bronze statue

[LAFD]

>A man walked into a curio shop in Galveston Texas.
>
> 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 dollars
> 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 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 edge of the water and threw the bronze rat as
> far out into the Harbor as he could. Amazingly, the millions of rats all
> jumped into the water after it, and were drowned. 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 how much you want for
> that little bronze Mexican over there!"
>