at everything, he notices a very realistic, life-sized bronze statue of a rat. It has no price tag, but  is so striking that he decides he must have it. He takes it to the owner  and asks,

"How much for the bronze rat?"

The owner replies, "$12 for the rat and $100 for the story". The  tourist gives the man $12 and says,

"I'll just take the rat, you  keep the story."

As he walks down the street carrying his bronze rat, he  notices that a few real rats have crawled out of the alleys and  sewers and  begun following him down the street. This is disconcerting, and  he begins walking faster. But within a couple of blocks, the herd of rats behind him has grown to hundreds, and they begin squealing. He begins to trot toward the Bay, looking around to see  that the rats now number in the MILLIONS, and are squealing and  coming toward him faster and faster.

Concerned, even scared, he runs to  the edge of the Bay, and throws the bronze rat as far out into the water as he can. Amazingly,  the millions of rats all jump into the Bay after it, and are all drowned.The man walks back to the curio shop. "Ah ha," says the owner, "you've come back for the story?"

"No," says the man, "I  came back to see if you've got a bronze Kiwi,  a bronze Muslim cleric & anything French or British."

Bahahahahahahahahaha.... leave me, I tire of you.