: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.
:05:02
Rex stayed with them
right through the night.
:05:06
By morning,
the sheep were drowned.
:05:09
- And when they found Rex,
he was barely alive.
- [ Babe ] Oh, Mom!
:05:14
[ Fly ] Two weeks rest in front of
the fire saw him back on his feet.
:05:17
But his hearing
was never the same again.
:05:20
He'd never want anyone to know,
but he's almost totally deaf.
:05:25
- ls that why he's so, you know, angry?
- That's not the half of it.
:05:30
[ Fly ] All this was barely a month
before the Grand National Challenge.
:05:33
He tried his best, but he couldn't hear
the boss's calls, and it slowed him up.
:05:38
The cold truth is that,
but for the stupidity of sheep,
:05:41
Rex would've been
the champion of champions.
:05:49
Good dog.