Refugees attempt to escape from Nazi pursuit, hidden by the jovial, hectic and festive atmosphere in the cafe." Only slightly amused by his behavior and his "strange power over horses" when they arrive at the academy, she tips him with a coin, suggesting: "Buy yourself a new hat.But now there was fear in the air.Maa and her kind were under threat." Babe noticed that a sheep rustler (Nicholas Lidstone) was stealing Farmer Hoggett""s sheep, including Maa, and loading them onto a truck.She hugs a pillow as she reclines on a sofa with her legs extended.Her domineering mother, who forces her daughter to drink a glass of milk, reveals that they are from a poor family that is struggling financially to afford her education, and there""s little possibility that their shares of rising stock in the Stamper oil company may help ("If we sold those stocks, we""d make $15,000 and maybe we can even send you away to college next year.