STARTED & FINISHED:

Butler, Ellis Parker. (1906). Pigs is pigs. New York : A. L. Burt Company.

[Watched the Disney cartoon version of this from 1954 and just HAD to read the source material. Dubbed as "A story about guinea pigs, bureaucracy and multiplication". Perfect description. If you're interested in reading the whole short story yourself, click on the reference above or
HERE.]

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