Babe1995

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.

[In fact, Babe is so eager, he tries to get the rooster to crow early the next day]

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.

[Then Babe trots out to the fields in the fuzzy predawn light]

Sheep:
Wolf! Babe! Wolf! Babe!

[Babe hears terrified bleating. He runs to the aid of the flock. There are sheep tangled in the fence wire. The rest runs to and fro, with three wild dogs snarling and snapping at their heels. The growling dogs pull down a ewe. As the Christmas Eve rustlers come, Babe has felt fear mixed with frustration]

Narrator:
Now the pig understood why the sheep called all dogs wolves. And he was filled with a deep and horrible rage.

[Babe charges the nearest wild dog and knocks it on its side. The next one he bites as hard as he can. Babe tastes blood]

[All three dogs run howling apart with their tails between their shaking legs. Babe chases them to the far fence]

[As he is sure they are gone, Babe turns back to the frightened flock, which is gathered around the fallen ewe]

Babe:
Maa! Maa! Are you alright?

Maa:
Hello, young'un.

Babe:
Oh, Maa, can you get up?

[Babe licks Maa's wounded neck. Blood smears his snout]

Maa:
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 as the Boss's truck rumbles up]

[Hoggett, Rex and Fly see Babe's bloody snout]

Farmer Hoggett:
Home, pig.

[Fly cannot meet Babe's eyes]

Narrator:
Fly knew that there was only one fate for any creature that took the life of a sheep on Hoggett Farm.