In 2010, the White Settlement Public Library, in need of cheap rodent control, hired a kitten right out of the local animal shelter. They named him "Browser," this docile grey tabby, and put him to work at once.
He must have been doing a fine job de-mouseulating the joint, and he was happy as a cat in a library until July, when some city hall worker got all worked up because he was told he could no longer bring his puppy to work.
Kwik Kwiz: What did the aggravated city employee do about being told he couldn't bring Poochie Dog to work?
a) he stopped bringing the dog to work and went back to work with renewed vigor and enthusiasm
b) he whined that the people at the library were allowed to have a cat
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| Elzie (you can see where his cowboy hat mashed his hair down) |
Of course he a) didn't and b) did. And this unnamed local drone got the matter before the White Settlement City Council, and during a meeting which surely rivaled the Philadelphia Congress sessions of 1776, the matter of Browser's continued residency at the libes was taken to a vote.
Only one councilperson, one Elzie Clement,
was catty enough to vote for giving Browser the gate. The others weren't feline like sending him back to the shelter, which is paid for by the city kitty.
Now, Mayor Ron White (not the comedian) (I guess) says Browser’s job title is now "Library Cat for Life."
"Browser is still employed and will be as long as he wishes to continue his duties as mascot and reading helper for the children at the library," White said.
(Not to mention his Mickey-hunting duties.)
Hizzoner the Mayor says he's getting litterboxes full of mail and messages for all over with support and offers to adopt Browser.
So it's a happy story all around, and, master storyweaver that I am, I saved the best for last:
Elzie Clements is a councilman no more, having been defeated in a landslide.
Meow.
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