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Pigs is Pigs
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A humorous short story in which a railway express agent insists that two guinea pigs must be shipped at livestock rates while the animals multiply during the drawn-out dispute. Suitable for readers interested in classic American humor and satire of bureaucracy.
Ellis Parker Butler
Ellis Parker Butler was an American author. He was the author of more than 30 books and more than 2,000 stories and essays and is most famous for his short story "Pigs Is Pigs", in which a bureaucratic stationmaster insists on levying the livestock rate for a shipment of two pet guinea pigs, which soon start proliferating exponentially. His most famous character was Philo Gubb.
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