The NarratorSomething broke through the terror - flickerings, fragments of his short life, the random events that delivered him to this, his moment of annihilation. As terror gave way to exhaustion, Babe turned to his attacker, his eyes filled with one simple question...
ZootieIt's, uh... kind of a baldy, pinky, whitey thingy.
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BabeWell, I have to warn you, I may be small, but I can be ferocious if provoked.
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BobHey, dogs, you got any edibles? Any nibbley-dibbleys?
FlealickEh, we got a carpet here with some nice spaghetti stains.
NigelBut we can't keep licking the carpet, can we, Alan?
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The Pink PoodlePlease. Please. I know you're different from the others. Those that have had their way with me make their empty promises, but they are all lies - lies. And I'm afraid and terribly, terribly tired.
SnoopIt's all in the hooter, the schnoz, the olfactory instrument. You could be a sniffer with a schnoz like that.
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ZootieIt's a dog-eat-dog world, and there's not enough dog to go around.
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FlealickWell, hey, slow down. If you're not a cat, stay and chat.
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The Pitbull[during jelly bean distribution to the hungry animals] Thank the pig.
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BobAll I know is what I see. Tug comes in with the bag, just doin' his job, collectin' stuff, and you barge in here accusacating and making demandments.
BabeI'm not any kind of pie. I'm just a pig on a mission.
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ZootieWe're going outside? Without a human? Could be kind of dangerous, you know, in a lethally sort of way.
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FerdinandFace it, you're just a little pig in the big city. What can you possibly do? What can anyone do? Why even try?
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FerdinandFerdinand the duck, witness to insanity.
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Mrs. Esme Cordelia Hoggett[speaking very rapidly as the court stenographer looks on with a dumbfound expression]Oh, well, yes, I've given myself a good, hard talking-to, let me tell you. I said to myself, "Esme, you have let yourself down, you have let Arthur down, and you have let the pig down..."
The NarratorThe judge had never heard anyone speak so many words in such short of time.
The NarratorBesides, he grew up on a farm and had a fondness for pigs.
Mrs. Esme Cordelia HoggettYou can bind me in chains, but the minute I'm set free, I shall march straight back out into those ugly streets and continue to search for my Arthur's pig!
Judge[bangs gavel]Case dismissed!
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The PitbullIt is decreed that all cats and dogs put aside their instinctive and fanatical abhorrence of each other and that hereafter, all creatures great and diminutive shall be of equal stature, with rights to liberty and justice
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The Pitbullthat nobody can deny. And so say all of us.
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Babe[in a dark alley, just past a "Beware: Savage Dogs" sign]Hello? Anybody home?
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The NarratorOf course, it was proved beyond any doubt that Esme Cordelia Hoggett was not a felon. But sadly, they had missed their all-important connection. And to make matters worse, they were obliged to wait some days for the next flight home. They couldn't go forward and they couldn't go back. They were stranded.
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The NarratorEven before her Arthur's misfortune, Mrs. Hoggett was ceaselessly busy, bustling, baking, bottling and pickling. But now, having to nurse her husband and pay the bills, she found life considerably more challenging than she had ever anticipated. Before long, two men showed up. Two men in suits. Men with pale faces and soulless eyes. Such men could have come from only one place: the bank.
Customs GuardEsmeralda Cordillera Hogget, we have reason to suspect you may be smuggling illegal substances on your person. As an officer of the drug enforcement agency, I am authorized by law to perform certain... procedures.
Female OfficerPlease step into the cubicle and remove your clothes.