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(cheerful 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 pull of Spring

* Gives me strength

* I'm happy 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

* Seeds may fall

* Fear may call

* But the Spring in my heart

* When seasons change, I'll change with them

* And I know I can weather the storm

- (Ronja Voiceover) Lovis, I am no longer Mattis's daughter.

That's why I have to go.

- (Narrator) When Ronja saw Birk for the first time in days,

he was moving out of Borka's keep.

Ronja decided to move out of her home as well.

In the middle of the night,

she quietly kissed her sleeping mother farewell,

then set out across the forest to the bear's cave,

where Birk was waiting.

(cheerful music)

(distant hooting owl)

(faintly crackling fire)

When Ronja thought of home, she couldn't sleep.

It's the same stars and moon over Mattis's fort,

the same river rushing by that she could hear back home.

With that thought,

she was finally able to drift off to sleep.

(blowing wind)

- (Shivering)

I'm so cold, I'm turning blue.

You know, dawn is the coldest part of the day,

and after,

after that it gets much warmer.

That's a comforting thought, isn't it?

(shivering)

- Fire would bring more comfort, don't you think?

A nice big one.

(clattering)

(blowing)

(crackling)

Mmm?

(sniffing)

(popping)

(gurgling)

(sighing)

Mmm.

(faint sloshing)

Ah!

Ah.

Hmmm.

From now on, we'll be drinking spring water,

or nothing else.

- It won't make us fat,

and it won't kill us, either.

Ah...

Or we could ask Mattis to bring us some milk.

(laughter)

Ronja?

- Huh?

- Do you realize, that we can do

whatever we want, whenever we want,

because now we're free?

- Yes!

(surprised shouting)

(majestic music)

Aah!

The forest is now our kingdom!

(echoing)

No one can take it away from us!

No one can drive us out!

Cover your ears.

Are you ready to hear this?

My Spring Yell is coming!

(chuckling)

(sings tone)

(inhales)

(sings tone)

(inhales)

(echoing)

- You know, I forgot something really important.

- Huh?

- I must fetch my bow and arrows,

because we're gonna need protection.

Your Spring Yell is gonna bring the harpies down on us.

- Where are your things?

They're...

Borka's keep.

- (laughing) Oh no!

They're hidden in the woods!

Over there, in a hollowed-out tree.

I had all kinds of bits and pieces,

but I couldn't bring everything with me at once,

so it's down there, with everything else.

- Mattis said I was too young

to have a bow and arrow.

But what if I cut one for myself from a tree?

If you don't mind me using your knife, that is?

- Of course, but you must be careful,

not to lose it!

That knife is the most precious thing we have.

Without it,

we won't survive out here in the woods.

Hmm, you must remember that, it's important.

- I won't forget, but there are other important things

that we can't manage without.

(plucky music)

Like buckets to carry all of our water.

Did you think of that?

(chuckling)

- Of course I've had that thought.

But sadly only the thought, not the bucket.

- Then my dear brother you are lucky,

because I know exactly where to get a bucket from.

- Really? From where?

- Down in the healing spring that Lovis uses.

Just below the Wolf's Neck.

(plucky music)

(grunting)

(splashing)

(distant screeching)

(screeching)

(vicious screeching)

(screaming and whimpering)

- Help! - (clattering)

(panting)

- Sturkas ended up coming home

without the water or the bucket.

(chuckling)

But you can bet anything Nuthal-Pete will soon need water

from the healing spring for his weak stomach.

Sturkas will be forced to go back to the spring

to find the lost bucket!

Lovis is going to see to that, I'm telling you.

Trust me.

- You mean, if we get there before he does,

the bucket is ours!

- Yes, but we must hurry there.

- (Both) Uh hmm.

(crunching)

- Come on!

- Right!

(cheerful music)

- (rapping) - (giggling)

(giggling)

(giggling)

(chuckling)

Perfect.

- Wow!

Well, I see you have all the things we need

to survive here in the woods!

This is so exciting!

Look at all of this!

I promise, from now on, we will hunt and gather

and defend ourselves from the wild harpies

and anything else that might attack us.

Hmm!

- What's more, one thing I know for certain--

(sniffing)

...is that you and I will surely get--

Oh!

- Be quiet!

There's something moving inside our cave!

(faint grunting and crunching)

(tense music)

(faint crunching)

(suspenseful music)

(faint rustling and crunching)

- Come on out you harpies!

Or do you want to feel the end

of the sharpest spear in all these woods?

Now come on out!

(faint rustling and crunching)

- (rustling and whispering) - Huh?

- (whispering) - (clattering)

(Both) Aaahh!

(growling)

(chaotic rustling and chattering)

(comical music)

(faint ragged breathing)

(groaning)

(distant splashing)

(comical music)

- They're good swimmers, those strange little beasts.

(Birk) Good eaters too.

Look.

(gasping)

- All they've left is this one loaf of bread.

- I can't believe those little grey dwarfs

ate that much bread on their own.

- This is not a good sign.

The whole forest will hear about our food from the dwarfs,

hissing and spitting with their chatter.

And then the harpies.

They'll know where to find us,

and the sky will be full of their cries.

Although, you must show no fear in the forest.

Mattis has been telling me that

ever since I was very little.

- Hmm, he's right.

But that's not the only thing.

We can't live in fear of something that might not happen.

- Yes.

Exactly right.

- So why worry?

Let's see what things we have, and also what we don't.

- Great.

And the things we need we can gather

from around the forest, and in the river.

- (contemplative music) - (chirping birds)

(nearby rustling)

(sloshing liquid)

Aaah.

(panting)

(giggling)

(clattering)

(grunting)

(grunting)

(giggling)

(panting and giggling)

(sighing)

Oh?

- Ah! - Eh?

- (Both) Hey! - (snorting)

(laughter)

(whacking and grunting)

(chirping birds)

(giggling)

- (clattering) - (grunting)

(distant cawing birds)

- Unh! - (clattering)

Huh?

(sighing)

Yeah!

(creaking bowstring)

(fluttering-whoosh)

Don't worry.

Tomorrow, I'll cut some more.

Oh!

(crackling fire)

- Heee!

(giggling)

(delighted squealing)

(sniffing)

- Mmmm.

Birk, I'll cut some new arrows tomorrow.

- Mmm hmm, that's great Ronja.

But please remember, you need to take care of the knife.

- Yes, I now.

It's one of the two most precious things

that we have here, the knife and the ax.

I haven't forgotten, don't worry.

(chuckling)

(chuckling)

* Why don't you feed

* On the scraps

* That I leave you?

* I promise this

* If my child you kiss

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

(blowing wind)

Oh, Birk...

do you think that anyone

is thinking about us at all back home?

Anyone?

Are our parents worried at all?

(blowing wind)

- Hmmm.

It would be rather odd if they didn't think about us.

- I wonder mostly if they're sorry.

- I imagine they're thinking about it.

Undis will be sorry, that's for sure.

But also she'll be pretty angry.

Borka will be angry, too, but underneath,

I think he'll be sad at the same time.

- Lovis will be sorry.

That much I'm sure of.

- What about Mattis?

(blowing wind)

- I would think that he's quite pleased.

Now that I'm gone, he can forget all about me.

(blowing wind)

(sad music)

(Narrator) That night, Ronja had a dream.

(panting)

(panting)

(distant sobbing)

- Huh? - (eerie ringing)

(sobbing)

(echoing sobbing)

(eerie ringing)

(echoing giggling and laughing)

(cheerful music)

(Narrator) Next time on "Ronja The Robber's Daughter."

"The Lost Knife."

Don't miss it!

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