you shouldn't remind me about that.

I was merely tryin' to find out how vast this fort was.

I wandered up and down and over and back

and back and, well, I sure found out.

It's big enough to get lost for four days.

(moaning)

- This place is too big for us anyhow.

We've got plenty of space.

Who cares what happened?

- All right! - Yes, of course.

- If you're happy, we're happy, right?

- Yeah!

- Yeah. - Mm-hmm.

- There's just one thing.

- Oh chief, the outhouse!

It's on the other side.

(bird cawing)

(stone crumbling)

Ahhh!

(thunderous pounding)

Ahhh!

- Better hold it until we build a new one over here.

- Oh, come on!

(laughter)

(slow soothing music)

- Ronia, it looks like your young life is already off

to a dramatic start, isn't it?

(baby cooing)

(slow soothing music)

- [Narrator] And so a new life was welcomed

into the Mattis clan of the forest.

Ronia was her name.

Ronia, the Robber's Daughter.

(fast upbeat music)

Next time on Ronia, the Robber's Daughter,

Don't miss it!

(light whimsical music)