Babe1995

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.

[With that said, the old sheep walks right up to Hoggett and takes her medicine, easy as you please]

Farmer Hoggett:
Shoo! Shoo!

[Now, a pig doing the work of a sheepdog seems like a full miracle to Farmer Hoggett. He can't deny what he has seen with his own eyes. In the fertile field of his imagination, his daydream swiftly grows into a certain plan. He will take Babe to the trials]

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.

[That afternoon, Hoggett takes Fly and Babe to a field bustling with sheepdogs and Bosses and reluctant-looking men with clipboards]

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.