With her playful, extremely-curious sheepdog puppies, a motherly Border Collie Sheepdog named Fly (voice of Miriam Margolyes) expressed her initial negative opinion toward he piglet.[Note: The film drew parallels with an actual series of murders committed by a gunman (the so-called Zodiac serial-killer) in the San Francisco Bay area in the late 1960s.She also comments dizzingly about all the new experiences, while he instructs her the sleeping arrangements:Ann: Can I sleep here?Joe: Well, that""s the general idea.He vicariously envies her zest for life and simultaneously cools her off, expressing his fear of marrying her:How could I help loving you - you who have all the passion for life that I lack? But that kind of love isn""t enough o make a successful marriage for two people who are as different as we are.