01x01 - One Eye to the Sky

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Blood will flow!

- Too hot, too hot.
- Too hot.

Drink. Drink.

Chase those wile-wings away
so I can hear what I'm singing.

Begone!
My child is being born tonight!

What will we do with it?

Tasty little human.

Scratch and tear!
Scratch and tear!

Begone from here! Fly away, you devils!

We shall fly!

So, I win again.

What? You said
the one who got the most won.

That was last time.
This time the one who gets least wins.

And that would be me. I'm sorry.

What happened to you?

He's got an arrow in his back!

Who sh*t you?

Careful...

Two soldiers, but the wile-wings got them.

Anything happening in there?

No, they've been at it for ages.

I mean, really, how long does it take
to squeeze out a little child?

What?

Ah...

You are the most beautiful child
that was ever born.

Hmm.

I don't know how it happened,

but you already have
my robber's heart in your little hands.

"Your little hands..."

A storm child.

A wile-wing night's child.

I have a child!

Yes!

- What happened?
- Ah, nothing. Nothing.

What kind is it?

A robber's daughter!

Yes!

There she is...

Oh!

What will her name be?

Ronja.

As I decided long ago.

And if it had been a boy?

If I have decided
my child will be called Ronja,

it will be a Ronja.

Oh, Ronja.

Oh dear, oh dear.

Can I hold her a moment?

If you drop her,

it will be the last thing you do, old man.

The future of
the Mattis line is now secured.

Unlike Borka's.

Not much weight to her.

What did you expect?

That she would come out
as a fully grown robbers' chief?

Does anybody else think
there's anything wrong with my child?

No.

I thought not.

Watch out! Watch out!

She's crying!

What happened?

What in hell's blood happened?

That was a solid bang.

I would wager it was a lightning strike.

I've been thinking...

We never use
the whole fortress anyway.

- Uh-huh.
- Good thinking.

Most of what we need is on this side.

A good trade for a stormy night.

Half of my fortress
for this wonderful child.

BASED ON ASTRID LINDGREN'S BOOK

RONJA THE ROBBER'S DAUGHTER

See you later, my little dove.

One eye to the sky.

What's through there?

Nothing you need worry about.

Come on!

- Greetings.
- Greetings, Mattis.

Good sir,

my name is Mattis
and I am a chief of robbers.

Unfortunately, this means
you must part with your possessions.

- Take everything.
- Yeah.

Here's some more.

One day I'll swim like a fish.

Gather everything and bring it in.

- Ronja, my little dove.
- Mattis!

Ah!

And thank you for sharing so generously!

Cart. Horse. Horse.

Chorm! It stinks!

Yoo-hoo!

Yoo-hoo?

Could you turn the wheel?

- Lovis?
- Yeah.

Are there others like me?

- Children, you mean?
- Yes.

Not in the Mattis Woods.

To the left...

But elsewhere, there are plenty.

Now help me.

Baa!

Ronja, my little dove!

Ronja?

Where is she?

Where is my daughter?

Come.

What's she doing?

Longing.

It's time, Lovis.

She must learn what it's like
to live in the Mattis Woods.

We must let her go.

I see.

So you finally realized that.

There are things out there
you must watch out for.

Are you listening, Ronja?

I'm listening.
Things I must watch out for.

Wile-wings, of course.

But there are gray dwarves
and Borka robbers as well.

How do I know
a gray dwarf and Borka robber?

You'll know.

Well, then.

Ronja!

Watch you don't get lost in the woods.

What do I do if I get lost in the woods?

- Make sure you find the right path.
- Sure.

Let the child go now,
so she can get somewhere before dark.

Watch you
don't fall in the river.

- What do I do if I fall in the river? Bye!
- Bye, Ronja.

- Then you must swim.
- Well, then.

And watch you don't
end up in Gobble Falls.

And if I end up in Gobble Falls?

It'll be the last thing you do.

Ever.

Come here.

Anything else?

Sure, there's lots to watch out for.

You'll see.

You're ready for a lot,
but not for a night in the Mattis Woods.

One eye to the sky.

One eye to the sky.

Fresh fish!

The woods are still not safe.

We thought you'd done
something about the robbers.

Yes, all right, soon.

We can take other routes.
We needn't stop here.

So, for your own sakes,
you should do something about it.

I mean, really...

Halvert?

Yet another empty cart.

I'll send some soldiers out.

We can't afford
the merchants passing us by.

When times were good,
you could get away with doing nothing.

But times are no longer good.

The harvests are failing again.

People are starving.

I'm not starving.

You're not starving.

You are the law.

It's your job to keep this village safe.

The village is safe.

The robbers are in the woods. Not here.

Stop those damned
Mattis and Borka robbers immediately.

Or I'll find someone who will.

Skidas!

I have an assignment for you.

I want you to find Borka.

And now you'll stay away?

I'll stand by my word.

Mm...

Anybody there?

Hello?

What do you want?

Human...

Bite the human.

Bite the human.

Go away!

Human!

Leave me alone!

Be gone from here!

Go away! No!

Ah!

Ronja!

Mattis!

Begone!

Begone, gray dwarves!

I'll k*ll you!

Begone!

Mattis!

At least now you know
what gray dwarves are.

Mm, now I know
what gray dwarves are.

They can sense your fear from far off.

It makes them brave.

And dangerous.

That goes for other things
in the Mattis Woods as well.

So best not to be scared.

- So I should try not to be scared?
- In a manner of speaking.

But Ronja, that doesn't mean there
are not things you should stay away from.

♪ Howling wolf in the nighttime wood ♪

♪ He longs for sleep, but it won't come ♪

♪ His wolf belly aches for a bit of food ♪

Do you know
the best part about going to bed?

♪ The chill of his den makes him numb ♪

Getting out of bed in the morning.

♪ Oh wolf, oh wolf, keep away from here ♪

♪ Never shall you take my baby ♪

♪ Oh wolf, oh wolf, keep away from here ♪

♪ Never shall you take my baby ♪

Slow down!

Or the food will think
it's ended up in a dog.

No time to slow down.

You have much more time left than I do.

- I'm going to the woods.
- Oh. What will you do there?

Today I'm going to watch
I don't fall in the river.

Oh, that sounds like a good day.

Yes, it does.

Ronja!

There's being in a hurry,
and being in too much of a hurry.

You're a storm child.

A wile-wing night's child.

Such children can become wildlings.

One eye to the sky.

One eye to the sky.

Blood will flow!

Where is she?

This little human...

Where is she?

Where is she?

The tasty little human child...

Put your back into it.

I'm Borka, and these are my robbers.

So keep your mouths shut
and your fingers in check.

And give us what we want.

We're done here.

Ronja!

You're wet.

That happens when you swim.

- You didn't fall in the river?
- No, you told me to watch out for that.

Come.

Here.

Ronja, Ronja, Ronja...

Here, Mattis.

Come on, help out here.

Ronja, take this to Lovis.

Ah. That's lovely.

Isn't it?

Amazing how many
lovely things there are just lying around.

I don't know about lying around.

They don't exactly grow on trees.

So where did you find it?

Find? There are others in the woods--

Chorm. Hmm?

Yeah?

I should get back to it.

Mattis, where does all this come from?

A cart.

Go in to Lovis.

I know where the Borka robbers are.

Hmm. Good.

Gather the others.

What is it?

Didn't we have an understanding?

They pay us, and we leave them alone.

Now we do. Gather the others.

Borka!

Soldiers!

Burn it!

Take everything valuable!

If Borka wasn't such a scoundrel,
I'd almost feel sorry for him.

Yeah...

What's happened?

The soldiers
drove Borka from his cave.

But he's a scoundrel,
so it doesn't matter.

The Borka robbers are scoundrels,
the lot of them.

- Let's drink to that!
- Yeah!

They only have themselves to blame.

Living in a cave, like a bunch of bats.

Do you think they sleep
hanging from the ceiling?

No, give me a secure fortress any day.

If the soldiers come here and bother us,
it'll be the last thing they do,

and they know it.

Is that from the Borka cave?

Yes.

I hoped for more,
given how long they were allowed to roam.

"Allowed to roam?"

I just went past the dungeon.

The empty dungeon.

They spotted us
and fled through the cave openings.

We didn't catch them.

There are people in the village
who think you may have let them escape.

Who thinks that?

The same people
who think that those robbers

have made you a rich man over the years.

Rumors and lies.

I've called for outside help.

A coin?

Begone!

Uh, so...

Wh... what are you watching out for today?

I don't know.
I've already watched out for most things.

That's what you think.

What do you mean?

It's not only things out there
in the woods that could hurt you.

It can hurt just as much in here.

I don't understand what you mean.

No, and if you're lucky, you never will.

It's been a while
since I watched out for Hell's Mouth.

- I think I'll do that today.
- As good a plan as any.

Di-di-do!

Di-di-di-do.

I know who you are.

You're that robber's daughter
who roves around.

And who are you?

Birk Borkason.

And we live here now.

Who's "we"?

Me, Borka, Undis and our robbers.