:03:04
Maa! Maa! The boss has
to give you some medicine.
:03:08
Oh, dear, l thought so!
lt's horrible stuff, that.
:03:11
- l know, but it's for the best.
- Young'un, if you say so.
:03:31
Shoo! Shoo!
:03:32
[ Narrator ]
When the thought first came to him,
:03:35
Farmer Hoggett dismissed it
as mere whimsy.
:03:38
But, like most of his harebrained
ideas, it wouldn't go away.
:03:48
- [ Babe ] What are they doing?
- [ Fly ] lt's a sheepdog trial.
:03:51
[ Babe ] So it's like
a competition for sheepdogs?
:03:54
[ Fly ] And their bosses.
lt's like an obstacle course.
:03:57
How do they decide
who wins?
:03:59
lt's time and mistakes.
You get points for how quick you are.
:04:03
And they take points off
for every mistake.
:04:05
Every time a sheep goes the wrong way,
that's a mistake and you lose points.
:04:09
- Looks like fun!
- For a sheepdog,
there's no prouder moment.
:04:14
- Rex and l used to--
- Hmm?
:04:17
Never mind.
:04:20
Oh.
:04:22
[ Babe ]
Was Rex a champion?
:04:25
[ Fly ] He had the makings
of the greatest champion there
ever was, but it wasn't to be.
:04:31
- [ Babe ] What happened?
- [ Fly ] A while back
when Rex was in his prime,
:04:35
the winter rains brought
a great flood to the valley.
:04:39
Rex and the boss got most of
the flock onto the high ground.
:04:42
Then Rex went back
to look for the strays.
:04:45
He found them. They'd been
stranded by the rising water.
:04:50
He tried to herd them across
to safety, but they wouldn't budge.
:04:54
Too afraid and too stupid
to save their own skins.
:04:58
lt was freezing cold
and the water kept rising.