Sheep
[to Babe]
Well, I wouldn't call that a bite myself. You got teeth in that floppy mouth of yours or just gums?
Tied for 7th most-quoted character in Babe (1995): in 4 of its 37 quotes
Most scenes with: Fly the Border Collie (3), Babe (2), Narrator (2)
Scenes with Sheep
4 scenes
Mom. Mom! Mom! Can we start work early today?
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]
Excuse me. Hello, sir. Excuse me, but it's almost dawn and......
Rooster
Wait, what?
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!
But, well, see I just...
Rooster
Get lost!
Oh, okay Rooster.
Sheep
[Then Babe trots out to the fields in the fuzzy predawn light]
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]
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]
Maa! Maa! Are you alright?
Hello, young'un.
Oh, Maa, can you get up?
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 depressed as the sheep saying his name] MAA!! MAA!! MAA!!! MAA!!! [the Boss's truck rumbles up]
[Fly cannot meet Babe's eyes]
Fly knew that there was only one fate for any creature that took the life of a 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.
Tell me. Who killed the old one?
Sheep
Wolf!
Wolf. Is that the only words you half-wits know?
Sheep
Wolf!
Are you saying it was a dog?
Sheep
Babe! Where's Babe?
Was it wolf or Babe?!
Sheep
Wolf! Where's Babe?! Wolf! Babe!
Farmer Hoggett was carrying something in the crook of one arm. A kind of black, shiny tube.
Come, pig.
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
[Fly is trying to find out who murdered Maa]
Wolf! Babe! Wolf! Babe!
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.
Sheep
[to each other]
Shh! Quiet!
Please, tell me what just happened this morning.
The sheep spoke very slowly, for it was a cold fact of nature that wolves were ignorant, and nothing would convince them otherwise.
Sheep
Babe came! He saved us! The wolves killed Maa. But Babe drove the wolves away!
Thank you. Thank you! Thank you all very much!
Sheep
Pleasure talking to ya.
Mrs. Esme Cordelia Hoggett
[Farmer Hoggett loads shells on his shotgun and aims it at Babe with a rope tied up on his neck. Fly is shown rushing back to the farm and barks repeatedly. Arthur lowers his shotgun and looks at the door. Hearing Fly barking, he turns back to Babe and aims his shotgun again at Babe, getting ready to murder him. As he is about pull the trigger, a voice calls him from outside]
Hoggett! Hooey! Hoggett! ARTHUR! [Fly is shown running toward the shack. Farmer Hoggett walks out of it as she passes him to get inside] Well, there you are! What do you think? That was the police on the telephone. They said there are wild dogs about. Apparently, the Mitchells lost six lambs this morning. [notice the shotgun on his hand] What on earth are you doing here with that gun?!
[looks at his shotgun, realizing the mistake he almost made]
Oh, err... nothing. [Esme frowns at him, but lets out a sigh and walks back into the house as we see Farmer Hoggett with a pleading look on his face upon learning the truth and removes the shells on his shotgun]
[Facts do not improve at the field of competition. The weather is gloomy. And as the Boss takes him to the sheep pen on a lead, Babe can't help noticing how many people stare]
Stay there.
Sheep
[The sheep yet ignore him. But one turns to see the source of the sound. Babe gasps. The sheep's face is fully black, with a most unfriendly expression. She doesn't look like any sheep he has ever seen]
Baaaaa!
[Babe tries again]
Oh, boy. I've never met a sheep with such a strong, dark face. Are they feeding you well?
Babe, I'll try.
[Fly pushes in front of Babe and shouts at the sheep]
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
[This only makes the sheep hesitant]
Wolf! Baaaa! Wolf!
[Fly sighs]
Hadn't thought of this. Keep trying, keep speaking to them. I'll see what I can do so.
[Then she goes away as fast as she can. Rex stops her on her road out of the fairground]
You can't make it, but I can.
Don't worry. I won't let the little feller down. [With that said, he turns into a blur of speeding fur]
Sheep
[While Rex is gone, Fly, Babe and Hoggett watch the other competitors run their trials. Mrs. Hoggett also watches the trials on TV with the other Country Women. The ground is slippery with mud, and even the best dogs have many twaddles] [Eventually, Rex reaches the Hoggett farm]
Wolf! Wolf! Wolf!
[Rex has no time for the fears of foolish sheep]
Shut up, you morons! The little pig's in trouble.
Sheep
What trouble has come to our Babe, wolf?
The sheep at the trials won't speak to the little feller. He doesn't know what to do.
Old Sheep
[The flock whispers in confusion. Some think it is wrong to help a wolf, even if the wolf is trying to help Babe. But eventually, their love for the little pig wins out]
Stay here, wolf.
Sheep
I asked you to stay here, wolf. Do what you're warned by an old sheep for a chance, and we'll see what we can do for you.
Old Sheep
[Rex waits while the sheep come up with a plan. Eventually, the old sheep turns to Rex]
We've had something that might help Babe. But us sheep don't like giving it to no wolf.
Sheep
Paaa-a-assword!
[But before they will give Rex the password, the sheep makes him promise to treat them nicely and politely and not to bite them, and most of all never to use the password to harm another sheep in any fashion]
I promise you that. I'll make sure the pig knows it, as well. Don't you worry. The password is safe with me.
