Ronia the Robber's Daughter

"On the night Ronja was born, thunder rolled over the mountains. Yes, it was such a stormy night that even all the gnomes and goblins dwelling in Mattis Wood hid away in terror..."
Deep in the forest, among robbers, grey dwarves, and harpies, grows Ronja, the daughter of the robber chieftain Mattis. One day, while roaming about, she meets Birk, the robber's son from the rival clan of Borka. And when their parents forbid them from being friends, Ronja and Birk flee into the woods...