I quote this line because you do not expect such language in a movie about a clever little pig. The movie takes place in Australia, where the hero, a young pig, watches wistfully as all the other pigs are trucked away, never to return. But Babe is somehow spared the trip. And so Babe is brought to live on the Hoggett farm, where he is adopted by a female border collie and raised as one of her puppies.
Life is pleasant on the farm, although the animals have various problems.
Rex, the male collie, hates sheep and is hard of hearing. And Cat, the cat, has a mean disposition. Then something strange happens. Babe turns out to have natural herding abilities. Farmer Hoggett, who is nothing if not openminded, wonders if perhaps Babe could . . .