opening credits finish loading
camera zooms into the picture of a pig on the wall
a random sow starts snorting and awakens
her young start drinking out of her teats
narrator: this is a tale about an unprejudiced heart and how it changed our valley forever there was a time not so long ago when pigs were afforded no respect except by other pigs they lived their whole lives in a cruel and sunless world
truck pulls up
narrator: in those days pigs believed that the sooner they grew large and fat the sooner they'd be taken into pig paradise
man: ha ya get up
narrator: a place so wonderful no pig had ever though to come back
man: yo yah
a weird feeding device drops down
babe's brothers and sisters drink out of the thing
babe: goodbye mom
the sow snorts something at babe
narrator: so when their parents left to go to that other world of endless pleasures it was not a time for young pigs to be sad just another step towards the day when they too would take the journey
the truck drives out for us to see that it says sunny valley meats we bring choice to your table
babe starts sobbing
narrator: perhaps it was because he was alone perhaps his sadness made him easier to catch whatever the reason of the thousands of animals in the piggery that day only one was chosen
man a: how's this one harry?
harry aka man b: just right for the purpose how much do i owe you
man a: it's a runt harry just a worthless little runt
babe starts squealing random fair patrons start screaming
random man starts shouting off prices for the sheep he's selling
random woman: too modest esme hogget 9 out of 10 1st prizes for jams and jellies is more than a matter of luck
esme: oh well luck still plays its part our berries are particularly good this year and our water's very tasty too course we don't use town water
Arthur hogget hears the squealing and walks over to it
man on the right: Arthur hogget
man on the left: hey how's it going Arthur
man on the right: how're those sheep of yours how about taking a guess here Arthur all for a good cause
Arthur hogget: don't keep pigs
man on the left oh Christmas day think of it what a feast
Arthur : that'll do pig
narrator: the pig and the farmer regarded each other and for a fleeting moment something passed between them a faint sense of some common destiny
man on the right: strange 1st time little thing hasn't screamed his head off
man on the left: now you'll have to have q guess
Arthur: 16 pounds 5...
babe starts urinating
both men: ew
babe snorts contentedly
Arthur: 2 ounces
Arthur puts babe back
esme: hogget ooh wee hogget
man on the right: thanks Arthur we weigh the little pig tomorrow
man on the left: we'll phone you when you win
man on the right: if you win hogget if you win
man on the left: care to guess the pig's weight sir?
man on the right: support the lion's club
duchess breathes on trophy
esme: oh what would we do with a pig eh duchess? just think 2 nice hams sides of bacon, pork chop, liver, pickle his feet, use his blood for blood pudding..
phone rings
esme: oh there's the telephone hogget
man: Arthur I've got good news and bad news the good news is you guessed the right number the bad news is we decided to give the pig to the chef who also guessed the right number
so babe was taken to the chef's home where he was most likely killed and turned into meat on the spot the end