Mattimeo (Redwall, Bk. 3)

Slagar the Fox is determined to vanquish peaceable Redwall. Gathering his mercenary band of rats, stoats, and weasels, he advances upon the Abbey with a cunning scheme. There will be no heroics, no courageous battle plans. He knows too well the power of the legendary Redwall sword. Instead, he will steal the children of Redwall from under their parents' very noses. And his prize captive will be Mattimeo, the headstrong young son of the fearless mouse warrior Matthias!