'Why can't I learn to be a sheep-pig?' When Babe, the little orphaned piglet, is won at a fair by Farmers Hogget, he is adopted by Fly, the kind-hearted sheep-dog. Babe is determined to learn everything he can from Fly. He knows he can't be a sheep-dog. But maybe, just maybe, he might be a sheep pig . . . 'Dick King-Smith is a huge favourite with children' - Observer