Original subtitles

(lively, upbeat 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 *

(soft music)

- Ronja, you can jump this.

- [Narrator] As summer turned to autumn,

Ronja practiced being fearless.

She decided to test herself

by going to the top of the fort

to leap across Hell's Gap.

When she got there,

she was astonished to find a stranger.

Another child?

At Mattis's fort?

But how?

- Hey, robber's daughter!

I know you, yes, I do.

I've seen you running around the forest.

- Well, I don't know you.

Tell me, then, how did you get into our fort?

- Wouldn't you like to know?

I'm Birk Borkason, and we moved in yesterday.

- We? Who's we?

(giggling)

- Borka, me and Undis.

And our band of twelve robbers.

- Robbers? Do you mean to say

those dirty devils are in the North Fort?

(laughing)

- You've got it wrong.

You see, over here,

Borka Robbers are decent people.

But if it's dirty devils you're looking for,

I think they live on the south side of this place.

- You talking about us?

- And for your information,

this isn't the North Fort anymore.

As of last night, it's called Borka's Keep.

Just you remember that!

- You don't know who you're dealing with.

When Mattis finds out, he'll go mad,

and he'll throw you and all your horrible Borka thieves

flying off this earth!

- Yeah? I'd like to see him try!

- Oh, no. This is serious.

Who knows what he'll do?

(angry yell)

- What's wrong with you?

Don't you feel well?

- If you dare come here,

I'll give you a punch on the nose!

(laughter)

- Think you could do that, robber's daughter?

Not so cowardly, then, little girl.

(upbeat music)

Hey, what's going on?

You were going to punch me on the nose.

So why didn't you?

Here, I'm coming over.

- I'm not scared!

- (startled shout) - Aah!

- Oh, no, he's been swallowed up by Hell's Gap.

I wish I'd never met him.

Why did they have to come here?

Why did I jump?

We should never have jumped!

(gasp)

Don't you dare move!

- I'll try... not to,

but I don't know if I can keep my balance.

- Put the rope around your waist.

If you can, tighten it so you don't slip out.

When it's around you, start climbing up.

Only when I tell you, right?

Understand me, Birk!

Birk, climb now!

- Aaargh!

(grunting)

- Hurry, will you, or I'll be cut in half!

And I'll end up just like this old castle!

Climb faster!

- [Birk] Ah, I see you've fallen asleep.

- Saving lives is tiring.

Are you quite finished jumping now?

- I'm jumping once more,

to get home to Borka's Keep.

- Hold on, Birk!

You give me back my rope!

Because I'll not be tied to you

any longer than I have to!

- No, of course not.

But after what's happened to us today,

maybe we'll be tied together forever.

(gasp)

Even if it is without a rope.

- Not on your life!

All you Borka Robbers, go jump off a cliff!

- I wouldn't try that again if I was you.

It's unneighborly.

But I have to say

it was incredibly nice of you to save my life.

And for that, my friend, I thank you.

- How dare you call me your friend?

You can get lost.

- Oi!

Robber's daughter!

I'll be seeing you!

(laughter)

- Oh, no, not if I see you first, you dirty devil!

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(angry yelling)

- For the first time in your life,

I'm going to have to tell you off!

Ronja!

- And why is that?

- A bit of joking around.

Twisting the truth, I can allow that, but...

Ronja, why?

You mustn't make up such ridiculous stories

about vermin invading our fort.

Borka's thieves, in Mattis's Fort!

Why would you even say such a thing?

Even though I know it's

just a little joke you're playing,

it makes my blood boil!

- They all snuck in yesterday,

Borka's son told me that, all of them,

- with Undis and-- - Enough!

Borka does not have a son and heir.

Even if he did, I would have known about it!

Did any of you know about this?

Huh?

- Borka, uh...

may have a son now.

- Apparently, he was born the same night as Ronja.

(nervous chuckle)

- (grunting)

- We heard Borka's wife gave birth

that night in sheer terror of the thunder.

- Aaaaaaaaaaaaa!

And no one thought to pass this information on?

Raah!

- What a waste.

- What other devilish secrets

have you been keeping from me?

And now that snake spawn has infested our fort?

You've really seen Borka scum here?

Ronja, you said you talked to him?

- Actually, he started the conversation.

- That snake's father has moved into

the north side of my fort

with his thieving gang of robber scum?

- That's not all. As of last night,

they're now calling it Borka's Keep,

whether you like it or not, Mattis!

(yelling)

- Look out! - Run!

- [Lovis] (sigh) If you must throw things...

then why don't you throw these?

You make a mess, you clean it up.

Remember that.

- Oww!

- This is our home!

We're meant to be safe here, like a fox in its lair!

(crying)

But now...

(wailing)

- Mattis?

- (wailing continues)

- That's quite enough of that.

If you've got a head full of lice,

screaming like a baby won't get rid of them.

So get up...

and do... something.

Throwing this meat around has made it nice and tender.

(gasping)

- (murmuring) - (chuckling)

- Mattis, please don't be sad.

All you have to do is go over there

and throw them out.

- But that's not so easy.

- How do we get the Borka Robbers out of the fort?

- First of all, how were they able to get in

without us seeing them?

- To do that, they would have had to

pass through Wolf's Valley.

We keep watch there day and night.

They couldn't have passed through.

- And how come none of us have seen them over there?

(groaning)

- I got it!

They came from the sky!

- [Tjorm] You think so, fool?

(laughter)

Maybe they dug a tunnel? - (laughing)

- [Robber] What, through rock?

Doubtful.

- Then it could only have been through Wolf Valley.

(laughing)

So you think they'd just walked

right up Wolf's Valley, eh?

Walked straight up to the fort

and said "Hello, dear friends.

"We Borka Robbers have decided to move

"into your fort.

And we're sure you won't mind one bit, eh?"

- Since you seem to know so much,

how did they get in then?

- I tell you,

not through Wolf's Valley

or flying or tunneling.

From the north side, eh?

We haven't got a guard on that side.

- (shouting)

- Why should we keep a guard over there?

There's no entrance on that side,

only a sheer drop to the ground.

Unless you think they're like flies

or spiders who can climb straight into the air.

Hang on. Ronja,

what were you doing on the roof anyway?

- Me? I was just watching out

that I didn't fall into Hell's Gap.

- Hmm.

- [Ronja] I should have asked Birk

to explain how the Borka Robbers

managed to sneak into the North Fort.

- Wouldn't you like to know?

- Ronja, sleep now.

- From tonight, we set guards on the roof.

Sturkas. Tjegge. Lill Klippen.

- You got it.

- Leave it to us, Mattis.

- Don't worry.

- Borka will be feeling very pleased with himself.

And he's stupid enough to think he can push his luck.

At any moment he could come rushing

over Hell's Gap like a wild bull

and try to drive us out of Mattis's Fort

lock, stock, and barrel.

I'm going to bed now!

Not for sleep

but to think and to curse my enemies.

And woe betide anyone who disturbs me!

(soft music)

- I thank you.

Robber's daughter,

I'll be seeing you!

- (sigh) - [Narrator] At last,

Ronja had met someone of her own age.

But of all the people in the world,

why did he have to be the son of a Borka Robber?

That night, Ronja wrestled with her feelings

and found it rather difficult to sleep.

Next time on Ronja, the Robber's Daughter...

Don't miss it!

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