The Sheep-pig is one of Dick King-Smiths most famous tales. It shot to further fame when the film adaptation, Babe, was released in 1995.  Why cant I learn to be a Sheep-Pig? When Babe, the little orphaned piglet, is won at a fair by Farmer Hogget, he is adopted by Fly, the kind-hearted sheep-dog. Babe is determined to learn everything he can from Fly. He knows he cant be a sheep-dog. But maybe, just maybe, he might be a sheep-pig.