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Babe: The Gallant Pig
The quiet Farmer Hoggett attends the local fair and hears a pig squealing loudly. The pig is a prize in a contest. Farmer Hoggett guesses its weight, and he wins the pig. This is no normal pig though. Fly, the sheepdog on the farm, adopts the pig, who she finds is named Babe, and raises him with her puppies. Babe is enthralled with his mother's life as a sheepherder, and when the puppies are sold away, Fly begins to train the pig in the ways of a sheep...