Maybe Rex might be a LittLe more friendLy ifl had a taLkwith him.
No, no, no. You better Leave that to me.
Rex?.
I knowit was hard foryou today...
watching all that happening.
But sureLy it's not worth aLL this misery.
PLease, dear, not on such a beautifuL night.
You put these ideas into his head!
Two-faced traitorous wret--
[ Growling, Snarling]
Get down!
- Down, Rex. FLy! - [Snarling]
[ Whimpers ]
[Narrator]A dark cloud had descended on the valley.
And the pig felt that the troubles were all his fault.
But he was certain that he knew how to put things right again.
Oh, uh, e-excuse me, si r.
But I -I -I thi nk aL L this troubLe--
- [ SnarLing, GrowLing ] - [ SqueaLing ]
[ Vet ] Well, it's not distemper. can't be rabies.
Must be the hormones.
What about Hoggett's notion, the dog jeaLous of the wee pig?. I don't see that myseLf.
[mrs. Hoggett ] No. So what should we do?
You can keep him Locked up or... snip, snip. I can do it Tuesday.
- No. - OrWednesday.
Hoggett doesn't want the dog operated on. He's a breeding dog.
I can sedate him, of course,
but he'llbe useless as a working dog.
[ Groans ] [ vet ] I'LL give you piLLs to put in his food.
Good dog.
[ Together] The Sheep Pig.
[ BLeating ]
[ Sighs ]
[ Oinks ]
[Narrator] A pig doing the work ofa sheepdog?
With rex out ofaction and Flyinjured from the fight, Farmer Hoggett had no choice.
Maa! Maa! The boss has to give you some medicine.
Oh, dear, I thought so! It's horribLe stuff, that.
- I know, but it's for the best. - Young'un, ifyou say so.
Shoo! Shoo!
[Narrator] When the thought first came to him,
Farmer Hoggett dismissed it as mere whimsy.
But, like most ofhis harebrained ideas, it wouldn't go away.
[ Babe ] What are they doing? [ Fly] It's a sheepdog trial.
[ Babe ] So it's like a competition for sheepdogs?
[ FLy ] And thei r bosses. I t's L i ke an obstacLe course.
How do they decide who wins?.
It's time and mistakes. You get points for how quickyou are.
And theytake points off for everymistake.
Everytime a sheep goes the wrong way, that's a mistake andyou lose points.
- Looks Like fun! - For a sheepdog, there's no prouder moment.
- Rex and I used to-- - Hmm?.
Never mind.
Oh.
[ Babe ] Was Rex a champion?.
[ FLy] He had the makings ofthe greatest champion there everwas, but it wasn't to be.
[ Babe ] What happened?. [ FLy] A whiLe back when Rex was in his prime,
the winterrains brought a great flood to the valley.
rex and the boss got most of the flock onto the high ground.
Then rex went back to look for the strays.
He found them. They'd been stranded by the rising water.
He tried to herd them across to safety, but they wouldn 't budge.
Too afraid and too stupid to save their own skins.
It was freezing cold and the water kept rising.
rex stayed with them right through the night.
By morning, the sheep were drowned.
And when they found rex, he was barely alive. [ Babe ] Oh, mom!
[ Fly] Two weeks rest in front of the fire saw him back on his feet.
But his hearing was never the same again.
He'd never want anyone to know, but he's aL most totaL Ly deaf.
I s that why he's so, you know, angry?. That's not the haLf of it.
[ FLy ] ALL this was bareLy a month before the Grand NationaL ChaLLenge.
He triedhis best, but he couldn't hear the boss's calls, and it slowed him up.
The cold truth is that, but for the stupidity ofsheep,
rex would've been the champion ofchampions.
Good dog.
[ Hammering ]
That's it, aL L ri ght. Good.
[ Hoggett ] Here we go. All right.
Now, through here Like this.
And then, big hook to the Left. Big hook.
Through this gate here.
[Narrator] It was at that time that mrs. Hoggett began to worry about her husband.
But Farmer Hoggett knew that little ideas...
that tickled and nagged and refused to go away...
should never be ignored...
for in them lie the seeds ofdestiny.
CLose the gate L i ke that, and you're done.
A Tragic Day.
Mom. Mom! Can we start work earLy today?.
Oh, dear, it's not even dawn yet.
You can go to workwhen the rooster crows. Oh, go back to sLeep.
[ Sighs ]
Ahem.
Um, excuse me.
HeLLo, sir. Excuse me, but it's nearLy dawn, and--
[ MumbLing ] What?. Sorryto disturbyou.
It's nearLy dawn, and I wondered ifyou'd mind crowing just a few minutes earLy this morning.
- Get out ofhere! - But, weLL, see I--
- Get Lost! - Oh, okay.
Whoa! [ Groans ]
[ BLeating ]
[Bleating]
[ BLeating, Barking ]
[Narrator] Now the pig understood whythe sheep calledall dogs wolves.
And he was filled with a deep and terrible rage.
- [ Whimpering ] - [ Barking ]
[ maa Groaning]
[ Groaning]
Maa! Maa!
Are you all right? HeLLo, young'un.
Oh, Maa, can you get up?.
I don't reckon.
It's over, maa. The wolves have gone far away.
I'll get the boss up here to look afteryou.
You'll be all right. You'll be all right!
[ Groani ng ]
Oh, maa! maa! [ crying ]
Maa! Maa!
Maa!
[ Sheep BLeati ng ] Maa!
[ Sighs ]
Home, Pig.
[ Narrator] Fly knew that there was only one fate for any creature...
that took the life ofa sheep on Hoggett Farm.
But Fly could never believe that Babe was a sheep killer,
so she remained in the field to do something she 'd never done before: talk to the sheep.
T eL L me. Who ki L Led the oLd one?.
- WoLf!. - WoLf. I s that the onLy words you haLf-wits know?.
- WoLf!. - Are you saying it was a dog?.
- Where's Babe?. - Was it woLf or Babe?.
[ Shouting ] WoLf!. Babe!
[Narrator] FarmerHoggett was carrying something in the crook ofone arm.
A kind ofblack, shiny tube.
Come, Pig.
[ Narrator] The pig had a vague memory that shiny tubes produced food...
and guessed that some quite unexpected surprise...
would come out oftwo small round mouths.
[ Shouti ng ] Babe! WoLf!.
Quiet!
[ Narrator] Fly decided to speak very slowly,
for it was a cold fact ofnature that sheep were stupid...
and no one would ever persuade her otherwise.
PLease, pLease wouLd you be...
so ki nd as to teLL me what happened?.
- Quiet! - PLease, teLL me what happened this morning.
[Narrator] The sheep spoke veryslowly...
forit was a cold fact ofnature that wolves were ignorant...
and nothing would convince them otherwise.
Babe came! He saved us!
- The woLves ki L Led Maa. - But Babe drove the woLves away!
Thank you! Thankyou! Thankyou aLL very much!
PLeasure taLkin' to ya.
[ Barking ]
[Barking]
Hooey! Hoggett! Hooey! Arthur!
[ Barking ]
Oh, thereyou are! Well, what doyou think?
That was the poLice on the teLephone. Said there are wiLd dogs about.
ApparentLy the MitcheLLs Lost six Lambs this morning.
What on Earth areyou doing with that gun?.
Oh, I-- Nothing.
[ Sighs ]
[mice] pig ofDestiny!
It's aLL very simpLe. HaLfan hour at 350 degrees.
I've given you rabbit casseroLe for Friday.
Now, for Duchess, it's Liver in the morning, heart for the evening.
Except Fridays, when it's steak in the morning and cooked Liver at night.
Warm it up a bit but test it, because she bites into it before she knows what's what.
[Horn Honking] That'LL be the bus.
Oh, bye-bye. Have a good time. Bye.
HeLLo, everyone!
Oh, dearie me, vaLda.
I know I have to be at the NationaL Conference.
I am the Assistant GeneraL Secretary ofthe Northeast Region after aLL,
but I do worry about Leaving that man aLone.
StiLL acting a bit strange?. just siLLy things.
Odd LittLe things onLy a wifewouLd notice.
StiLL he can't get up to too much mischiefin three days. Of course not.
[WhistLes ]
Go on.
Go on!
[ Meows ]
- Oh! Good evening. Shame about the weather. - [ Hisses ]
Nasty cough!
[Narrator] It hadbeen a long time since ArthurHoggett...
had hadan animal in whose abilities he hadso much faith.
And with the National Grand challenge Sheepdog Trials only two days away,
he wasn 't going to let the fact that his animal was a pig deter him.
He had been worried, for he was a truthful man,
that the heading might say "Name ofdog. "
And then whatever he put would be a lie.
But as it happened, luck, for the moment, was running with him.
I t's aL L ri ght, reaL Ly!
I'm just, well-- Bless you. [ H isses ]
[ Screeching ]
[ Meowi ng ]
Whoa, whoa! Uh, easy, whoa!Ah.
Oh, no.
So, ah... what's happening?. [ Cow ] Oh, no.
Shh. Easy, easy.
Goodpig. Goodpig. Huh?. Huh?.
HoLd stiLL. HoLd stiLL.
Huh?.
[Laughing]
[Narrator] There are many perfectlynice cats in the world.
But everybarrel has its bad apples.
And it is well to heed the old adage,
"Beware the bad cat bearing a grudge. "
[ Thunderclaps ]
@@ [ TV: "cantique De jean racine "]
@@ [ Si ngi ng Conti nues ]
[ Loud Thunderclap ]
How are you feeL i ng?. A bit ti red.
You'LL need a good sLeep to put you in top condition tomorrow.
Don't stay up too Late. Good night.
[ Yawns ] Good night, Mom.
Oh, do forgive me for scratching you, dear.
I got a bit carried away. It's a cat thing.
Oh. WeLL-- [ ChuckLes ] But, oh--
FeeLing good about tomorrow, areyou?.
Mm-hmm. It shouLd be aLL right, I think.
I probabLy shouLdn't saythis, but I'm not sure ifyou reaLize...
how much the other animaLs are Laughing atyou forthis sheepdog business.
WhywouLd they do that?.
WeLL, they saythatyou've forgotten thatyou're a pig. Isn't that siLLy?.
They even say thatyou don't know what pigs are for.
What doyou mean?.
You know... why pigs are here. Why are any of us here?.
WeLL, the cow's here to be miLked.
The dogs are here to heLp the boss's husband with the sheep.
And I'm here to be beautifuL and affectionate to the boss.
Yes?. [ Sighs ]
The fact is that pigs don't have a purpose.
just Like ducks don't have a purpose.
I don't-- ALL right, foryour own sake, I'LL be bLunt.
Why do the bosses keep ducks?. To eat them.
So why do the bosses keep a pig?.
The fact is that animals that don't seem to have a purpose really do have a purpose.
The bosses have to eat. It's probably the most noble purpose ofall...
when you come to think about it.
They eat pi gs?.
Pork, they caL L it. Or bacon.
They onLy caLL them pigs when they're aLive.
But, uh, I'm a sheep pig!
[ ChuckLes ]
The boss's husband's just pLaying a LittLe game with you.
BeLieve me, sooner or Later, every pig gets eaten.
That's the waythe world works.
Oh! I haven't upset you, have I?. [ ChuckLes ]
[ Whimpers ]
Mom?. Mm-hmm.
Mom! Good heavens!
What on earth are you doing out in the rain?.
You shouLd be Looking afteryourseLf with such a big day ahead ofyou.
- Are pigs for eatin'?. - [ Gasps ] Who toLd you that?.
The cat toLd me. Pigs don't have a purpose except to be eaten.
Is it true?
It's true. For many pigs, it's true.
So my mother, my father, my brothers and my sisters,
all-- ProbabLy, dear.
Do you want to taLk about it?. No, it's aLL right.
I understand. I'LL be aLL right.
Even... the boss?
Yes, dear.
[ Sighs ]
[Ferdinand Quacking, Squawking]
Ooh! Ooo! [ Quacking ]
Babe?.
Babe!
[Fly] Babe!
Babe!
Babe's run away.
rex?
PLease?.
CaLL the boss.
[ Barking ]
[ Barks ] [ Barking ]
[ Quivering, Sniffing ]
He's over here.
HoLd on, Pig, you'LL be home soon.
[ Quivering ]
He's got a coLd, but that doesn't expLain a pig not eating.
He's got me stonkered, Arthur. But I can teLL you this.
Ifyou don't get fluids into him soon, you're gonna lose him.
C'mon, son. PuLL yourseLf together.
The boss needs you.
[Door closes ]
Here we go.
Come on, Pig. Ah, come on.
There's my boy.
Come on, then. Come on.
@ If I had words @
@To make a day foryou @
@ I'd sing you a morning @
@ GoLden and true @
@ I wouLd make this day @
@ Last for aLL time @
@Then fiLL the night @
@ Deep in moonshine @
@ Ifl had words @
@To make a dayforyou @
@ I'd giveyou a morning goLden and true @
@ I wouLd make this day @
@ Last for aLL time @
@@ [ Humming ]
[ Shouts ]
[ Moos ] [ Quacking ]
[clankingNoise]
[munchingSounds ]
[man ] Listen, Arthur, I'll tellyou what we can do.
You're listed third, but we can putyou last in the program.
However, you must be here by 3:30;; otherwise you'll be disqualified.
AL L ri ght.
And weLcome back to the NationaL Grand ChaLLenge Sheepdog TriaLs...
coming today from the Kingsmith Show Ground in the heart of sheep country.
The weather's been patchy,
but we've alreadyseen some wonderful work bythese talented dogs.
Stay there.
Excuse me, sheep.
Hello! Hello! Good morning to you all!
[ BLeats ]
I've never met a sheep with such a strong, dark face.
Are they feedingyou well? [ BLeats ]
Babe, I 'L L try.
AL L right, bLockheads! Pay attention over here!
Now, you pay attention to what this pig has to say...
or I 'LL come in there and rip you to shreds!
Hadn't thought of this. Keep taLking to them. I'LL see what I can do.
Doesn't it Look a picture?. Our show ground on the teLLy! Apart from the weather.
- Look! There's your Bert! -[TV commentator] Bert Ford and Sweep doing very well.
Sweep's having a little trouble with this gate, clive. A lot oftrouble actually.
- That's going to set Bert back. - Don't worry, vaLda. j ust a L ittLe sL i pup.
Look, he's doing much better now.
[ commentator] Too many loose sheep. And Sweep's usuallysuch a reliable dog.
Hey, whoa. Stop!
If those sheep won't taLk to Babe, the boss is going to Look Like an idiot.
I don't know what to do. There is one thing.
I gotta go! I'LL try to be back in time.
Ahem. It must've been terribLe weather foryou,
out in the field with all this rain we've been having. [ BLeats ]
Hey, that dog's in a hurry.
Come on, Nick, I got a beer and a Tv waiting.
[p.A. Announcer] The last entry is pig. Owner, A. Hoggett.
Is that Hoggett? I think it was!
Huh?. He said Hoggett. It was cLear as a beLL.
Must be another Hoggett. We onLy have the two dogs, and they certainLy...
aren't--
[ Sighs ]
Wolf! Wolf!
[ Sheep ] WoLf!. WoLf!.
Shut up, you morons!
The LittLe pig's in troubLe.
What troubLe has come to our Babe, woLf?.
The sheep at the triaLs won't taLk to the LittLe feLLow.
Theywon't Listen. He doesn't know what to do.
Don't know what we couLd do to heLp.
It's not right to give help to a wolf. You wait here, woLf.
You'LL have to speak up. I'm a... LittLe hard ofhearing.
I asked you to wait here, woLf.
Do whatyou're told byan oldsheep fora change. We'llsee what we can do foryou.
Work compLeted. Restore power.
[ commentator] Veryfrustrating to be sitting up here...
wondering what's causing the delay.
We have someone on their way to the judges'rooms now.
We'll tellyou what's causing the problem as soon as we find out.
perhaps it's a drug test, Eric? Yeah, it could be.
[ Moos ] I've never heard ofa drug test at a sheepdog contest before.
We've got somethi n' here that m ight be of use to our pig.
[ Sheep ] Password! Password!
Before we givesyou anythin', you'll be makin'us a solemn promise.
[rex ] Yes? Treat us civiL!
Yes! You gotta treat us nice-Like.
I'LL try.
No bitin'! That's right. WoLf must avoid bitin' us sheep...
at all costs! ALL right! I'LL try that too.
It'spreposterous! We'dbe the laughingstock of everysheepdog organization...
in every civiLized country in the worLd! There's no ruLe--
We'LL see about that when the adjudication committee have finished their meeting.
What wiLL we have nextyear, a Laughing hyena doing show jumping?.
But the most important ofall, you mustpromise...
never ever to Let this password we be about to give...
to be used against any sheep anywhere.
I promise you that. I'LL make sure the pig knows it too.
We have the promise! 'Tis for Babe.
Maa wouLd have wanted it.
Baa, ram, ewe.
[ Sheep ] Baa, ram, ewe.
Toyour breed, your rleece, your cLan be true.
Sheep be true. Baa, ram, ewe.
Is that it?. Is that the password?.
[ CLapping In Unison ]
Mr. Hoggett, the judges wouLd Like me to convey to you...
their disappointment that a man such as yourseLf,
with a Long and honorabLe association with the work of NationaL Sheepdog Association,
shouLd see fit to rlout...
the historic conventions which have long ruled oursport.
However we find there is no rule, as such,
which wouLd prevent your... animaL... being entered.
The committee has ruled that ifyou wish to proceed,
there is nothing we can do to stop you.
What do you wish to do?.
[ clapping continues ]
[ commentator] There appears to be some movement down there now.
I expect ifthere are no furtherproblems,
we shall see Hoggett and his dog pig.
U nusuaL name. Strange name, isn't it?. Pig.
Anyone for a game of cards?.
-[ commentator] Oh, good grief! Look! - [ Gasps ]
[ Laughter ]
[Laughter continues ]
[ Man ] He's a fooL!
[p.A. Announcer] Entry number 23, mr. A. Hoggett with pig.
[ Crowd Laughing ]
[ commentator] This isjust too crazy to believe.
And ifthat isn't enough. We have a stray dog on the field.
They trying to round him up?
The dog's gonna give a few tips on how to be a sheep pig.
[ Laughi ng ]
[ Panti ng ]
WeL L, it's up to him now.
Away to me, Pig.
[ crowd Laughing]
[ Laughing ] Get off!.
Baa, ram, ewe. Baa, ram, ewe!
To your breed, your rleece, your cLan be true.
Sheep be true. Baa, ram, ewe.
What... What did you say?.
[ Man ] Get yourseLf a dog, Hoggett.
[ Sobbing ]
There, there, Esme. It's not the end of the worLd.
[ commentator] Is hejust going to stand there until his time runs out?
Or could this be some sort ofprotest?
maybe we should line up an interview with the sheep pig?
Or the sheep pig's trainer.
He's a L iveLy sort of feL Low by the Looks of thi ngs.
[ commentator] Good heavens!
Hey! Shh.
[ Horse ] It's Babe!
I -I --
I t, uh-- Hmm.
Oh, beautifuLLy done! I can't teLL you how gratefuL I am to y'aLL.
Now, for one last favor.
Ifthe three ladies with collars would kindly walk out ofthe ring,
I'd be very much obliged.
[ Cheeri ng ]
[ Narrator]And so it was that in all the celebration,
in all the hubbub ofnoise and excitement,
there were two figures who stood silent and still...
side by side.
[ Crowi ng ]
[ Ferdi nand Laughi ng ] The pig did it! The perfect score!
Yippee! Yippee!
[ Narrator]And though everysingle human in the stands or in the commentaryboxes...
was at a complete loss for words,
the man, who in his life had uttered fewer words than any ofthem...
knew exactly what to say.
That'L L do, Pi g.
That'L L do.
[ Sighs ]
[ mouse ]And a-one and a-two and a-three. Hit it.
[ mice ] @ Ifl had words to make a dayforyou @
@ I'd singyou the morning golden and new @
@ I would make this day last for all time @
@ Give you a night deep in moonshine @
@ Ifl had words to make a day foryou @
@ I'd singyou a morning golden and new @
@ I would make this day last for all time @
@ Give you a night deep in moonshine @
@@ [ Song repeats ]
[ mice Giggling ]