Pigs is Pigs
Author
Ellis Parker
Butler
Appeared in
Merriment! A Treasury for Young Readers
Story Summary
Mr. Morehouse claimed that the two crated guinea pigs that had just arrived at the Westcote train station should be charged at the 25 cent rate for shipping pets, but Mike Flannery, the station agent, claimed they should be charged at the 30 cent rate for pigs. While their argument raged on over days, the guinea pigs multiplied once, then again ... and again ...