Fly, la perra pastora, mira con sorpresa a su nuevo hijo adoptivo. El cerdito Babe es el extraño premio que el granjero Hogget ha ganado en la feria. Pero, ¿cómo puede ser que el cerdito quiera ser pastor de ovejas? ¡Qué atrevimiento! Su obligación es engordar y algún día aparecer rodeado de patatas y zanahorias en un delicioso plato familiar. Pero Babe no es un cerdito cualquiera, es muy valiente y muy tenaz. Así que Fly ha decidido enseñarle a cuidar ovejas, mientras piensa en cómo se lo tomará el señor Hogget...

Babe is my favorite movie. I saw it before I read the book. The book is fun, but it isn't at the level that the movie is. That would be asking for TOO much.

I love the theme that animals are so much more than something for humans to eat--that they are intelligent and emotional creatures, as well.

The ways that the book is dissimilar to the movie is that there is no Rex, just Fly. Mrs. Hoggett is nice about Babe, not like in the movie. The Hoggetts’ children aren’t in it and neither is Christmas. Neither is the subplot with the duck. But the basic story is exactly the same, even with the same beginning and ending.

In this book, the animals communicate with each other. The humans are left out of the communication loop, but the Hoggetts are good people who give Babe a chance.

The underlying idea is the people thinks pigs are to be eaten, yet look how smart Babe is. He doesn’t deserve to be eaten.

It is the same idea as Charlotte’s Web–and similar to Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, though in the latter there it's not about eating animals, but experimenting on them.
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„De ce nu pot invata sa fiu un porc ciobanesc?“

Babe, porcusorul orfan, este castigat la un iarmaroc de fermierul Hogget si este imediat adoptat de Fly, un caine ciobanesc cu inima mare. Din acest moment, Babe este hotarat sa invete tot ce poate de la Fly pentru ca e convins ca poate fi un caine ciobanesc. Dar poate, cine stie, el va ajunge sa fie un... porc ciobanesc.

„O carte minunata si surprinzatoare.“
The Guardian

„Dick King-Smith este pe placul tuturor copiilor.“
Observer

Babe, povestea porcului ciobanesc a castigat GUARDIAN FICTION AWARD in 1994, unul dintre cele mai prestigioase premii britanice pentru cartile de copii, si a fost ecranizat in 1995 in filmul de succes Babe.

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Sort of a long short story, really. Babe, the Gallant Pig is simple, straightforward, sincere, and sweet.
Farmer Hogget wins a piglet at the town's fair and brings it home. His wife is excited, because a year from now they can have all kinds of delicious pork products from him. But the pig quickly is adopted by Fly, Hogget's sheep-dog, who teaches Babe a thing or two. But in time, Babe teaches Fly a thing or two as well. The simple message of the book is, "Be kind."
While Fly thinks sheep are stupid and must be forced to her will, Babe treats them with courtesy and kindness, so they WANT to do anything he asks of them. Babe the sheep-pig becomes a better sheep-dog than any dog ever was.
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