A man walks into a curio shop in Haifa. Looking around at the exotica, he
notices a very lifelike, life-sized bronze statue of a rat. It has no price
tag, but is so striking he decides he must have it. He takes it to the
owner, "How much for the bronze rat?" "Twelve shekels for the rat, one
hundred shekels for the story," said the owner. The man gave the man twelve
shekels. "I'll just take the rat, you can keep the story."
As he walked down the street carrying his bronze rat, he noticed that a few
real rats had crawled out of the alleys and sewers and began following him
down the street. This was disconcerting, he began walking faster. But
within
a couple blocks, the herd of rats behind him had grown to hundreds, and
they
began squealing. He began to trot toward the Bay, looking around to see
that
the rats now numbered in the MILLIONS, and were squealing and coming toward
him faster and faster. Concerned, even scared, he ran to the edge of the
Bay, and threw the bronze rat as far out into the Bay as he could.
Amazingly, the millions of rats all jumped into the Bay after it, and were
all drowned.
The man walked back to the curio shop.
"Ah ha," said the owner, "you have come back for the story?"
"No," said the man, "I came back to see if you have a bronze Lawyer." |
