She had done some research in the library, learning that the "Springwood Slasher" (Krueger) had been arrested, but then freed on a technicality.It""s also been considered a ""kids-version"" of Spielberg""s ownClose Encounters of a Third Kind (1977), with an alien who is instantly established as a sympathetic creature.The previous year that Monroe had spent studying her craft with Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio in New York City definitely paid off.Babe allowed himself to be adopted as her foster son to comfort her: ("Fly, may I call you Mom?").The Narrator mentioned:"And so it was that the pig found his place in the world of the farm.And he was happy even in his dreams."Episode 4: "Pork is a nice sweet meat":As the Christmas holidays approached, the animals observed he Christmas festivities and decorations at the Hoggett""s farmhouse, as the relatives arrived:their son-in-law (Paul Goddard)the Hoggetts"" daughter (Zoe Burton), their son-in-law""s wifetwo children (Wade Hayward and Brittany Byrnes), the Hoggetts"" grand-childrenMrs.His son, the clean-cut, all-American boy/trekker Jeffrey Beaumont (Kyle MacLachlan) is ushered into the room to see his father - he grasps his father""s hand.