The story of the little Bronze Rat

A man walked into a curio shop in San Francisco back in the 1950's. Looking around at the exotica, he noticed a very life-like, life-size
bronze statue of a rat. It had no price tag, but it looked so striking that he decided he must have it.

He took it to the owner and asked "How much is the bronze rat?"

"Twelve dollars for the rat, a hundred dollar restocking charge if you bring it back," said the owner.

The man gave the shop owner twelve dollars. "I'll take the rat; And I won't be bringing it back."

As he walked down the street carrying the bronze rat, he noticed that a few real rats had crawled out of alleys and sewers, and they began following him
down the street. This was a bit disconcerting, so he began to walk a little bit faster.

Within a couple of blocks, the group of rats behind him grew to over a hundred, and they began squealing He started to trot towards the Harbor. He took a nervous look around and saw that the rats numbered in the thousands, maybe in the millions, and they were all squealing and coming towards him faster and faster.

Terrified, he ran to the Ghirardelli pier and threw the bronze rat as far out into the bay as he could.

Amazingly, the millions of rats all jumped into the water after it, and they all drowned and to this day San Francisco has no rats..
bronze attorney that I can buy.

The man walked back to the curio shop. "Aha," said the owner, "You're bringing it back!"

"Actually, no," said the man. "I came back to see if you have a bronze attorney.