Danny Mann credited as playing...
Ferdinand
- Ferdinand: Look, there's something you should know.
- Babe: Yes?
- Ferdinand: Humans eat ducks!
- Babe: [Gasps] I beg your pardon?
- Ferdinand: Ah, most ducks prefer to forget it, but the fact is that humans like to eat plump, attractive ducks.
- Babe: Ohhh, I don't think so. Not the Boss, not the Boss's wife.
- Ferdinand: Oh, come on. Humans don't eat cats - why?
- Babe: Well, they're...
- Ferdinand: They're indispensable: they catch mice. Humans don't eat roosters - why? They make eggs with the hens and wake everyone up in the morning.
- Babe: Right.
- Ferdinand: I tried it with the hens: it didn't work. So I turned to crowing, and lo! I discover my gift. But no sooner do I become indispensable than they bring in a machine to do the job. Ohhhh-oh-oh. the treachery of it - a mechanical rooster!
- Ferdinand: I suppose the life of an anorexic duck doesn't amount to much in the broad scheme of things.
- Babe: [relieved that he's alive] Ferdinand!
- Cow: If you're out here, who's that in there?
- Ferdinand: Her name's Rosanna.
- [They watch the Hoggett family carve the roast duck]
- Ferdinand: Why Rosanna? She - she had such a beautiful nature.
- Babe: Oh, Ferdinand...
- Ferdinand: I can't take it anymore.
- Cow: [disapprovingly] Really.
- Ferdinand: The fear's too much for a duck. It - it eats away at the soul! There must be kinder dispositions in far-off gentler lands.
- Cow: The only way you'll find happiness is to accept that the way things are is the way things are.
- Ferdinand: 'The way things are' stinks! I'm not gonna be a goner, I'm gone! I wish all of you the best of luck.
- [Babe, having entered the butcher shed by mistake, sees Ferdinand, covered in yellow paint and flecks of dirt]
- Babe: Ferdinand! Everyone's been looking for you!
- Ferdinand: Shh!
- Babe: [talks softly] What is this place?
- Ferdinand: [whispers] What's happening out there?
- Babe: Well, Rex isn't very happy. Boy, all these new rules! See, I'm not allowed to--oops!
- Ferdinand: Not allowed to what?
- Babe: [remembering Rex to not talk to Ferdinand, mumbles with his mouth closed] Allowed to speak to you.
- Ferdinand: Huh?
- Babe: [muffled still] Allowed to speak with you.
- Ferdinand: What?
- Mrs. Esme Hoggett: [faintly] Pig, pig, piggy!
- Ferdinand: [panics hearing her] You didn't see me, all right?
- Babe: And--and I didn't see you, all right? Oops.
- [Babe runs out of the shed]
- [Ferdinand and Babe are planning to steal the Alarm clock behind the dog house outside the Hoggett farm house]
- Babe: So I go through the kitchen, across the living room.
- Ferdinand: Good, good, good!
- Babe: I go into the bedroom...
- Ferdinand: Yup!
- Babe: ...Get the mechanical rooster...
- Ferdinand: Yep!
- Babe: ...And bring it out to you.
- Ferdinand: What about the cat?
- Babe: Oh, I'll *quietly* bring it out to you.
- Ferdinand: Excellent.
- Babe: I don't think I can do it.
- Ferdinand: Nah!
- Babe: It's against the rules. Only dogs and cats are allowed in the house.
- Ferdinand: I love that rule. It's a good rule. But *this* is bigger than rules! This is life and death!
- Babe: What?
- Ferdinand: Mmm-Hmmm... Follow me.
- [Ferdinand waddles into the dog house; Babe lingers at the entrance]
- Ferdinand: Hello?
- Babe: [Babe enters the dog house]
- Ferdinand: Look, there is something you should know: Humans eat ducks!
- Babe: [gasps] I beg your pardon?
- Ferdinand: Oh, most ducks prefer to forget about it. But the truth is, humans like to eat plump attractive ducks.
- Babe: Oh, I don't think so. Not the boss. Not the boss's wife.
- Ferdinand: Come on! Humans don't eat cats. Why?
- Babe: Well, they're...
- Ferdinand: They're indispensable! They catch mice. Humans don't eat roosters. Why?
- Babe: Well, uh... I-I...
- Ferdinand: They are indispensable. They make eggs with the hens and wake everybody in the morning. I tried it with the hens. It didn't work. So I turned to crowing... and Lo! I discovered my gift! But no sooner do I become indispensable, then they bring in a *machine* to do the job!
- [moaning in despair]
- Ferdinand: Oh-ho! The treachery of it... A *mechanical rooster*!
- Babe: Oh, dear me.
- Ferdinand: Oh, dear you?
- [Ferdiand sighs]
- Ferdinand: [forlorn] I suppose the life of an anorexic duck doesn't amount in the broad scheme of things... but pig... I'm all I've got!
- Babe: So... why do you want me to do it?
- Ferdinand: [groans] I'm allergic to cats.
- Babe: Oh.
- Ferdinand: [sadly] They make me sneeze.
- Babe: Don't worry. I won't wake the cat.
- [Babe heads for the dog door in the Hogget's front door]
- Narrator: [Ferdinand has persuaded Babe to help him steal the Hoggets' new alarm clock] Now the duck knew exactly what he had to do. The alarm clock had to go. His very life depended on it.
- [Ferdinand and Babe peer into the Hoggets' bedroom window, seeing the clock on the bedside table]
- Ferdinand: Do you see it?
- Babe: Yes.
- Ferdinand: Good.