Mike Flannery On Duty and Off Author:Ellis Parker Butler Ellis Parker Butler was an American author in the first half of the 20th century. 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". His writing spanned more than forty years and his stories, poems and articles were published in more than 225 magazines. The se... more »lections in this book include Just Like a Cat, The Three Hundred, and Fleas will be Fleas. Just Like a Cat is a story of Mike's problems when a dead cat arrives at the express office where he works. Mike tries to think of a word to replace "dead" in his report and that sets off a series of problems for him.« less