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Maa: [about Babe] You see, ladies? A heart of gold. Sheep's password: Baa-ram-ewe. Baa-ram-ewe. To your breed, your fleece, your clan be true. Sheep be true. Baa-ram-ewe. Sheep: [to Babe] Well, I wouldn't call that a bite myself. You got teeth in that floppy mouth of yours or just gums?

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Skip: What is it, Mom? Fly the Border Collie: That's a pig. Trip: They'll eat him when he's big enough. Dash: Will they eat us when we're big enough? Fly: Goodheavens, no! The bosses only eat stupid animals like sheep and ducks and chickens. Puppy: It does look stupid, Mom. Fly: Not as stupid as sheep, mind you, but pigs are definitely stupid. Babe: [clears throat] Excuse me. No, we're not. Fly: Good heavens! Who are you? Babe: I'm a Large White. Fly: Yes, that's your breed, darling. What's your name? Babe: I don't know. Fly: Well, what did your mother call you to warn you apart from your brothers and sisters? Babe: Our Mom called us all the same. Fly: And what was that, dear? Babe: She called us all "Babe." Horse: [whinnies] Perhaps we shouldn't talk too much about, uh, family. [whinnies] Babe: [weeping] I want my mom. [sobbing] Fly: [stares at Babe, but goes up to him] There, there. You’ve got to be a brave boy now. I left my mother since I was your age, and my pups will have to leav

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Dash: We'll catch him and eat him one day, won't we, Mom? Fly: [yawns] Yes, guilty. Now come along.

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Fly: Babe, you wait here. Babe: Aren't pigs allowed? Trip: [snickering] Not live ones. Fly: [to Babe] Sorry, dear. Only dogs and cats inside the house. Babe: Why? Fly: That's just the way things are! [goes inside]

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Fly: Not you, dear. Babe: Why not? Fly: We have to do dogs' work. You're a pig. Your job is to stay here and eat your food. We'll be back at the end of the day. Maa: Darn wolf! Never do leave a body alone. [Babe investigates inside the pen] Nag, nag, nag, all day long. Go here, go there, do this, do that. [coughing] Babe: I'm not a wolf. Maa: Oh, I knows all that. Calls yourself a sheepdog. But you don't fool none of us. Babe: I'm not a sheepdog, either. [moves to look through a gap between the planks of the pen] Maa: Well, I'll be dipped! What are you? Babe: Pig. Large White. What are you? Maa: Ewe. Babe: Not me, who are you? Maa: That's what I am! I - am - a - ewe! Babe: Oh, you're a sheep! [goes inside the barn to see Maa] Maa: The name's Maa. And I'm stuck in this little box till the Boss makes me well again. Babe: What's wrong with you, Maa? Maa: Foot rot. And I've had a nasty cough. And I'm not as young as I used to be. [coughs] Babe: You don't look very old to me. Maa: Too kind.

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Ferdinand: Let's go over it one more time. Babe: I go through the kitchen, across the living room... Ferdinand: How do you go across the living room? Babe: Silently, so I don't awaken the cat. Then into the bedroom, get the mechanical rooster, and bring it out to you. [thinks of something] But it's against the rules. Only dogs and cats are allowed in the house. Ferdinand: It's a nice rule. But this is a matter of life and death! Babe: [confused] That is? Ferdinand: [sighs] Come here. [they went inside the doghouse] Humans eat ducks! Babe: [gasping] I beg your pardon? Ferdinand: Ah, most ducks prefer to forget it, but the fact is that humans like to eat plump, attractive ducks. Babe: Ohhh, I don't think so. Not the Boss; not the Boss's wife. Ferdinand: Oh, come on. Humans don't eat cats - why? Babe: Well, they're... Ferdinand: They're indispensable—they catch mice. Humans don't eat roosters—why? They make eggs with the chickens and the hens and wake everyone up in the morning. Babe: Rig

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Rex: [sighs] It was my mistake. I was trying to loosen facts up a little. But, no. Today proves that it doesn't work. From now on, we'll all respect the rules. To each creature, its own destiny and every animal in its proper place. And a pig's proper place is under the old cart, not in the barn and absolutely never in the house. Is that understood? Babe: Yes, sir. Rex: Now, Pig, regarding the company you keep. Being young, it's hard to discriminate, so I'll make it easy for you. I forbid you to speak to or consort with that duck ever. Do I make myself clear? Babe: Uh...what's "consort"? Horse: It means, young man, that you must not go anywhere near that duck. Rex: And as for the fugitive duck, when he shows himself, let him know this, being a duck he must behave like a duck. No more of this crowing nonsense. He should accept what he is and be thankful for it. That goes for all of us. Cow: Here, here! Narrator: Rex continued long into the night. Elsewhere, there was more talk. The subje

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Babe: Fly, may I call you Mom? Esme Hoggett: Hello! The Hoggetts' son-in-law: Hey, folks, how are you? Merry Christmas! Esme Hoggett: Merry Christmas! How's my favorite girl? Nanny has a jellybean. Give us a kiss. And guess what we're having for Christmas dinner? Roast pork. The Hoggetts' granddaughter: I hate pork. Maa: Darn silly carry-on, if you ask me. Horse: The cat says they call it Christmas. Ferdinand: Christmas! Christmas dinner, yes. Dinner means death. Death means carnage! Christmas means carnage! CHRISTMAS MEANS CARNAGE!! [runs off in fear] Maa: Eating pigs! Blaah! Barbarians! Babe: [runs up to Maa] You're going back to the fields, Maa. Maa: Oh, young'un, tragic there ain't more of your kind. I'll be thinking of you always. Babe: I could come and visit you, Maa. Maa: I'd like that, but...well, we shouldn't hope for too much. [gets yanked as the cart pulls forward, she follows] Babe: [humming the tune of "Jingle Bells"] La la la, la la la, la la la lala. La la la, lala la la

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Mrs. Esme Cordelia Hoggett: Here it is! Farmer Hoggett: The bird. The Hoggetts' granddaughter: Yuck. Chicken? The Hoggetts' daughter: No, it's Duck a l'Orange. And, Mother, it looks absolutely superb. The Hoggetts' granddaughter: I'm not going to eat any of it! The Hoggetts' daughter: Oh, this is fabulous. Babe: Ferdinand! Cow: If you're out here, who's that in there? Ferdinand: Her name's Rosanna. Why Rosanna? She–She had such a beautiful nature. Babe: Oh, Ferdinand. Ferdinand: I can't take it anymore. Cow: Really! Ferdinand: The fear's too much for a duck. It eats away at the soul. There must be kinder dispositions in far-off gentler lands. Cow: The only way you'll find happiness is to accept that the way things are is the way things are. Ferdinand: The way things are stinks! I'm not gonna be a goner. I'm gone! I wish all of you the best of luck. Babe: Where will you go? Ferdinand: No idea. But I'm a clever duck. I could do with an adventure. Babe: I'll miss you, Ferdy. Ferdinand: Fe

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Narrator: At any other time, the pig would've been tickled pink by his first visit to the sheep fields. But now, there was fear in the air. Maa and her kind were under threat. Sheep Rustler: Hey, Frank, feel like pork for dinner tonight? Maa: Young'un! You're alive! Babe: Maa! What's going on? Who are these men? Frank: I'll get him out. Come around, Sniff! [whistles] Babe: Where's our boss? It doesn't seem right. [gets knocked over by Sniff] Esme: [upon seeing her granddaughter heartbroken] What's wrong, dear? The Hoggetts' granddaughter: [complaining and sobbing] It's the wrong one! [shrieking tearfully as we see Arthur smirking at his granddaughter's tantrum, trying not to laugh] I WANT THE HOUSE I SAW ON THE TELEVISION!! [crying] Esme: [comforting her granddaughter] Oh, there, there. Farmer Hoggett: Nice dog. [Fly jumps into the truck bed. Then the farmer lifts Babe up behind her] Nice pig. Fly: I'm very proud of you, my boy. Babe: I'm going to be a nice sheepdog if I grow up, aren'

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Mrs. Hoggett: ...a washing machine, a radio, a new alarm clock. I think it's a lovely fax machine, darling, but can't you use it? The Hoggetts' daughter: We already have one, Mom. That's the entire idea. We can send faxes to each other. Now, don't be afraid of it just because it's new. The Hoggetts' son-in-law: These accounts are a real concern, Arthur. Every month your expenditure is bigger than your income. It's eating up your reserves the entire time. You need to modernize, get some sort of cash flow going. You're yet using a horse and cart, for heaven's sakes. Dad? Farmer Hoggett: Funny, that. The Hoggetts' son-in-law: Wait, what? Farmer Hoggett: These chickens, that pig. The Hoggetts' son-in-law: What's the pig had to do with anything? Farmer Hoggett: Nothing. Just look at them. The browns and the whites. [doesn't warn his family, but the next morning, he decides to see if he's really seen a pig herding chickens] Come, Rex. Come, Fly. [turns to Babe] Come, Pig. [Babe hesitates] Co

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Farmer Hoggett: Get them up, Pig. Fly: [to Babe] He wants you to drive them out of the yard. Farmer Hoggett: Away to me, Pig! Fly: Remember, you'll have to dominate them. Do that and they'll do anything you want. Go. Go! Babe: [approaching Fly] This is ridiculous, Mom. Fly: Nonsense. It's only your first try. But you're treating them like equals. They're sheep. They're inferior. Babe: Oh, dear, they're not. Fly: Of course they are! We are their masters, Babe. Let them doubt it for a second and they'll walk all over you. Rex: [barks frustratingly] Fly, get that pig out of there! Fly: Make them feel inferior. Abuse them. Insult them. Rex: Fly! Babe: But they'll laugh at me. Fly: Then bite them! Be ruthless. Whatever it takes. Bend them to your will. Rex: Enough! Fly: Go ahead! Go! Babe: Move along there, you...you big butt heads! Maa: Young'un, stop this nonsense! What's got into you all of a sudden? I just got finished tellin' what a nice young pig you be. Babe: Maa, I was just trying t

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Fly: Rex? [Rex doesn't answer] I know it was hard for you today, watching all that happening. But surely it's not worth all this misery. Please, darling. Not on such a beautiful night. Rex: [gets up growling] You...put these ideas into his head, two-faced traitorous WRETCH!!! Farmer Hoggett: Get down! Down, Rex! [Rex accidentally bites his hand] Rex... Narrator: A dark cloud had descended on the valley. And the pig felt that the dangers were all his fault. But he was certain, he knew how to set things right. Babe: [in an attempt to apologize for being better than him] Um, excuse me, sir. But I-I-I-I think all this trouble- Vet: Well, it's not distemper. Can't be rabies. Must be the hormones. Esme Hoggett: What about Hoggett's notion, the dog being jealous of the wee pig? Vet: Oh, I don't see that myself. Esme Hoggett: No. Then what have we done? Vet: Well, you can keep him locked up or snip, snip. I can do it Tuesday. Arthur Hoggett: No. Vet: Or Wednesday. Esme Hoggett: Hoggett doesn't

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Narrator: A pig doing the work of a sheepdog? With Rex out of action and Fly injured from the fight, Farmer Hoggett had no choice. Babe: Maa! Maa! The boss has to give you some medicine. Maa: Oh, dear, I thought so! It's horrible stuff, that. Babe: I know, but it's for the best. Maa: Oh, our young'un, if you say so. Farmer Hoggett: Shoo! Shoo! Narrator: As the thought first came to him, Farmer Hoggett dismissed it as mere whimsy, but like most of his harebrained ideas, it wouldn't go away. Babe: What are they doing here? Fly: It's a sheepdog trial. Babe: Then it's like a competition for sheepdogs. Fly: And their bosses. It's like an obstacle curse. Babe: How do they decide who wins? Fly: Well, it's time and mistakes. You get points for how fast you are and they take points away for every mistake. Every time a sheep goes the wrong road, that's a mistake and you lose points. Babe: Looks like fun! Fly: Oh, for a sheepdog, there's no prouder moment. You know, Rex and I used to...never mind

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Babe: Was Rex a champion? Fly: He had the makings of the biggest champion there ever was, but it wasn't to be. Babe: What just happened? Fly: A while back if Rex was in his prime, the winter rains brought a grand 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 foolish 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. But until they found Rex, he was barely alive. Babe: Oh, Mum! 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 let anyone know, but he's almost totally deaf. Babe: Is that why he's so, you know, frustrated? Fly: That's not the half of it. All this was barely a month before the Grand Nat

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Narrator: It was at that time that Mrs. Hoggett began to worry about her husband. But Farmer Hoggett knows that little ideas that tickled and nagged and refused to go away should never be ignored for in them lie the seeds of destiny. Farmer Hoggett: Close the gate... like that, and you're done.

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Babe: Mom. Mom! Mom! Can we start work early today? Fly: Oh, dear, it's not even dawn yet. You can go to work until the rooster crows. Go back to sleep. Babe: Excuse me. Hello, sir. Excuse me, but it's almost dawn and...... Rooster: Wait, what? Babe: I'm sorry to disturb you, but it's almost dawn, and I wondered if you'd mind crowing just a few moments early this morning. Rooster: Get out of here! Babe: But, well, see I just... Rooster: Get lost! Babe: Oh, okay Rooster. Sheep: Wolf! Babe! Wolf! Babe! Narrator: Now the pig understood why the sheep called all dogs wolves. And he was filled with a deep and horrible rage. Babe: Maa! Maa! Are you alright? Maa: Hello, young'un. Babe: Oh, Maa, can you get up? Maa: [last words] I don't reckon. Babe: It's over, Maa. The wolves have gone far off. I'll get the boss up here to look after you. You'll be alright. You'll be alright! [but her eyes are far apart. Her head droops and life leaves her] Oh, Maa! Maa! [chokes back sobs, then bleating depres

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Narrator: 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. Fly: Tell me. Who killed the old one? Sheep: Wolf! Fly: Wolf. Is that the only words you half-wits know? Sheep: Wolf! Fly: Are you saying it was a dog? Sheep: Babe! Where's Babe? Fly: Was it wolf or Babe?! Sheep: Wolf! Where's Babe?! Wolf! Babe! Narrator: Farmer Hoggett was carrying something in the crook of one arm. A kind of black, shiny tube. Farmer Hoggett: Come, pig. Narrator: The pig had a vague memory that shiny tubes produced food and guessed that some quite unexpected reunion would come out of the two small round mouths. Sheep: Wolf! Babe! Wolf! Babe! Fly: [yelling] QUIET!!!! Narrator: Fly decided to speak very slowly, for it was a cold fact of nature that sheep were stupid, and no one would ever persuade her otherwise. Fly: [straining] Please, please would you be so kind as to tell me what happened? Sheep: [to each othe

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Mrs. Esme Cordelia Hoggett: Now, it's all very simple. Just half an hour at 350 degrees. I've given you rabbit casserole on Friday. Now, for Duchess, it's liver in the morning, heart for the evening. Except for Fridays, if it's steak in the morning and the cooked liver at night. Warm it up in a frying pan for a bit, but test it before you give it to her because she bites into it before she knows what's what, the silly darling. [horn honks] That'll be the bus. Oh! Farewell. Farmer Hoggett: Have a nice time. Farewell. Mrs. Esme Cordelia Hoggett: Hello, everyone! Mrs. Esme Cordelia Hoggett: Oh, dearie me, Valda. I know I have to be at the National Conference. I am the Assistant General Secretary of the Northeast Region after all, but I do worry about leaving that man alone. Valda: Yet acting a bit strange? Mrs. Esme Cordelia Hoggett: Just silly facts. Odd little facts only a wife would notice. Yet, I suppose he can't get up to too much mischief in just three days, can he? Valda: Of course

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Ferdinand: So, uh... what's happening? Cow: Oh, no. Fly: You'll need to be on top form tomorrow. Babe: Night, Mum.

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Duchess the Cat: Oh, do forgive me for scratching you, dear. I got a bit carried away. It's a cat thing. Babe: Oh, well, but... Duchess: Feeling good about tomorrow, are you? Babe: Mm-hmm. It should be all right, I think. Duchess: You know, I probably shouldn't say this, but I'm not sure if you realize how much the other animals are laughing at you for this sheepdog business. Babe: Why would they do that? Duchess: Well, they say you've forgotten that you're a pig. Isn't that silly? They say you don't even know what pigs are for. Babe: What do you mean, what pigs are for? Duchess: You know, why pigs are here. Babe: Why are any of us here? Duchess: Well, the cows are here to be milked. The dogs are here to help the Boss's husband with the sheep. And I am here to be beautiful and affectionate to the Boss. Babe: Yes? Duchess: [sighs softly] The fact is that pigs don't have a purpose. Just like ducks don't have a purpose. Babe: I—I don't, uh... Duchess: Oh, all right, for your sake, I'll be

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Fly: Babe? Babe? [rushes out of the barn, then she runs around the house] Babe? Babe? [Rex is shown under the wagon watching Fly calling Babe and she approaches him, informing of what Duchess has done to Babe] Babe's run away! Rex? Please? Rex: [regrets at what he had done earlier and changed his heart, gets up] Call the boss. Rex: He's over here! Hold on, pig. You'll be home soon.

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Farmer Hoggett: Stay there. Babe: Um...excuse me, sheep... Babe: Hello! Hello! Good morning to you all! Sheep: Baaaaa! Babe: Oh, boy. I've never met a sheep with such a strong, dark face. Are they feeding you well? Fly: Babe, I'll try. Fly: Alright, blockheads! Pay attention over here! Now, you pay attention to what this pig has to say to you or I'll come in there and tear you to shreds! Sheep: Wolf! Baaaa! Wolf! Fly: Hadn't thought of this. Keep trying, keep speaking to them. I'll see what I can do so. Babe: The Boss'll look like a horrible fool if the sheep won't speak to me. Fly: Need to go. I'll try to be back in time. Rex: You can't make it, but I can. Fly: But you...you... Rex: Don't worry. I won't let the little feller down. [With that said, he turns into a blur of speeding fur] Sheep: Wolf! Wolf! Wolf! Rex: Shut up, you morons! The little pig's in trouble. Sheep: What trouble has come to our Babe, wolf? Rex: The sheep at the trials won't speak to the little feller. He doesn't k

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Narrator: [the crowd cheers at Babe's performance] And so it was that in all the celebration, in all the hubbub of noise and excitement, there were two figures who stood silent and still. Side by side. Ferdinand: [rooster crows] Ha, ha, ha, ha! The pig did it! The pig did it! The perfect score! [laughs] Mice: Whoo! Whoo-hoo! Yippee! Yippee! Yippee! Narrator: And though every single human in the stands or in the commentary boxes was at a complete loss for words, the man who in his life had uttered fewer words than any of them knew exactly what to say. Farmer Hoggett: [to Babe; last lines] That'll do, pig. That'll do.